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What are the most BA looking headphones and speakers

post #1 of 48
10/2/09 at 10:22pm
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Well I went through the "Are aesthetics important" thread, and thought it was interesting.

Me personally, do put looks fairly high...but that's cause I love a beautiful design in anything. Sound does come first though.

ANYWAYS back to this

Forget performance, forget quality, forget it all expect the looks. What are the coolest, most BA, incredible or beautiful headphones, and speakers you've seen, or that are out there.

I guess you could do the worst too...
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post #2 of 48
10/2/09 at 10:58pm
nothing says badass like some bullets

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post #3 of 48
10/2/09 at 11:46pm
The AKG K-1000. They threw convention out the window and went wih a modernist design that people still aren't entirely comfortable with.

And they sound incredible, too.
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post #4 of 48
10/3/09 at 12:19am
Sony Qualia.. No question. Period. Most bad ass looking headphones EVER! The HE90 are a close 2nd.
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post #5 of 48
10/3/09 at 12:20am
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Originally Posted by Uncle Erik View Post
The AKG K-1000. They threw convention out the window and went wih a modernist design that people still aren't entirely comfortable with.

And they sound incredible, too.
I agree with the convention part.. But they look really geeky..
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post #6 of 48
10/3/09 at 3:07am
I'm not a horn guy, but these look awesome! Whoever owns these is a player - not a spectator.


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post #7 of 48
10/3/09 at 3:14am
beat by a mile

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post #8 of 48
10/3/09 at 3:19am
I can't post a picture from the phone, but plasma speakers are inherently badass. They're dangerous, for sure, but tweeters that glow blue from an arc of electricity might be the coolest - and best sounding - thing in existence.
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post #9 of 48
10/3/09 at 3:26am
El_Doug: Those look great! The big horns in my photo use ALE compression drivers, as do the horns in your photo.

Uncle Erik: Here's an assist

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post #10 of 48
10/3/09 at 3:57am

The Klangfilm Euronar

Early theater speaker, never designed to be seen, obviously. WAF nonexistent!

My favorite industrial design of a transducer, the JBL 2405 compression tweeter, produced for fifty years.
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post #11 of 48
10/3/09 at 5:03am
El_Doug, are those speakers sitting on a crate?
I don't think so, it must be a high tech mount that looks like a crate!
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post #12 of 48
10/3/09 at 5:18am
I like Avantgarde horns myself.
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post #13 of 48
10/3/09 at 6:17am
Stax SR-007BL
AKG K1000
Focal Maestro Utopia
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post #14 of 48
10/3/09 at 9:29am
Well I consider this cd transport to be the most BA in its domain
http://www.metronome-technologie.com...84_2.jpg?r=809
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post #15 of 48
10/3/09 at 2:08pm
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beat by a mile
That is one moment in the never ending evolution of Jean-Yves Kerbrat's stereo rig. Those are ALE Bass Horns in the back fed by 100kg ALE compression drivers. I will post a link to a treasure trove of images if I can find it. Here is a Stereo Times brief look. StereoTimes - Commentary
and a short page of a visit to his power room. Audio Nirvana. Página de Audio de Ernest Ruiz

The dude seriously needs to get into headphones!

I post here the photo of him holding a T1610 KR triode, which he unfortunately used in Cary amps instead of KR units.
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