Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[RetroStereo]

Is this guy advertising a watch? I can't judge for myself, I don't wear wristwatches since 1980 and don't know anything about them.

Don't you know that fancy watches go with fancy speakers? You have to be able to time how long they last on the SotA leaderboard so you can jump in on the next great thing. <tongue-firmly-in-cheek>

 

[Waxx]

Off course this speaker has all kind of acoustic issues in it's design, but pure as design and execution this is nice:

The baroque quintet speaker, designed and build by a diy guy known as J.P. on Parts express.

 

[MattHooper]

Some of the sculpturesque models might make MOMA but that doesn't make them attractive. For all their exotic woods, other materials and fabulous finishes, they are still speakers.
I have a pair of ML Monolith IIIs that I absolutely love; however, my mother was right: they're hideous.

That’s too bad that you can’t also appreciate the aesthetics of the gear you own.

For me, it’s definitely one of the pleasures. I never get tired of the look of my loudspeakers or some of my other equipment.

 

[TheLastGerman]

Off course this speaker has all kind of acoustic issues in it's design, but pure as design and execution this is nice:

 

[Paul7777x]

Off course this speaker has all kind of acoustic issues in it's design, but pure as design and execution this is nice:

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The baroque quintet speaker, designed and build by a diy guy known as J.P. on Parts express.

Doooood… I know there really is no standard when it comes to taste. We all like what we like and so forth…

But I’d genuinely spend a gallon of jet fuel and a Very pistol round on those.

 

[Paul7777x]

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H. I see some sensible fellow got there before me

 

[RetroStereo]

That’s too bad that you can’t also appreciate the aesthetics of the gear you own.

For me, it’s definitely one of the pleasures. I never get tired of the look of my loudspeakers or some of my other equipment.

Oh, I appreciate the gear I own. I love every piece, monstrous ml monoliths included. And all of it has a great industrial aesthetic. But none of it fits Frank Lloyd Wright, American Gothic or Versailles.

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

[xanalog]

But now I challenge you to show a beautiful piece of oak (furniture or whatever)

If other members would be allowed to take on your "challenge"; I'd like to input?
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600 pounds of nothing but pure oak; though top surface has a layer of oak veneer.

We think it fits perfectly with the rest of the oak, mission furnishings in a Feng-shui geomancy!

 

[Salt]

If other members would be allowed to take on your "challenge"; I'd like to input?
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600 pounds of nothing but pure oak; though top surface has a layer of oak veneer.

We think it fits perfectly with the rest of the oak, mission furnishings in a Feng-shui geomancy!

That's black tanned oak, not (or to dark for Foto?)

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

[xanalog]

That's black tanned oak, not (or to dark for Foto?)

u makin' fun of my foto-skillz or just bad mouthin' my tastez?

 

[Salt]

Your taste is fine, your second foto meh

 

[Salt]

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Will clearly sound transparent

 

[Salt]

u makin' fun of my foto-skillz or just bad mouthin' my tastez?

We have oak all around here, tables, floor, kitchen, vitrine. It's all 'nature', so no tanning (beyond what UV does), and it's still pleasing.
My parents and their generation preferred the dark tanned oak as they thought it would be a sign of 'old aged', but it's the other way around: the older and more exposed to light the brighter oak will shine ... would not want to exchange any item that is here.

 

[ryanosaur]

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So they decided to ruin the benefits of a spherical chassis by mounting it in a larger flat baffle with a big ledge sticking out underneath the Driver. F'n brilliant.

Even the other one without the base...

When being clever for the sake of cleverness simply doesn't pass muster.

 

[Salt]

So they decided to ruin the benefits of a spherical chassis by mounting it in a larger flat baffle with a big ledge sticking out underneath the Driver. F'n brilliant.

Even the other one without the base...

When being clever for the sake of cleverness simply doesn't pass muster.

We don't know about any measurements? nor name of speaker and manufacturer (as usual in this thread).

 

[Honken]

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Now you are really just taking the piss. Even IKEA would be ashamed of this woodwork.

 

[ryanosaur]

We don't know about any measurements? nor name of speaker and manufacturer (as usual in this thread).

Certainly, but unless the New Physics has made all forms of diffraction completely irrelevant, then this thing is gonna show some issues beyond what can be accounted for in a crossover circuit.