Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[cavedriver]

If you're going to have one in green and call it the British Racing Edition, why would you pick a shade that isn't British Racing Green?

Exactly what I was thinking. This is much closer tp BRG, and a much prettier than that horrid industrial green they picked:

 

[Mart68]

If you're going to have one in green and call it the British Racing Edition, why would you pick a shade that isn't British Racing Green?

I was wondering who'd be the first to mention that.

 

[MattHooper]

Here’s a pretty wild looking and intriguing speaker. Photos grabbed from a for sale listing. Custom-made speakers.

I think the design is kind of cool. Makes me wonder how they would sound.

But the weirdest thing is the addition of what look like plastic cylinders or tubes onto the speakers, apparently connecting them. Anybody have an idea of what’s going on there or if they’ve ever seen anything like it?

 

[Petrushka]

Aren’t there a lot of subwoofers with opposing drivers?

 

[Wolf]

Those are Focal car audio components some person made "open-back" speakers for. As built, the woofers need volumes to work within, or the bass will cancel out.

 

[olds1959special]

The most beautiful speakers in the world are the ones that sound the best, imo. Why does it matter what it looks like?

 

[MattHooper]

Why does it matter what it looks like?

Why does it matter what anything looks like?

If you don’t care about aesthetics, you don’t care I guess.

For many of us, a loudspeaker is going to be a de facto piece of furniture that has to be integrated into a room, and that we’re going to be staring at for years. So personally, I want speakers that are pleasing to the eye, because I’m going to be seeing them when they aren’t playing anything as well.

I always choose audio gear that I find aesthetically pleasing whenever that’s possible.

 

[olds1959special]

Why does it matter what anything looks like?

If you don’t care about aesthetics, you don’t care I guess.

For many of us, a loudspeaker is going to be a de facto piece of furniture that has to be integrated into a room, and that we’re going to be staring at for years. So personally, I want speakers that are pleasing to the eye, because I’m going to be seeing them when they aren’t playing anything as well.

I always choose audio gear that I find aesthetically pleasing whenever that’s possible.

I agree to an extent, but a box is a box (assuming your speakers look like most speakers do.)

 

[MattHooper]

I agree to an extent, but a box is a box (assuming your speakers look like most speakers do.)

To me that’s like saying “ a chair is a chair”
“ a table is a table” “ a light fixture is a light fixture”….” a portrait painting is a portrait painting….”

I think there’s a lot to discern between these things. As can be found in the many reactions in this thread there are people who find certain speakers attractive, and others they wouldn’t let in the house. A matter of personal discernment.

Just like I wouldn’t want an ugly sofa in my room, I wouldn’t want an ugly pair of speakers.

Some people aren’t picky and that’s fine of course. (And frankly the photos of systems from people in the “ I don’t care how it looks” category… well the setups do tend to reflect that).

 

[JiiPee]

Here’s a pretty wild looking and intriguing speaker. Photos grabbed from a for sale listing. Custom-made speakers.

"Strongly inspired" by Gradient Helsinki 1.5 introduced in 2017:

 

[MattHooper]

"Strongly inspired" by Gradient Helsinki 1.5 introduced in 2017:
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I thought I’d seen something like the design before thanks.

 

[Axo1989]

To me that’s like saying “ a chair is a chair”
“ a table is a table” “ a light fixture is a light fixture”….” a portrait painting is a portrait painting….”

I think there’s a lot to discern between these things. As can be found in the many reactions in this thread there are people who find certain speakers attractive, and others they wouldn’t let in the house. A matter of personal discernment.

Just like I wouldn’t want an ugly sofa in my room, I wouldn’t want an ugly pair of speakers.

Some people aren’t picky and that’s fine of course. (And frankly the photos of systems from people in the “ I don’t care how it looks” category… well the setups do tend to reflect that).

Yes, fit-and-finish matters, as do design details. For the things we have in our houses. And elsewhere. But to significantly varying degrees for different people and situations.

 

[Shiva]

Avantgarde Zero's. built in amplification, active crossover, can be run wirelessly as well...

 

[pjn]

Huh?

It’s simply asking somebody to include the name of the loudspeaker with the picture.
What is so boorish about that?

Presumably, the person posting the picture grabbed the photo from a place where the name was available. Why can’t they just include the name rather than making the other members do that work?

It’s like if somebody posted a picture of their system and all the components, but no description whatsoever telling you what the components were, so if you actually want to know what you’re looking at you’re left with all the work of trying to look the equipment up because the other person was too lazy to supply that information.

The question is: if you’re posting something in this thread, are you posting it simply for your own pleasure or are you posting it also for the benefit of pleasure of other readers?

If it includes considering other readers… and presumably it does… then other readers are letting people know “ we’d like to know the identity of the loudspeakers being posted.”

Totally agree - https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?attachments/1000104031-jpg.458374/ these nice speakers are Fleetwood Sound Company, but I am amazed by the laziness of someone just pasting a picture, or a link with absolutely no comment. I have a friend who sends me emails like that - I just delete them. I don't know why he sends them. There's no feedback even if I reply.... People are weird on the internet.

 

[cavedriver]

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so that we never see these again in this thread, they are the "Wrenz", a limited edition speaker by someone called "Gavio-Prive" that has a non-secure website and probably aren't worth looking into other than as a novelty.

 

[smygolf]

If you're going to have one in green and call it the British Racing Edition, why would you pick a shade that isn't British Racing Green?

Because the Britsih them self use variants of BRG from time to time ?

 

[somebodyelse]

Avantgarde Zero's. built in amplification, active crossover, can be run wirelessly as well...
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Battery powered so you can run them truly wirelesses as in the photo?

 

[Shiva]

Battery powered so you can run them truly wirelesses as in the phot

lol, that would be cool... got to have uncluttered photos for display, I guess.

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

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