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Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

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B&O's new outdoor speaker - the Haven.

B&O can be a bit hit or miss with their designs. But when they are on it, they really do come up with something original and beautiful. A spherical baffle is theoretically the ideal baffle shape. It can look hideous (think Cabasse eyeball speakers), but IMO this just looks stunning.
 
Bjorn said:
Yes, I think that's right.

One driver covering a very large frequency range is exactly point source. Adding a midrange would be the opposiste. The distance between the drivers isn't not an issue with crossover we're using and normal listening distance. And we achieve a narrower vertical directivity which is a great benefit. However, the speaker would not work in extreme nearfield. Adding a midrange would basically make it a traditional speaker with less coherency, more comb filtering, and a wider vertical dispersion with more room issues. Most traditional 3-way speakers also suffers from crossover at a sensitive area which is detrimental to sound quality and coherence besides lobing. This speaker offers something else.

The speaker below follows the exact same principle but as a horn. Both of these speakers sound extremely coherent or as a point source but without the issues coaxial have.
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But then this JMOD Multi entry horn is more point source, response to 53Hz, constant directive to 500Hz (320Hz horizontal). To be use with a sub altough.

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This is an open source (for non commercial use) design, 3 way active with a coax compression driver and 2 12" woofers. And this can be used from a meter distance to far. Details are in the link.
 
Audionaut said:
Why don't you like them? I think they're great.
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Because you're meant to listen to speakers. Not have a pair of aliens staring at you.
 
Keith_W said:
Because you're meant to listen to speakers. Not have a pair of aliens staring at you.
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Yes, the la Sphere speakers are quite large and unique, but the Pearl and Pearl Akoya for me are truly beautifully designed speakers.
 
Audionaut said:
Yes, the la Sphere speakers are quite large and unique, but the Pearl and Pearl Akoya for me are truly beautifully designed speakers.
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From an earlier post :)
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Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

Imo Acapaella's solution is an innovative one Yes, they build good speakers, that is undisputed. But firstly, this thread is about the appearance and design of the speakers and secondly, these speakers can hardly be integrated into a living room in a sensible way. Neither acoustically nor...
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Paul7777x said:
Now they are monstrous.

Especially the stands.

But the smaller spheres…? Wonderful.
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You can use your promt and AI to create a speaker design for you: Not the ugliest entry in this thread, which shows the remarkable ability of humans for bad taste.
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:)

And to be clear - i also think La Sphere looks wierd.
But in the +200m2 they disappeared
 
smygolf said:
From an earlier post :)
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To be honest, it makes me very sad to see how financially struggling Cabasse has become. For decades, the brand was one of the most technically interesting and innovative companies in loudspeaker manufacturing, and as a family-owned business, it was often far more daring than many much larger manufacturers.

Cabasse was involved in coaxial point-source drivers, controlled dispersion, active speaker design, and spatial coherence very early on, long before many of these topics even became popular in the high-end sector.

That is precisely why it would be a shame if, in the end, only the brand name remained. At the same time, the acquisition by the small company Loewe might at least offer a chance to preserve the know-how, development expertise, and part of this philosophy. In a certain sense, the two brands are a good fit, as premium living space design on the one hand and genuine loudspeaker and DSP expertise on the other could be successful—even if this is more of a faint hope, given the lack of economic clout.

I therefore hope that Cabasse does not simply become a lifestyle label, but that some of this technically independent thinking is preserved. Companies like this have become very rare.
 
Audionaut said:
To be honest, it makes me very sad to see how financially struggling Cabasse has become. For decades, the brand was one of the most technically interesting and innovative companies in loudspeaker manufacturing, and as a family-owned business, it was often far more daring than many much larger manufacturers.

Cabasse was involved in coaxial point-source drivers, controlled dispersion, active speaker design, and spatial coherence very early on, long before many of these topics even became popular in the high-end sector.

That is precisely why it would be a shame if, in the end, only the brand name remained. At the same time, the acquisition by the small company Loewe might at least offer a chance to preserve the know-how, development expertise, and part of this philosophy. In a certain sense, the two brands are a good fit, as premium living space design on the one hand and genuine loudspeaker and DSP expertise on the other could be successful—even if this is more of a faint hope, given the lack of economic clout.

I therefore hope that Cabasse does not simply become a lifestyle label, but that some of this technically independent thinking is preserved. Companies like this have become very rare.
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And do not forget that they had one of the largest anechoic chambers around - 3000m3
And they where hit hard when the whole hifi industry took a nose dive mid 1990.
Big large speakers where out and life style was the new thing...

Also before Canon bought them a new fatcory was built.
Christophe said that one reason was that a highway was built close by and it interfered with their measurements.
Old factory was out in the middle of nowhere so no real concern for outside noise coming in i guess.
 
smygolf said:
Christophe said that one reason was that a highway was built close by and it interfered with their measurements.
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Brittany isn't particularly built up to begin with—I've been there many times and have always rented a house by the sea for my summer vacations.
There are no highways there, just national roads.
But even so, the statement is probably true, because a busy road is always a nuisance for a company that deals with acoustics.
 
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