Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[smygolf]

Their flagship model that costs $450KView attachment 534707View attachment 534708View attachment 534709View attachment 534710View attachment 534711View attachment 534712

The one i posted above is 1mil Usd

Quote - The Aries Cerat Contendo II system costs $1 million

 

[Pearljam5000]

The one i posted above is 1mil Usd

Quote - The Aries Cerat Contendo II system costs $1 million

Lol yeah it's a beast
So what I posted is second best I guess

 

[smygolf]

Lol yeah it's a beast
So what I posted is second best I guess

But still ugly

 

[Axo1989]

Their new model that costs $450KView attachment 534707View attachment 534708View attachment 534709View attachment 534710View attachment 534711View attachment 534712

Maybe not the loudspeaker, but I’d really like that wall-sized diffuser.

 

[smygolf]

Some of the graphics on their webpage looked familier and now i know why their speakers are mostly Big holes

 

[Keith_W]

So how do they make those Aries Cerat speakers? Do they pour some kind of marble effect epoxy into a mould? It looks like it might be more than that, there might be a machining step after they cast all that resin. Epoxy is not cheap, and to cast that much epoxy it would take them months!

 

[smygolf]

So how do they make those Aries Cerat speakers? Do they pour some kind of marble effect epoxy into a mould? It looks like it might be more than that, there might be a machining step after they cast all that resin. Epoxy is not cheap, and to cast that much epoxy it would take them months!

From one of the tech specs

 

[MattHooper]

From one of the tech specs
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The YouTuber Audiophile Junky said that they front finish of that speaker is “liquid copper.”
I’m not sure if that means the material specifically or just what it looks like.

 

[smygolf]

The YouTuber Audiophile Junky said that they front finish of that speaker is “liquid copper.”
I’m not sure if that means the material specifically or just what it looks like.

I am not an expert on woods, burl of some kind ?
Ink staning & rubbing can do wonders

 

[MattHooper]

I am not an expert on woods, burl of some kind ?

I remember the audio file junkie has done videos on that speaker before including talks with the designer and that front baffle is not wood. It’s some other material. I don’t know if it’s actually metal But I think it’s some sort of thick resin.

 

[lowkeyoperations]

These may have already been mentioned. (I haven’t seen all 419 pages )

Goldmund Theia

 

[Pearljam5000]

These may have already been mentioned. (I haven’t seen all 419 pages )

Goldmund Theia

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$300K

 

[lowkeyoperations]

$300K

That’s a bargain! They are $644,999 in my country :lol:

 

[Audionaut]

Goldmund Theia

They would have made excellent chief speakers for an Egyptian pharaoh

 

[cavedriver]

146 750 Usd

Aurora Product Page – Aries Cerat

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The square (diamond?) "Aurora" speakers supposedly use a machined aluminum baffle, per their sales literature, so I'm guessing the colors are just paint:

"The complete 45cm + 15cm solid aluminum end flare horn is assembled as a stacked ply construction, and milled on our 5-axis station, making the whole geometry possible as a production item to the required standards. The horn walls are not less than 10cm thick at any point, and the end aluminum section has 5cm thick walls, resulting in a true resonant free construction."

Considering the off-axis limits of horns and the large driver spacings I would be surprised if their larger speakers don't really sound good unless you are at least a good 15-20 feet from them, at which point room reflections would be a real problem to be managed compared to the source signal. Better have a really big mansion.

 

[smygolf]

The square (diamond?) "Aurora" speakers supposedly use a machined aluminum baffle, per their sales literature, so I'm guessing the colors are just paint:

"The complete 45cm + 15cm solid aluminum end flare horn is assembled as a stacked ply construction, and milled on our 5-axis station, making the whole geometry possible as a production item to the required standards. The horn walls are not less than 10cm thick at any point, and the end aluminum section has 5cm thick walls, resulting in a true resonant free construction."

Considering the off-axis limits of horns and the large driver spacings I would be surprised if their larger speakers don't really sound good unless you are at least a good 15-20 feet from them, at which point room reflections would be a real problem to be managed compared to the source signal. Better have a really big mansion.

Damn, well there is a big part of the price just there....

 

[Frank Dernie]

true resonant free construction.

A typically false high end snake oil purveyors statement.

Nothing is resonance free.

 

[smygolf]

A typically false high end snake oil purveyors statement.

Nothing is resonance free.

It can absolutely be resonance free within its frequency range.
But it does not sound as good as resonance free.

 

[Frank Dernie]

It can absolutely be resonance free within its frequency range.
But it does not sound as good as resonance free.

Well yes, but as an engineer who specialised in dynamics for many decades this type of bollox from HiFi companies pisses me off
Plus within the frequency range of what? That part of the horn or the whole loudspeaker?

 

[Pearljam5000]

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