Topic: The World's 15 sexiest speakers put your girlfriend to shame

[wbrisette]

I found this interesting.

http://www.audiojunkies.com/blog/711/the-worlds-15-sexiest-speakers-put-your-girlfriend-to-shame

[Nick's Picks]

I can't believe there are no Martin Logan or Sonus Faber's in there.

[wbrisette]

Could be because they don't look unique enough? Don't know Nick. I also don't know how many of these were chosen on looks rather than sound.

My home playback system really isn't anything to brag about in fact, I probably spend more time listening to my iPod than anything else except possibly my car stereo (which certainly isn't ANYTHING to write home about). It's funny how I've got a ton of money tied up in recording gear and editing gear, but nearly nothing in playback equipment.

Wayne

[Nick's Picks]

some of the sonus line is very sexy looking.
as as for unique, how can you argue w/these ?



or this:

[JD]

Now this is a sexy speaker;
 

[Nick's Picks]

maybe to Fred Sanford...

[Petrus]

The word sexy means something else, at least for me. And these are not all bass reflex?

Anyways, most of these speakers are flawed in at least one or even more basic rules of good design, and go all out on small or imagined problems at huge cost. I bet any large Genelec monitor would beat them in a blind test, and as far as I know the new JBL Project Everest speaker is THE best speaker available at the moment (partly because it is only 2-way basically). Not sexy, but not cheap, alas.

[Sanjay]

not a single one of those speakers would be caught dead in my home, even if I could afford them.  ugly as shit all of em.

[Invisible]

I have personal experience with the Proclaim Audio Works speakers. They actually do almost everything right and are fine loudspeakers. Excellent with tubes.

[thepassionofyonder]

It's funny how I've got a ton of money tied up in recording gear and editing gear, but nearly nothing in playback equipment.

same here.
nice rig, but really need a quality playback system.

[willndmb]

i'll take the girl

[carlbeck]

Nope I would take the Acapella Audio Arts with the plasma tweeters, BOO YAH big ass horns! I saw a picture of the tweeters all lit up last year on Agon & I have been in love since.

The Acapella Audio Arts Spharon Excalibur loudspeakers are quite a sight. I recently had the pleasure of hearing their little brothers (Triolon Excaliburs) in person at the 2007 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest in Denver. The Spharon Excalibur's stand just under 8ft. tall and weigh 1,364lbs each. Aside from the beautiful horns, one of the most unique features of the Spharon Excalibur’s are the horn loaded Plasma Ion Tweeters that allow the speakers to reproduce frequencies up to 50kHz. Because there is no mass to the flame (or "arc") that plasma tweeters use to reproduce the sound, they theoretically should outperform conventional tweeters with metal or fabric domes and even low mass ribbons. All that can be seen of the plasma tweeters is a pinkish/purple glow coming from inside the golden horn surrounding the housing. The Spharon Excalibur’s are the most expensive speakers on this list, and what other speakers have tweeters that can double as night lights?

[Nick's Picks]

acapella / avant garde stuff is super sweet.  I'd love a pair of those "duos".

[rokpunk]

not a single one of those speakers would be caught dead in my home, even if I could afford them.  ugly as shit all of em.

no doubt! i'll stick with my "speaker looking" speakers.
fuggin' ugly! all of 'em.