Just check these out, pretty amazing huh? My favourite is the last picture, that kinda technical ability leaves me feeling like a real dummy.
Cutom-designed Handmade Standing Speakers 100watts | eBay
Cutom-designed Handmade Standing Speakers 100watts | eBay
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I have no collection of pretty speakers as my experience says the prettier the cabinet, the higher the price and the worse the sound.
Take butt-ugly speakers like the 2Ce. "Not in my living room" I was informed. Yet for the price, few have bested them in 20 years for sound quality.
In all truth, I intent my last good design in exotic wood and make them beautiful. This will also be a test of material , MDF vs. very rigid solid wood. Dimensions will be identical, so only construction and material will change.
Take butt-ugly speakers like the 2Ce. "Not in my living room" I was informed. Yet for the price, few have bested them in 20 years for sound quality.
In all truth, I intent my last good design in exotic wood and make them beautiful. This will also be a test of material , MDF vs. very rigid solid wood. Dimensions will be identical, so only construction and material will change.
Mmm I love a bit of line array!
Though really my interest lies with pro audio - quite good sound quality and really loud!
As far as looks I like quite weird stuff - like Bang and Olufsen's Beolab stuff.
Or maybe a full horn rig that does not tuck away.
http://www.siliconhell.com/Images/humour/wow/sound.jpg
I suppose to the average woman it's just a load of obnoxious trumpets blasting you in the face!
Though really my interest lies with pro audio - quite good sound quality and really loud!
As far as looks I like quite weird stuff - like Bang and Olufsen's Beolab stuff.
Or maybe a full horn rig that does not tuck away.
http://www.siliconhell.com/Images/humour/wow/sound.jpg
I suppose to the average woman it's just a load of obnoxious trumpets blasting you in the face!
My woman says they look great but would need a dedicated listening room, not our lounge..... it (our lounge) aint big enough anyways.
I stick with the original Karlson with its grill cloth of the time. They sound great with a good coax, good loading of cone excursion so distortion is reduced - is there any place to find grill cloth as below?
RAAL - ADVANCED LOUDSPEAKERS
in fact , there are at least two dozens of other spks , which I could put here .......
in fact , there are at least two dozens of other spks , which I could put here .......
I guess beautiful does not necessarily mean pretty 
and please note, this is not aimed at any previous posts, but meant in all seriousness
and please note, this is not aimed at any previous posts, but meant in all seriousness
A large amount of beauty can be had from design based on technological excellence. Form following function and all that. Of course when following that ethos one can end up with very ugly things too 😀
Then there's the designing products to look cool but then compromise on the engineering side of things. For example I've seen some see through loudspeakers that looked cool but didn't contain any damping material because it would obscure the insides...
If you can combine the two you're onto a winner.
Then there's the designing products to look cool but then compromise on the engineering side of things. For example I've seen some see through loudspeakers that looked cool but didn't contain any damping material because it would obscure the insides...
If you can combine the two you're onto a winner.
This particular JBL Paragon:
I don't knom if I could call the monsters in the background beautiful, but the finish on them is amazing.
Bill
Freddi, that is some sweet grillcloth and I'd like to use it on mine. Did you ever find a source for it?
Really,
Guys, beautiful Speakers???
If you want to gaze at something beautiful, I would suggest Eva Green...
Guys, beautiful Speakers???
If you want to gaze at something beautiful, I would suggest Eva Green...
Here are two matching Zenith console radios made in 1941. The field coil speakers and mounting boards are carefully stored in case the radios need to be returned to functioning. In their place is a pair of Hawthorne Silver Iris coaxial drivers. 150 WPC of vacuum tube power through 97 db 15 inch drivers is deadly loud and sounds quite nice aft les than rock concert levels.
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Wow. That is simply gorgeous.
I know purists would give you grief about repurposing the radios, but at some point we have to realize that nobody is sitting around listening to a mono AM radio, and things are meant to be enjoyed. Yesterday I was commenting elsewhere that before electronics became mandatorily ugly, we had the unequaled beauty of art deco and cathedral radios.
Did you refinish those radios? Outstanding job!
I've always wanted to own any floorstanding Zenith radio.
I used to own a few floorstanding radios, and I can understand fully why you are using them as loudspeakers. They have a very definite superman voice to them. Something very authoritarian.
Anyway, here is my entry: (Sansui SP-2500)
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