Most stylish looking speakers £1000 - £1500

[shooter]

I like the laid back style of the Ushers and with the wood cheeks look smart.

 

[tino]

Double post

 

[tino]

Davone Mojo

 

[tino]

Ferguson Hill FH009

 

[bigmoose]

He he... Nice search!

But this is a good point, it depends what you mean by stylish. If you mean stylish as "different", the link should give you good ideas. I tend to go for classy look with a twist. The B&W PM1s are the best looking speakers I have seen IMHO.

They look and sound the part too but they are a bit over your budget. I would still recommend you to check these out as these might convince you to strech your budget a bit...

I'm quite fond of the new Tannoys Precision 6.1/6.2 as well. I have not seen those in real, but if they are similar to the DC series, the finish should be top notch!

Let us know which ones you end up going for, I'm quite interested!

 

[Dommer]

'Stylish' usually means that it costs more, so more often than not, you'll get better quality for your money going for something more conventional. Are the looks more important? Or do you want to the best sounding speaker you can get for your money?

Pointless asking about style or design flair here. (By 'here' I mean most of the UK hi-fi industry and most of it's customers.)

The UK consumer does not demand good design (or any design really) and any products that can boast it are usually aimed at export markets, just as our best designers and architects get most of their work overseas.

Britain is the birthplace of the term 'arty farty' and this suspicion of art and design, I think, dates all the way back to the reformation (and Cromwell's Commonwealth) where lavish imagery and music was expunged wherever possible in place of plain functionality and the emphasis on the written word. (Now we're great at that, as a nation, and punch well above our weight in literature.)

The UK is great at engineering and science but it's engineers and scientists don't 'do' design. Our hi-fi industry punches above it's (very puny) weight in terms of performance but you don't want to look at most of it for too long.

There are exceptions (of course) from Linn, Meridian (and even Quad at one time) but, on the whole, it's a collection of bent tin boxes with aluminium fascias in silver or black with veneered, or gloss black, box speakers.

If you want to know - as a designer maybe - what the average Brit likes, then go to an average housing development a few years after it's been built and look at how many people have installed mock 'leaded light' windows, mock beams, mock four-posters and 'farmhouse' themed kitchens in their TudorBethan homes.

They will not be at all offended by having their housing estate totally surrounded by a ring of gargantuan metal retail sheds (B&Q, Tesco, ASDA, DFS, PCWorld etc etc) with all the architectural flair of a car battery. They will all work in similar buildings where 'spite' seemed to be the architects brief (but in reality it was 'vengeance', because the architect was trained to enhance people's lives for a living and has been forced instead to design structures that will suck any life-force from the occupants.)

What hope has any hi-fi company got if they attempt to introduce some good design and visual flair into their products? They might as well put a little polyester thatched-roof on each speaker and paint them to look like cottages!

Too true!

 

[6th.replicant]

Davone Mojo

 

[omnibeard]

These divide opinion... i'd class these as being stylish.

http://www.monopulse.co.uk/

+1

Not quite as mental looking as many suggestions here, but they are awesome speakers if you can find a pair at that price.

And they look a bit like Daleks.

Maybe.

 

[shooter]

Origin Live Astute ...

http://www.originlive.com/loudspeakers.htm

I thought these were desk top speakers until i just clicked the link.

 

[power]

B&W CM8s with grilles off.

Thats good sound and good looks in one especially in piano black

 

[proffski]

eclipse TD range. 'nuff said.

indeed

I always found the sound of these lacking...

 

[DandyCobalt]

None of the pictures of stylish speakers ever show the very unstylish tangle of fat ugly wires trailing across the floor to reach them. Not what the designer intended, I'm sure, but vital to actually making the speakers fulfil their purpose.

Perhaps a parallel thread on stylish cable management systems and trunking....

 

[AL13N]

Been researching over the past month or so into building a decent hifi setup and kinda have a bit of a soft spot for stylish and "out there" looking speakers (in my current budget of around £1000 - £1500) such as the dueval planets range and etc, is there any others in my budget worth looking into?

If you like the look of Dueval Planets you may also like Audio Pro Living LV3, not just speakers but a complete Hi-Fi system including wireless for £1495:

http://www.audiopro.com/node/138

Talking of Planets, this Elipson system is pretty stylish for £1799 (speakers are Elipson Planet L costing £600, stands are sold seperately for £100 each):

http://www.elipson.com/en/model/211_Music-Center.html

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

Watherfall Audio Iguasçu a litle bit over budget but very nice.

 

[hoopsontoast]

Shahinian speakers look pretty nice.

 

[gregvet]

Shahinian speakers look pretty nice.

Birdbox anyone?

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

Shahinian speakers look pretty nice.

Those are a lot over budget, but the ARC are on my short list, mAybe one day...

 

[MUSICRAFT]

ATC SCM11 monitors with their clean and simple style

No bling in their looks or in their reproduction

Thanks

Rick @ Musicraft

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

ATC SCM11 monitors with their clean and simple style

No bling in their looks or in their reproduction

Thanks

Rick @ Musicraft

:rofl:

The ATC can be a lot of things but the one thing that they aren't is stylish looking... Eheehheeheh

 

[Al ears]

Origin Live Astute ...

http://www.originlive.com/loudspeakers.htm

Very nice. Hopefully it won't lose too much aestetically with a length of speaker cable hanging out of the back.

You're assuming they will be less than £1,500 a pair ?

Speaker in a length of waste pipe and a bit of bent perspex. How expensive can they be?

My guess is you can add 2 grand to the OPs maximum spend figure!

 

[Anonymous]

Sonus Faber Toy Tower in white leather finish

Click on

http://www.sonusfaber.com/en/collection/toy/

then select "Toy Tower"

"Finishing"

"White"

I have those at home and the white lacquer and leather combination looks pretty stunning.

 

[BenLaw]

ATC SCM11 monitors with their clean and simple style

No bling in their looks or in their reproduction

Thanks

Rick @ Musicraft

:rofl:

The ATC can be a lot of things but the one thing that they aren't is stylish looking... Eheehheeheh

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

ATC SCM11 monitors with their clean and simple style

No bling in their looks or in their reproduction

Thanks

Rick @ Musicraft

:rofl:

The ATC can be a lot of things but the one thing that they aren't is stylish looking... Eheehheeheh

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

There is also nearsightedness, astigmatism, farsightedness, and other degenerative eye diseases ... :cheers:

 

[AlmaataKZ]

You may find some inspiration here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22498927@N05/sets/72157629989507661

 

[MUSICRAFT]

ATC SCM11 monitors with their clean and simple style

No bling in their looks or in their reproduction

Thanks

Rick @ Musicraft

:rofl:

The ATC can be a lot of things but the one thing that they aren't is stylish looking... Eheehheeheh

Hi Hi-FiOutlaw



Yes, i do feel that SCM11 monitors look

Anyway for me i take styling/looks of products as a bonus because ultimately i want to see past the 'make up' and see what lies beneath. In this respect SCM11's real beauty lies within

All the best

Rick @ Musicraft