Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[Blaspheme]

Yep, the nouveau riche’s jank (not junk)… And the sheen in those glass framed rooms is like a scene from a cosmetics commercial trying to peddle (post) modernist ‘ideals’ to show offs and plebs alike.

I'm finding these lustrous images specially because they resonate so well with you.

Meanwhile, Sound|Kaos (who maybe employ Mr Carlsson's interior designer/domestic help) are progressing with their stacked birch ply ripol subwoofer. It's looking quite charming in the rough:

 

[redshift]

I'm finding these lustrous images specially because they resonate so well with you.

Meanwhile, Sound|Kaos (who maybe employ Mr Carlsson's interior designer/domestic help) are progressing with their stacked birch ply ripol subwoofer. It's looking quite charming in the rough:

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Yeah, I sense some triggering shenanigans which is jolly fun. Yeah, I’m from a quite modest, to say the least, background.

I’ve always thought the artisan ‘flair’ and overall rustic style to resonate with me. The overpriced bourgeoise kitsch is gaudy at best obscene at worst. IMO.

 

[Blaspheme]

Yeah, I sense some triggering shenanigans which is jolly fun. Yeah, I’m from a quite modest, to say the least, background.

I’ve always thought the artisan ‘flair’ and overall rustic style to resonate with me. The overpriced bourgeoise kitsch is gaudy at best obscene at worst. IMO.

Speaking of not that, I'm pretty intrigued by the Carlsson stuff you and mononoaware have posted actually.

 

[Thomas_A]

Mirsch Black Aros. Looking good to me.

 

[redshift]

Speaking of not that, I'm pretty intrigued by the Carlsson stuff you and mononoaware have posted actually.

You can buy a pair of upgraded OA12’s for peanuts, relatively speaking, if you can find someone willing to ship them outside of Sweden.

I consider the 70’s OA12/14 speakers as well sounding and integrating furniture. It is probably why they sold so well in Sweden. IKEA and all those Nordic traits.

The OA51/61 is more of installation jobbies than the usual floor stander. Which makes them harder to demo in the usual Hifi boutiques.

The upgraded OA52/50’s are more like the usual floorstander except that they should go flush against the front wall. They’d be awesome with that big ass tevee of yours.

The renovation scene was wild a few years back with the new tweeter and midbass drivers for the 70/80/90’s models in search for a new home and acoustic problem to solve. So there is plenty of renovated stuff in circulation by now.

 

[mononoaware]

That speaker “philosophy” is called orthoacoustic and assumes the room as a given for a well sounding system.

Thanks for pointing the way, will make for some good reading.

 

[facefirst]

Personally, I am firmly in the camp that says hifi - and speakers in particular - should be beautiful. Actually, I'll go further; where possible everything should be beautiful. If I am sharing my main living space with two massive floor standers then they better be stunning or they're not coming in.

So there.

 

[redshift]

Thanks for pointing the way, will make for some good reading.

In Stig Carlssons own (English) words for the curious:

http://user.faktiskt.io/schmutziger/OA51 FAQ/pdf/carlsson_ortho_design_principles.pdf

 

[mononoaware]

In Stig Carlssons own (English) words for the curious:

http://user.faktiskt.io/schmutziger/OA51 FAQ/pdf/carlsson_ortho_design_principles.pdf

And I assume some kind of “horizontal” CBT line-array function going on in the advanced version below?

Copy paste from wiki:
“Horizontal line arrays, by contrast, have a very narrow horizontal output pattern and a tall vertical pattern.”

I apologise if this is already referenced in your links, I am currently not sitting at a computer.

And also an evolution. . . although I prefer the simplicity of the model above.

 

[Thomas_A]

I also like the looks of the Bremen.

 

[Frgirard]

 

[redshift]

And I assume some kind of “horizontal” CBT line-array function going on in the advanced version below?

Here’s my OA14 satori modded with grills on (Right speaker in left position). OA61 onwalls for your reference.

And without grills

 

[redshift]

I also like the looks of the Bremen.

Yes, those are nice. Speaker stands, what’s that?

 

[mononoaware]

Here’s my OA14 satori modded with grills on (Right speaker in left position). OA61 onwalls for your reference.
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And without grills
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Interesting there are so many variations. I think the image I linked is the OA-2212.

Pushes the boundaries of what a speaker can look like. . .

I find it interesting, in the case of the OA14’s, the effect of not seeing a speaker, and how that changes the perception of what we hear.
(if you invited a guest over who did not know those cabinets were speakers and you put some music on)

 

[redshift]

Interesting there are so many variations. I think the image I linked is the OA-2212.

Really pushing the boundaries of what a speaker can look like. . .

Stig was also early with tapered/curved bass reflex ports and rubber/dampened speaker “feet”.

A bit ahead of the times perhaps?

 

[BDE]

I also like the looks of the Bremen.

Mh difficult, it reminds me on:

 

[mononoaware]

Stig was also early with tapered/curved bass reflex ports and rubber/dampened speaker “feet”.

A bit ahead of the times perhaps?

Yes I need to remind myself this was all conceptualised quite awhile ago.
(The older photos give it away, but you can believe the newer versions as more recent experiments)

 

[oursmagenta]

How about lifting my tail a bit? (actually GradientLabs clones)

[off topic ON]

Did you stole my dog ?

BTW what is your dog's breed (if any)? We adopted ours from a shelter (S.P.A in France), and we don't know it's breed nor the kind of mix it could be.

[off topic OFF]

Edit: I created a specific topic https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/did-you-stole-my-dog.25097/

 

[redshift]

Yes I need to remind myself this was all conceptualised quite awhile ago.
(The older photos give it away, but you can believe the newer versions as more recent experiments)

Not really experiments since Stig was meticulous with measuring his prototypes before even bothering listening to them.

ASR/Toole to the tilt with other words. Albeit with a different philosophy where the speaker and room is the system and problem to solve.

(Stig’s lab)

 

[Thomas_A]

Mh difficult, it reminds me on:

Ha ha well, there are others in that category.