Post some pics...The most beautiful loudspeakers

[Whitey80]

Love to see some exotic woods, extravagant or simple designs. Not sonic purity...just eyecandy, don't care who makes it.

 

[its phillip]

 

[TLS Guy]

I have always been partial to the Quad ESL 57. First demonstrated in 1955 and introduced to market 1957. It was a total revelation. A good working pair will still cost you a small fortune on eBay or Audiogon.

Doesn't look like a design over half a century old, does it?

I'm also keen on the speakers in my signature, but that's designer bias. No exotic woods, just red oak.

 

[TLS Guy]

This is also a good looking speaker.

The ATC EL 150 active speaker. $81,250 per pair.

 

[sholling]

I'd love to own a set of Salk HT3 towers.

 

[sholling]

I'm also keen on the speakers in my signature, but that's designer bias. No exotic woods, just red oak.

Those are amazing to look at. I'm having my Song Towers made in oak.

 

[Whitey80]

Impressive design, who makes these?

 

[3db]

I've always liked the looks of these from a function point of view. These are made by Gershwin, a Canadian manufacturer, model is the "GAP 828"

 

[3db]

Another one I like are these from Hansen. called the King.

 

[its phillip]

Impressive design, who makes these?

They are Focal Grande Utopia EMs

 

[highfigh]

Doesn't look like a design over half a century old, does it?

Those scream 'Mid-Century Modern'.

 

[TLS Guy]

Those scream 'Mid-Century Modern'.

No other speaker looked like that back then! It had to look that way pretty much, so form followed function. I guess the whole thing was modern, you would not be short changed listening to a pair now, in fact they still have a big following.

 

[enbepe]

I well remember a pair of these sitting in my school music room and they sounded impressive then. Must have been a serious bit of expenditure for a school back in the early sixties but then we didn't really think about that aspect at such a tender age!

 

[TjMV3]

The Wharfedale Opus 3 v2 in Cherry Piano Finish

 

[dreamwrx]

Droooool

Wilson Boulder

Sonus Faber Stradivari

 

[j_garcia]

 

[sholling]

Almost anything on this list of the worlds most expensive speakers. The Wealth Channel did a profile on the "cheapest" ($100,000 w/dual matching subs) on the list and they are beautiful. He's a similar thread from AudioKarma. Good looking speakers.

 

[alcy]

^^Those look downright scary man !

Anyway here's a few:

I am not sure if the guy has done some driver/electronics work there, but they sure as hell look good (the guy is primarily a sculptor).

SOURCE

 

[j_garcia]

I don't find those beautiful. These aren't great either, but I appreciate their simplicity:

I personally like these:

 

[Nuance AH]

Vandersteen Model Seven: