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Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

Behrelec 37 said:
dagfinn.

I note that I am not a studio worker at all (and I never want to be), but only an advanced hifi enthusiast who has been playing with SAM digital GLM speakers for about fifteen years when my late father bought the first 8260A SAM models for fun in his living room sometime in the 2010s. I followed suit as a boy and bought those 8260a for myself a few years later, around 2013.

Now I own both them and the Master Series 1237A pair, as well as the old 7071A subwoofer and also the 8340A models. My friend, who lives 1 kilometer away, owns the 1238A models and the 7380a subwoofer, which I have also fine-tuned a lot myself in his own living room, also intended for hifi use.
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You don't like the Ones?
 
Pearljam5000.


I really like the Ones speakers, but after adjusting my own 8260 speakers a billion times for almost a decade, which have the GLM DSP room correction option, they are already very familiar. I know they are not the ONES series, but they are so close in tone, accuracy and partly dynamics that I have considered my needs to progress to a higher level only when I like to play rock and metal and techno music louder so that also the lLIVE music (live room or street playing) recordings would sound more dynamic and """more lush""". The Ones series was not purchased because of that. It was also at the top of my purchase plans a couple of years ago to move on from the 8260a models, when I then moved on to these master series anyway. Don't get me wrong, the Ones 8331a/8341a/8351a/8361a are very capable and super good speakers, but I'm looking at bigger soundstages where the sound structure is increased much larger, so the only way is the bigger Genelec SERIES. In Genelecs, I don't go for a smaller soundstage, but ALWAYS!!! a larger soundstage with the same resolutions as the Ones series gives (the mosaic surface texture only increases slightly in recordings but is blended into each other like the Ones series).

I myself have a goal of getting a transparent holographic digital multichannel system that differs by 99 percent from all practically consumer analog multichannel amplifiers in the world. That has been my biggest dream for a long time. But the road to it is very rocky. It can be done with mixed (SAM) speakers even. Using one Genelec remote control even to control the entire system.
 
Behrelec 37 said:
Pearljam5000.


I really like the Ones speakers, but after adjusting my own 8260 speakers a billion times for almost a decade, which have the GLM DSP room correction option, they are already very familiar. I know they are not the ONES series, but they are so close in tone, accuracy and partly dynamics that I have considered my needs to progress to a higher level only when I like to play rock and metal and techno music louder so that also the lLIVE music (live room or street playing) recordings would sound more dynamic and """more lush""". The Ones series was not purchased because of that. It was also at the top of my purchase plans a couple of years ago to move on from the 8260a models, when I then moved on to these master series anyway. Don't get me wrong, the Ones 8331a/8341a/8351a/8361a are very capable and super good speakers, but I'm looking at bigger soundstages where the sound structure is increased much larger, so the only way is the bigger Genelec SERIES. In Genelecs, I don't go for a smaller soundstage, but ALWAYS!!! a larger soundstage with the same resolutions as the Ones series gives (the mosaic surface texture only increases slightly in recordings but is blended into each other like the Ones series).

I myself have a goal of getting a transparent holographic digital multichannel system that differs by 99 percent from all practically consumer analog multichannel amplifiers in the world. That has been my biggest dream for a long time. But the road to it is very rocky. It can be done with mixed (SAM) speakers even. Using one Genelec remote control even to control the entire system.
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I see the 8381 in your future ;)
 
Pearljam5000.

In my opinion, the 8381a does not give Live sound as good as a midrange boost as all the master series speakers. This 8381a speaker will probably just be an unnecessary purchase.

When there is already a basis for comparison in the background, the needs change. I am quite satisfied with my current stereo use.

There would have to be a bigger change in the living environment if larger models came into the picture, and that would include a move to the 1234a series, which is super beautiful to listen to, but now there is no possibility for that.
 
smygolf said:
If you like art, that can make sound....

Oswalds Mill Audio - Loudspeakers | OMA

OMA loudspeakers are so visually striking that many people think they are designed for visual appeal alone. And in fact OMA speakers have begun appearing in pub
oswaldsmillaudio.com oswaldsmillaudio.com


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Oh, can't wait to spring those on the wife!
 
I dont know about all this Aesthetic Interest.. Especially when you equate what you pay to what you receive. Engineering should be prime. After that you might fall off a value cliff. You can add eye pleasing shapes that will appeal to some and push away others. You can refine a finish to that of a mirror, those Bugatti Faceplates would go nicely in my bathroom mirror combo. You can use African Fairywood Veneers and bump your pricing into the Million Dollar range for a pair. Something with ear popping, mind blowing sound in a moderately finished Cabinet is all I will ever require. Of course just an opinion.
 
Doodski said:
Hmmmz. I used to have everything in oak. I loved the blonde oak and the floors where light colored wood and the environment seemed very natural and healthy for me for years. I have seen a fair amount of wood finishes on special order speakers and in a wood work shop. I wonder in that if you dislike oak then what is your preferred wood and in a dark or light finish?
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Perhaps @MattHooper has never met quarter-sawn and/or old-bog oaks.
HotelCalifornianLobby01.JPG

I am even willing to meet him at the Disney's Grand Californian Hotel and perhaps convince him that oak was/is a big part of the Arts&Crafts movement and mission-style homes and furnishings made Frank Lloyd Wright a big name here in SoCal and all over the country.
 
Once again:
posting plain images, derived from crawling the internet, does not fullfil the aspect of a science based community.
At least there should be mentioned manufacturer and model, but for a science based forum measurements would be appreciated.

With YT links there are forum rules (to give a, at least, short information about the content), what I would appreciate to see here too.

(Don't want to perseverate any one or two week again)
 
Salt said:
Once again:
posting plain images, derived from crawling the internet, does not fullfil the aspect of a science based community.
At least there should be mentioned manufacturer and model, but for a science based forum measurements would be appreciated.

With YT links there are forum rules (to give a, at least, short information about the content), what I would appreciate to see here too.

(Don't want to perseverate any one or two week again)
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Measurements in a thread about beauty? Next thing you'll want is facts and figures in fun threads?

Don't be so salty.
 
In a thread of 'beauty' I would even demand the 'size', but that is a different theme.
And this is not 'fun thread', but slowly degrades to dump thread (what I would regret).

Is it that difficult to not only c and v but provide (and look for) a minimum of information?
I would be ashamed to pollute like this (but I'm just an OWM of the boomer's generation, far off digital natives understandings...).
 
Salt said:
In a thread of 'beauty' I would even demand the 'size', but that is a different theme.
And this is not 'fun thread', but slowly degrades to dump thread (what I would regret).

Is it that difficult to not only c and v but provide (and look for) a minimum of information?
I would be ashamed to pollute like this (but I'm just an OWM of the boomer's generation, far off digital natives understandings...).
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It's Rosso Fiorentino
I don't see it as polluting the thread
It's just I post a lot and It's pretty hard to post every name
Sometimes I download 30 images at once and obviously I can't remember what the name was at all
I guess most people here are interested in the design itself, also it's possible to use Google lens and it can find out the name of the speaker
I try to post the models but unfortunately it's not 100%possible
 
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