Original Design Speakers.

sphinxsix · January 10, 2020

Just came to the conclusion that maybe design speakers (I personally hate design audio that is gear designed mainly to look good, not to sound good) deserve a separate thread.

They don't have to be ugly (or angry )

they just have to be ORIGINAL.

Repost from the other thread:

The Soundwave Speakers designed by furniture designer Matt Dennis.

SnowMEN speakers by Dirk Vander Kooij have 3D printed cabinets.

Symbiosis is a series of wooden speakers designed by Stanley Ruiz.

Soee Sound Design.

DuckToller · January 10, 2020

Here are design speaker from the guy who had his creative high with te film "the 5th element", he propelled back to kicthen design imho 😉

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RickyV · January 10, 2020

I have have always disliked these speakers.

Why? Because the plastic was so thin they resonated al over the place, so looks only.

With speaker design the shape of the speaker has a purpose also the material and sturdiness etc. So for me it it’s form meets function.

sphinxsix · January 10, 2020

How about:

or:

or (not for depressive music I believe ):

sphinxsix · January 10, 2020

1 minute ago, RickyV said:

I have have always disliked these speakers.

Why? Because the plastic was so thin they resonated al over the place, so looks only.

With speaker design the shape of the speaker has a purpose also the material and sturdiness etc. So for me it it’s form meets function.

I've always hated their looks too.

RickyV · January 10, 2020

34 minutes ago, sphinxsix said:

How about:

or:

or (not for depressive music I believe 😞

Spheres are actually a good form, shape, for a speaker. On the outside for defraction and on the inside for standing waves, resonances. But only if the cabinet wall thickness is sufficient.

RickyV · January 10, 2020

35 minutes ago, sphinxsix said:

How about:

or:

or (not for depressive music I believe 😞

First pic:

In case of form meets function, I like the first one. Nice point source MTM configuration. Narrow at the tweeter, wider at the mids. Never the same distance from the middle of the driver to the edge of the cabinet. Mmmm not sure of the time alignment of the woofer.

Second pic:

Nice point source coaxial driver raindrop shape cabinet.

Third pic:

Probably crap, driver time alignment, un sturdy hinges, thin plastic, distance from tweeter to mid to big. Spheres are good.

semente · January 10, 2020

RickyV · January 10, 2020

Nice, although I don’t speak French.
You see than with one of the older models they lowered the tweeter into the sphere mid cabinet to schorten the difference. It depends on the wavelength, from mid to woofer is not so problematic.

Ralf11 · January 10, 2020

25 minutes ago, RickyV said:

Nice, although I don’t speak French.
You see than with one of the older models they lowered the tweeter into the sphere mid cabinet to schorten the difference. It depends on the wavelength, from mid to woofer is not so problematic.

I thought schorten was German?

maybe Alsatian French?

DuckToller · January 10, 2020

2 minutes ago, Ralf11 said:

I thought schorten was German?

maybe Alsatian French?

-> SCHORLE !!!!

RickyV · January 10, 2020

😁 shorten, I meant......... ... .. of course.

And schorten means aprons in dutch 🙄

DuckToller · January 10, 2020

by the way, the Elipson brand is now owned by AV Industry, a group that includes as well the he biggest french AV-Retailer (SonVideo.com).

They just established an heritage model of an old classic:, the legacy 3230 (https://www.son-video.com/article/enceintes-enceintes-enceintes-colonne/elipson/legacy-3230-noyer)
for around 7500 Euros. The 2 times I listened to them, I was stunned by their directness, bass and timing.

RickyV · January 10, 2020

And look like,

semente · January 10, 2020

21 minutes ago, RickyV said:

And look like,

Guess who came up with the idea?

By the way:

Ralf11 · January 10, 2020

If the speaker looks like a space alien, you always wonder if they are friendly or not

RickyV · January 10, 2020

Are those “The angry speakers” 😀

gmgraves · January 11, 2020

7 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

If the speaker looks like a space alien, you always wonder if they are friendly or not

What about the one that looks like the Martian in George Pal’s original “War of the Worlds” from the early ‘50’s (btw, the ONLY film of H.G. Wells’ classic science fiction story, as far as I’m concerned.). Wish I could remember the name of that speaker.

semente · January 11, 2020

Gradient

sphinxsix · January 11, 2020

16 hours ago, DuckToller said:

Here are design speaker from the guy who had his creative high with te film "the 5th element", he propelled back to kicthen design imho 😉

Or maybe even a bathroom design..

15 hours ago, RickyV said:

First pic:

In case of form meets function, I like the first one. Nice point source MTM configuration. Narrow at the tweeter, wider at the mids. Never the same distance from the middle of the driver to the edge of the cabinet. Mmmm not sure of the time alignment of the woofer.

I agree. I also think they look very cool but I'm not sure if the (nicely designed) base is sufficiently stiff.

15 hours ago, RickyV said:

Second pic:

Nice point source coaxial driver raindrop shape cabinet.

Four way coaxial driver! I've never had a chance to hear high end Cabasse speakers but there is no doubt this is not 'design' audio gear but a serious one. BTW L'Ocean speakers (€80k) from the photo have a bigger brother (also 4-way design with 55cm woofer!) La Sphère (Stereophile review link) (€180k)

16 hours ago, RickyV said:

Third pic:

Probably crap

I agree.

In general I like spheres, I also think that that such cabinets may have quite good acoustic properties.

14 hours ago, RickyV said:

And look like,

Only a little worse... (I think B&W should sue Elipson)

14 hours ago, semente said:

Guess who came up with the idea?

By the way:

It is about diffraction (reflected sound characteristics) not about given cabinet shape inner resonances/standing waves - right.?

13 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

If the speaker looks like a space alien, you always wonder if they are friendly or not

Do you have a bit elevated anxiety level.?

Ok, I admit - these don't look particularly friendly :

3 hours ago, semente said:

Gradient

IMO they look like they've been designed by a not particularly brilliant 7y.o. or the one with ADHD, not remembering which module shape he used a moment earlier...