Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[Mister.Mole]

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Looks like Arendal

 

[Waxx]

Another Japanese build, using modified TAD drivers: The Rey Audio Kinoshita RM-6 (early 1980's). These (and others from the series) are rare and legendaric in Japan, and are very expensive second hand I heared. But they look great in my opinion. They were ment for cinema, but mostly ended up in linstening bars, something new for us, but in Japan a rage sinece decades. I know there is one pair in private ownership at the Cote d'Azur (France) because i sat in front of it a few summers back, and they do sound very impressive i have to say.. Production stopped in 2011 when the designer and owner of the company died as he did handbuild these on order.

 

[Flaesh]

his is not a stereo pair, but rather two completely different

Well, hello, Captain Obvious! I thought the humorous nature of my post was obvious. But it's also possible seriously consider painting a pair of speakers in left and right colors !

 

[jhaider]

Don Highends Little Yellow Cab vs Heißmann Acoustics Disco-M?

EDIT:
Little Yellow Cab:

Little Yellow Cab – Die Referenz Kompaktbox mit 8″ TT

Thomas Schmidt, seines Zeichens Redakteur der Zeitschrift Klang +Ton, formulierte in letzter Zeit des Öfteren einen Spruch, der den meisten von uns ziemlich bekannt vorkommen dürfte. "Mit diesen Chassis müsste man auch mal was machen", ließ er sinngemäß in den vergangenen Ausgaben des Duisburger...

www.donhighend.de

Disco-M:

Heissmann Acoustics | Disco-M | 20l reference speaker

closed compact speaker with waveguide, equipped with Scan-Speak Discovery D2604 / 833000 and 22W / 4534G00.

heissmann-acoustics.de

Those Scan Disco 8’s are really underrated drivers IMO. Nice to see a published design (that looks excellent) using them.

 

[Sal1950]

Does your kids want new pc speakers ?

Styled to resemble the Evil Empires' Death Star?

 

[Audionaut]

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Well, hello, Captain Obvious! I thought the humorous nature of my post was obvious.

No, I find it very difficult to recognize irony, humor, and sarcasm in a language other than my own.

 

[IsaacOscar]

Samsung Series 5 Home Theatre Systems, they come in various sizes. E.g. from the Samsung HT-F5500

Or Samsung HT-E6750W/XY:

And a slightly different version, the Samsung HT-E453HK:

Disclaimer: my parents have some of these speakers.

 

[Mort]

Kids

Styled to resemble the Evil Empires' Death Star?

From the Genelec 8361a thread.

 

[Waxx]

These are the Klein + Hummel O106 from the 1990's. A lesser known model of the brand that is the ancestor of Neumann speakers. I've seen these many times in broadcast vans of different tv stations i worked for as a student in the late 1990's, a bit in the function of the LS3/5A in the UK, but a lot better sounding.

 

[kharan]

These are the Klein + Hummel O106 from the 1990's. A lesser known model of the brand that is the ancestor of Neumann speakers. I've seen these many times in broadcast vans of different tv stations i worked for as a student in the late 1990's, a bit in the function of the LS3/5A in the UK, but a lot better sounding.

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Preview pic of KH 350

 

[EERecordist]

https://parissecret.com/en/yoyaku-record-shop/

YOYAKU RECORD STORE - HOME

Yoyaku Record Store is the record store affiliated with the Yoyaku label. The store is well known for its wide selection of new and second-hand electronic music records, its instore sessions where international artists are invited to play, or its Second Hand Markets, which usually takes place...

yoyaku.io

 

[Tovarich007]

These are the Klein + Hummel O106 from the 1990's. A lesser known model of the brand that is the ancestor of Neumann speakers. I've seen these many times in broadcast vans of different tv stations i worked for as a student in the late 1990's, a bit in the function of the LS3/5A in the UK, but a lot better sounding.

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I'm not sure they are beautiful, I won't say they are, but one thing is definitely true : Klein & Hummel (K&H) were very good pro speakers -neutral, precise, good sounding and reliable.
Of course, Neumann who bought K&H is always a very good pro monitor company.

The K&H speakers are unfortunately rare on the second hand market, but they can be a good deal, when they're sold much cheaper than their modern Neumann successors.

 

[Doenerkunde]

These are the Klein + Hummel O106 from the 1990's. A lesser known model of the brand that is the ancestor of Neumann speakers. I've seen these many times in broadcast vans of different tv stations i worked for as a student in the late 1990's, a bit in the function of the LS3/5A in the UK, but a lot better sounding.

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The good old times when the Neumann predecessor and Focal used the same SEAS H304 midrange dome:

Focal Onyx

Another german manufacturer that employed this midrange in many designs was Pilot. Very common and reasonably cheap on the german second hand market, but many models had a strong V shape response that was en vogue during this time in germany.

 

[Pearljam5000]

Meridian

 

[Pearljam5000]

Lautsprechermanufaktur Heyder

 

[IsaacOscar]

Lautsprechermanufaktur Heyder
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I think you meant to post that in the most boring cupboard thread.

 

[Waxx]

Lautsprechermanufaktur Heyder
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it's just an empty clone of an Altec Lansing 828 bass cabinet, part of the classic Altec Lansing A7 setup. You still need to add the driver (Altec Lansing 515 or 416 or clones) and at a tweeter section to mak it work. The full system should look something like this

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

[smygolf]

Lautsprechermanufaktur Heyder
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They also build horns on request and the price for "TAD" horns are pretty good.

rTrak Wooden Horns | Radial Horn Geometry

rtrak-wooden-horns-featuring-radial-geometry-for-controlled-dispersion-and-efficient-acoustic-loading-in-professional-and-high-end-applications

www.lautsprechermanufaktur-heyder.de

 

[laurelkurt]

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Massive basket.