Your vote: Best looking SPEAKERS in the whole world

[SiliGoose]

Thought these threads might be fun.

Sure performance matters but industrial design plays a role in our selection of equipment (probably a larger role than we'd like to admit).

Rules:

No limitations on what you can pick.
You must have a link to an image.
Only one vote per person.

Here's my choice:



Revel Salon

This was the toughest category for me. I chose a love it or hate it design too. I was partially swayed toward the Revel because it's one of the few esoteric speakers I've actually heard. Scary good.

Not sure what color combination I'd go with though. Actually, the Gems are on my "somewhat possible" future upgrade list.




-Sili

[cautery]

I gotta go with the Vandersteen Model Five:



This is the basic finish... of course for this level speaker, virtually any finish is available...




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[Bob]

While I don't have any pictures to show, if we are only talking looks, it would have to be one of the outlandish horn speakers I have stumbled across from time to time.
After years of listening to speakers I have come to the conclusion that the quality of sound from a speaker is inversely related to the amount of money spent by the manufacturer on cabinets. The more eye catching the cabinets the less quality the sound, the less money put into the cabinets the greater the quality of the sound. Great speaker manufacturers actually make their own speakers and crossovers and cabinets. Most expensive manufacturers buy off the shelf speakers, hire an expensive cabinet maker then throw it together with a bright sounding crossover that gets your attention for the short demo at the audio store, IMHO.
Can't agree that the Vandy 5 is beautiful, but it sure is beautiful to listen too.

[John Holmes]

Well, since I can't post a picture, I'll just put in my bid for the Mirage OM series. They are certainly not a speaker that one would consider as "worlds tops" however it's beauty in my eyes are the "holy grail"!




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[JerryIII]

I wouldn't mind having 7 of these:



oh well, it is supposed to be the B&W Nautilus

*** edited, I fixed the image for you. Paul




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[P-Dub]

John, you mean these?






Paul

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[P-Dub]

I always thought these looked cool:

Tag McLaren F1 AvantGarde






Paul

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[JerryIII]

Thanks for the help Paul. Those Tags are great looking.




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[John Holmes]

Thanks Paul! Those are my babies right there!!! :B




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[Lex]

Hopefully, this will display. Sonus faber Amati Hommage. :B

Lex

[David Meek]

They are only boxes, but the rosewood finish on them is like no other speaker I've seen - Vienna Acoustics Beethoven's. The photo doesn't even come close to doing it justice.






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[LarryB]

I'm with Lex: The most beautiful speaker is the Amati Homage, hands down.

Larry

[Burke Strickland]

Here's the speaker I'd nomnate for "best looking":


Ruth Klein is a leading media spokesperson for several Fortune 500 companies such as Ameritech and Bell Atlantic and is often quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and has recently been featured in Self-Employed Professional and Home Computing and penned an article in Family Circle Yearly Planner.


Great performance as a speaker and talk about "industrial design"! :>)

Burke

PS -- If I wanted beautiful modern sculpture, I'd get some Martin-Logans:


To listen, it would either be the Vandersteen 5's shown earlier in the thread (and they DO look nice too) or the Maggies that I am already enjoying every day.

I bought the Maggies because they come closer to bringing the musical performance into my home -- or transporting me to the performance site without actually travelling there -- than any other speakers I have heard. And because they do NOT draw attention to themselves visually. Not bad to look at, but to look at them is not why I wanted them.

[LarryB]

Paul:

I always thought these looked cool:

Definitely cool but beautiful? I think not.

Larry

[Clive]

B&W Nautilus is my kinda show-off speaker.




CLIVE




HEY!! Why buy movie tickets when you can own a Theater?

[Brandon B]

No fair Burke. The thread title clearly says SPEAKERS plural. You posted a one of a kind center channel. You have to post a picture with a left and right pair.

Oh please oh please oh please oh please.

BB

[Burke Strickland]

left and right pair

Trust me, the speaker in question definitely has that. But you'll have to use your imagination to picture them. :>)

But if this will help here's another one: :>)



Burke

[RedStep]

OK, I had to get in on this...Burke had to take the cake, And the awesome B&W Nautilus a close second.
But, take a look at these beauties..as appealing to the eyes as it is to the ears :T AVANTGARDE







RedStep
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[SiliGoose]

Wouldn't it be cool if the silver thing in the top picture was the amp?




-Sili

[RedStep]

No sh*t, Thats funy...(a gazillion watts per channel 8O ) I was waonder what that was myself???




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[David Meek]

Yeah, it looks like some gonzo Theta uber-Dreadnaught.




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[MuShu007]

I just ran into this site: http://www.pbase.com/tle/speakers

Lot of speaker pics!

[P-Dub]

I was thinking those look like the sub for those horns. Upon checking that's what they are :!: 8O

- 12 x 12 inch drivers!
- 108 kg (240 lbs) of magnet weight!
- 6,600 sq. cm (1020 sq.in.) of effective surface
area of drivers!
- 3 liters (102 oz) of displacement volume of
drivers!
- 2.1 kilowatt of integrated amplifier power!
- 7.2 kilowatt of RMS power handling capability!
- 537 sq.m (54 sq. ft) horn mouth area!
- 10935 dB efficiency!




Paul

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[Pat]

Paul, we all know someone who uses 12-12" drivers in his sub too
Just quick off the top of my head...1-12" Shiva handles 650w...x12=7800watts of power handling.
If I wasn't so lazy...and late for work I'd look up some more specs




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[craigdcan]

B&W Signature 800. There's just something about a speaker with leather

[David Meek]

Hi Craig, welcome to the Guide! Yeah, Lex has a "leather thing" working too - with his Sonus Faber Grand Pianos.




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[RedStep]

I like leather pants (on a woman) better, but these are nice... 8)








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[SayersWeb]

There is something about these.... practical yet exotic. They look better in real life by the way!




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