Ugly speakers

[tom_s]

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder...show us the ugly ones!

Here's one I found yesterday.

[dori_s]

Think this pair of speakers is insanely ugly:
http://www.weblogsinc.com/common/ima...8837214684.jpg

[mikejennens]

Think this pair of speakers is insanely ugly:
http://www.weblogsinc.com/common/ima...8837214684.jpg

Yeah... these guys are ugly, but in a fascinating way. They look like Howard the Duck crossed with some Pokemon figure. Kind of a huge-sucking-mouth-thing. Or maybe like the plant in Little Shop of Horrors. Whatever it is, I wouldn't want to be around them when they're hungry!
Mike

[johnnyrichards]

I always thought the B&W stuff was ugly :O

I also thinkusing pin cushion frames and/or frames truncated on all four sides goes a long way to making a speaker ugly.

[stangbat]

Well, you didn't restrict this to commercial products so I'll submit these:





And finally, my very own creation from 1986:

[NickS]

Think this pair of speakers is insanely ugly:
http://www.weblogsinc.com/common/ima...8837214684.jpg

I wonder if those lips flap in sync with the song playing through them?

[dori_s]

Well, you didn't restrict this to commercial products so I'll submit these:





And finally, my very own creation from 1986:

I' kind of like the ones in the middle picture... could look nice in the right location... like a summerhouse or something

[Mark65]

And finally, my very own creation from 1986:

Hey I used that Radio Shack mid to mod a pair of 8" two-ways, right around that time, in fact(may have been '87)!

I used all Radio Shack parts: An 8" woofer, that mid, and one of their piezo supertweeters, the square box one. Put in a three way OTS xo with selectable xo points (), mounted the woof and mid in the original holes, and velcro'd the tweet to the top of the cab!

Good Times!


Mark

PS: I'm pretty sure that Wolf has a pair of those mids, waiting to be used in something....

[jclin4]

The price is also ugly, $50k per pair:

[Wolf]

Mark

PS: I'm pretty sure that Wolf has a pair of those mids, waiting to be used in something..

Funny that-
I have 4 of the mids, sold 4 of those tweeters to JohnnyRichards, and traded some cabinets for 4 of those woofers that I had to Shawn. I coulda built 4 of those!!!
Later,
Wolf

[DoubleTap]

The price is also ugly, $50k per pair:

You'd think for $50K they could get those ribbons in there straight.

[gc1]

Nice wood, but uuggglly speaker.

[tom_s]

And finally, my very own creation from 1986

Those drivers must have enjoyed a long production run! My best friend build a pair of speakers in wood shop class when we were in Jr High, ~1977. He used those same mids and tweeters, but with the RS 10" woofers. I think the cabinets were solid mahogany...and BIG!

[badman]

You'd think for $50K they could get those ribbons in there straight.

This guy's been the subject of much mockery. And deservedly so. Poor design for ultrapremium price. Lovely!

[andy19191]

This guy's been the subject of much mockery. And deservedly so. Poor design for ultrapremium price. Lovely!

Setting aside questions of what happens with a pair of tweeters that far apart, recognise anything here from the PE catalogue:

http://www.linnaudionh.com/amplifiers.html

What might be not quite right here:

http://www.linnaudionh.com/images/ph...k_3776740c.jpg

The site is well worth a browse!

[the kid]

Linn's warranty section claims that you need the original packing in order for a warranty or return. Now where to store....

[rogoll]

There are a couple of extraordinary exceptions, but for the most part speakers made of PVC pipe look ugly to me --> http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...ed=0CCAQsAQwAw

[JustinG]

There are a couple of extraordinary exceptions, but for the most part speakers made of PVC pipe look ugly to me --> http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...ed=0CCAQsAQwAw

170 bucks for a pair of M3Ns?

http://tinyurl.com/y93taqf

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=297-433

not sure how they got their spec of 80-20k Hz since that driver takes a nosedive at 8k or so...

This one is even worse:
http://tinyurl.com/y8e68ss

That is a pair of B2S's selling for 250 bucks... just wow...

[Mark65]

Setting aside questions of what happens with a pair of tweeters that far apart, recognise anything here from the PE catalogue:

http://www.linnaudionh.com/amplifiers.html

What might be not quite right here:

http://www.linnaudionh.com/images/ph...k_3776740c.jpg

The site is well worth a browse!

Wow, that's quite a markup for the Dayton 150 and Behringer amps...


I am somewhat curious what a stylized "D" might have to do with Linn Audio, but maybe that's just me....

Also, nice photoshopping....wow this guy is really something.


Mark

[lennon_68]

Haha, I actually bought the B&C DE500's I used on my latest project from that guy (David Linn). Nice guy and I got a good deal... I have some email back and forth where I asked him some questions about those speakers with some "interesting" replies... My favorite part (aside from the admission that the ribbon tweeters are just there for show and to be able to claim flat to 40kHz) was when i asked him what he does to account for the CTC spacing of the 15's to the DE500 used as a "mid", especially since his XO is 1500hz. His answer was to the effect of 'they measure +/-3dB when sitting in the optimal seating location'. The vertical axis must be a MESS on these things (the ribbons are crossed in at 8kHz FYI).