What is the prettiest loudspeaker?

[gleeds]

View attachment 162211

My new speaker love since today. Temporary setup in current living room.Odeon 32 factory upgraded to Semper spec.
View attachment 162210

August, welcome to WBF!
I love the Semper's. DCS and Thrax integrated are nice choices. Modestly powered, e.g., 25-50 watt single-ended tube amplifiers are magic on them, so perhaps one day give that a try. Otherwise, enjoy the music, and your participation in the world's best audio forum

 

[J007B]

My new speaker love since today. Temporary setup in current living room.Odeon 32 factory upgraded to Semper spec.
View attachment 162210

Congratulations, I have heard them at shows and they sounded fantastic........

 

[August]

August, welcome to WBF!
I love the Semper's. DCS and Thrax integrated are nice choices. Modestly powered, e.g., 25-50 watt single-ended tube amplifiers are magic on them, so perhaps one day give that a try. Otherwise, enjoy the music, and your participation in the world's best audio forum

Thanks Gary. Have been lurking some time, so this is my first system pic. The Thrax is my go-to amp works well on anything. Will try out other combinations. I do have some 811A transmitter tube monos that I need to get up and running which might be just be the ticket for these speakers. Also have a FirsWatt/Pass style SIT amp I could try out. Maybe others later, but this will have to wait untill next year when we move house, it would have the possibility of a dedicated listening room (although other members of my family might want to claim it for other entertainment purposes).

 

[Adelmor]

definitely like beautiful furniture.
View attachment 156250
My loved monitor audio studio 2 gold View attachment 156251

or jamo r909 the first modern open baffle speaker(1994)View attachment 156254

HI,

I have the Sonus Faber Cremona Auditor first edition and besides they still look gorgeous also they sound nice.

Rgds

Adelmo

 

[Trab]

Several outstanding designs have appeared thus far, led by B&W Nautilus.
Allow me to present those, that my heart beats faster for, and there are a few ; )

Boenicle,
Maestro Franco Serblins Accordo,
Silentpound Bloom,
OMA: Imperia and mini,
Cessaro Chopin,
Diapason Adamantes,
Closer Acoustic OGY.

Hmm, it looks like it's easier to design small speakers.

Anyway, a real pleasure to highlight those.

 

[gleeds]

I love all of these, especially the baby Boenicke. Silent Pound is doing exciting work in acoustic and industrial design. A young company worth watching. My favorite monitor for design and performance is the Sound Kaos Vox 3 in top trim.

 

[gleeds]

I love all of these, especially the baby Boenicke. Silent Pound is doing exciting work in acoustic and industrial design. A young company worth watching. My favorite monitor for design and performance is the Sound Kaos Vox 3 in top trim.

 

[Adelmor]

Several outstanding designs have appeared thus far, led by B&W Nautilus.
Allow me to present those, that my heart beats faster for, and there are a few ; )

Boenicle,
Maestro Franco Serblins Accordo,
Silentpound Bloom,
OMA: Imperia and mini,
Cessaro Chopin,
Diapason Adamantes,
Closer Acoustic OGY.

Hmm, it looks like it's easier to design small speakers.

Anyway, a real pleasure to highlight those.





View attachment 162287View attachment 162288View attachment 162289View attachment 162290View attachment 162291View attachment 162293View attachment 162295View attachment 162296

Maestro Franco Serblins Accordo: plus 1

 

[Dave777tx]

I love all of these, especially the baby Boenicke. Silent Pound is doing exciting work in acoustic and industrial design. A young company worth watching. My favorite monitor for design and performance is the Sound Kaos Vox 3 in top trim.

View attachment 162305

Gary, you would have to teach on all these speakers and also low wattage amps, I am very curios about that

 

[gleeds]

Gary, you would have to teach on all these speakers and also low wattage amps, I am very curios about that

Boenicke
Maestro Franco Serblini's Accordo,
Silentpound Bloom
OMA: Imperia and mini,
Cessaro Chopin,
Diapason Adamantes,
Closer Acoustic OGY
Sound Kaos Vox

Small speakers, due to physics, generally suffer from low efficiency, though a number of those referenced on this list are well-suited to low-power tube amplifiers. Closer Acoustics, OMA, and Cessaro's for sure. The Boenicks, Diaphason, and Silent Pound will all prefer solid-state amplifiers in the 50-watt-per-channel + range. The Sound Kaos is fairly efficient and many have mated the with fantastic results to the Enleum 23R 25 watt per/channel SS integrated. Naturally, room size, music preferences and listening levels also dictate. I can say all of these speakers deserve a good signal chain from source to amplification to cabling.

I hope that helps. Please feel free to PM me if you would like deeper insights.