Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[Wolf]

This type of bass loading has the benefit of halving enclosure volume at the cost of halving sensitivity.
Nothing magic but a perfectly valid engineering choice.

I'm sorry, but this is wrong. Sensitivity of an isobaric system is the same as that of a single driver. The efficiency does go down 3dB, but the sensitivity remains the same.

 

[egellings]

If I have it right, the biggest benefit of an isobaric system is reduced enclosure size.

 

[Recluse-Animator]

Danley Hyperion:

Funktion One PSM318:

Augspurger:

Fulcrum Acoustic:

Westlake SM-1:

Lenard Audio:

Bohne:

Legacy Valor:

Sequerra:

DIY:

 

[Vladimir Filevski]

C'mon guys, open another thread for the ugliest speakers in the world, this thread is about the most beautiful speakers in the world!

 

[Gringoaudio1]

C'mon guys, open another thread for the ugliest speakers in the world, this thread is about the most beautiful speakers in the world!

Exactly! Including the ones with the externally mounted woofers.

 

[Recluse-Animator]

To some the beauty is in form follows function.

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[Vladimir Filevski]

Good design + form follows function = beautiful speaker
Bad design + form follows function = ugly speaker

 

[Duke]

This type of bass loading has the benefit of halving enclosure volume at the cost of halving sensitivity.
Nothing magic but a perfectly valid engineering choice.

The effective parameters may also change somewhat, ime resulting in deeper bass extension than a "halving of required enclosure volume" predicts. I do not have an adequate explanation but saw it in some measurements that I made almost forty years ago, directly comparing a sealed box with its half-the-net-internal-volume isobaric counterpart. The observed difference was more than could be accounted for by the added moving mass of the air between the two woofers, so I think there may be something else going on.

What are your isobarics, if you don't mind saying?

 

[Ken1951]

Some of these speakers would give me nightmares!

 

[Angsty]

To some the beauty is in form follows function.

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If that's the case, then the Magnepans are clearly the winner!

 

[Frank Dernie]

What are your isobarics, if you don't mind saying?

Goldmund Epilog 2

 

[Frank Dernie]

May I ask what are they?

Goldmund Epilogue 2 module

 

[Frank Dernie]

Isobaric systems have been around for decades and surely come with pros and cons. Yet, I have the hunch that this choice was made as much for aesthetic reasons as for acoustic ones. The creator was obviously going for something that looked different.

I am amazed by this interpretation.
You “have a hunch” and “creator going for something looking different” based on what ffs
Several Wilson Benesch speakers use isobaric bass loading.

 

[killdozzer]

For me it's also Tannoy, but never the top tier. What I enjoy is simple, classy and subdued:

Sadly, I don't see them impervious to audio BS with the cryo-treated inner wiring.

 

[Recluse-Animator]

If that's the case, then the Magnepans are clearly the winner!

A speaker without bass is not "Function" to me.

 

[Recluse-Animator]

A part from the Sanders these are not my cup of tea, but I though I'll post them anyway if someone else finds them good looking.

Sanders:

Waterfall Audio:

Fyne Audio:

Alsyvox:

Diptyque:

Poet Audio:

 

[Recluse-Animator]

Some of these speakers would give me nightmares!

Get them in your favorite color or veneer and you're good to go.

 

[Count Arthur]

No amount of lipstick will help this pig:

 

[Atratusnex]

I always loved the look of the transparent speakers from people people
Not at all hifi...

 

[Recluse-Animator]

No amount of lipstick will help this pig:

Take a look at the Kenrick speakers and compare what a veneer and paint job can do.
Or these pictures: