What is the coolest looking or best designed HI-Fi you've seen.

[Stuart83]

A homage to the old school predecessors but I find these missions gorgeous and cool, to me personally what a speaker should look like.
The sound combined has me getting that hifi itch again.

 

[twinkletoes]

Tag gear back in the day used to catch my eye

 

[MUSICRAFT]

What are your personal choices?

Marantz PM-94 😎

Marantz PM-94 on thevintageknob.org

vintage Marantz Quarter-A amplifier bestseller with copper-plated chassis, AVSS and toroidal transformer

www.thevintageknob.org

 

[Deleted member 194101]

Anything designed by Dieter Rams makes me feel funny inside ☺️

I love the white system on the pedestal.

 

[Al ears]

I love the white system on the pedestal.

Surprised the amp doesn't get a bit hot laid out like that.....

 

[Stuart83]

Some people are just so so lucky.
I'd never leave that room

 

[DCarmi]

Garrard 501
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Just looked to see if anyone was flogging one out of idle curiosity. Nothing showed up immediately. I did note that Hifi Corner are flogging an 301 for a mere £32,400. I managed to resist hitting the "buy now" button. 😊

 

[daytona600]

501 was £100,000 , 301 was under 50quid new in the 1960s now £30k

 

[Jasonovich]

OK I'm Back!
Thrown my toys out the pram. I'm good, love you all....

Do any of you remember Neat, I thought they weren't around any more!
Their latest range of speakers ORKESTRA really look good on the eyes and I like they're using true ribbon (not AMT's) instead of conventional tweeters and floor facing bass, i.e. two downward-facing 170mm drive units in iso-baric configuration, see the link below.

ORKESTRA – Neat Acoustics

For over 25 years Neat loudspeakers have been hand-crafted by a dedicated team. These loudspeakers are widely considered to offer the very best in High-End audio reproduction.

neatacoustics.com

Neat Acoustics Orkestra | The Ear

The Orkestra is a sealed two-way on top of a vented subwoofer in a 2.5-way design. That’s to simplify it too much though. The infinite baffle top box contains

the-ear.net

 

[Deleted member 194101]

These look nice, with the bass in the base! Not many isobaric designs around.

Neat Acoustics Momentum SX5i Floorstanding Speakers

More information on these speakers, which are upgraded versions of the originals, with the SXT-A1 tweeter and revised crossovers , and an optional solid plinth to provide more stability and better sonic performance, will be available soon.

www.analogueseduction.net

 

[Jasonovich]

These look nice, with the bass in the base! Not many isobaric designs around.

Neat Acoustics Momentum SX5i Floorstanding Speakers

More information on these speakers, which are upgraded versions of the originals, with the SXT-A1 tweeter and revised crossovers , and an optional solid plinth to provide more stability and better sonic performance, will be available soon.

www.analogueseduction.net

I like reading the reviews on EAR, and I came upon these. Indeed don't see too many isobaric designs and I can only imagine, the bass is something special.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzLTflvgsec

 

[Oxfordian]

Sorry guys but nothing that I have seen so far makes me want to go Ooooooh that's nice.

I'll be a bit on a conventionalist and go for a Full Michell Gyro Dec just love how that TT looks, partner it with a nice top of the line valve amp - those tubes glowing away in the darkness as they send that signal out to some exotic speakers from Avalon Acoustics would finish the look off rather nicely.

All pie in the sky but a system with a wow factor, at least in my dreams.

 

[Jasonovich]

It gets better, love the look of the IOTA range. A British company that is redefining the curve!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RimP1440a44

 

[Deleted member 201267]

Apologies I'm sort of on the Atoll bandwagon, I know I'm a bit of a HiFi sl*t but I think this might be a fun thread.
I think in terms of design and looks the Atoll IN400 power amp is way above its peers.

I think aesthics do add something but it would be eye candy only, if it didn't have the sound quality. What are your personal choices?

View: https://youtu.be/EpAn5g0JkhY?si=HB8fs0HISKjRCJoz​

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THESE !

M9 — Magico Loudspeakers

www.magicoaudio.com

 

[Jasonovich]

THESE !

M9 — Magico Loudspeakers

www.magicoaudio.com

Like a better Focal design, though I suspect, it might make a dalek horny 😊

 

[MUSICRAFT]

OK I'm Back!

A heads up would have been helpful. Would have rolled out the red carpet 🙂 Anyway welcome back 👍

 

[Dom]

Wow, really look like impressive, beautiful. They look like giant speakers.

 

[MUSICRAFT]

One of my DAC's/Pre Amplification a Marantz CDA-94 (my CDA-94 is in Black finish btw) I am using with one of my amplifiers a Naim Audio NAIT 50. Proper old school 😎

Marantz CDA-94 on thevintageknob.org

vintage Marantz 1987 reference d-a converter with Philips DAC3

www.thevintageknob.org

 

[Deleted member 201267]

Wow, really look like impressive speakers, beautiful. They look like giants.

The Magico M9 are yours for roughly £1 million...

Magico's ultra-high-end M9 flagship floorstanders cost almost £1m

Each speaker stands over 2m tall and weighs 454kg

www.whathifi.com

 

[Deleted member 201267]

Like a better Focal design, though I suspect, it might make a dalek horny 😊

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VcPAdzjcA0

 

[Jasonovich]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VcPAdzjcA0

It's only a Youtube video but you can still, sense the spaciousness and depth. Each note played is like a separate entity. With that in mind multiply it by 100 or maybe a thousand times when you listen to it live.
Wow, can I borrow a million smack 'a' roos!

 

[Jasonovich]

A heads up would have been helpful. Would have rolled out the red carpet 🙂 Anyway welcome back 👍

Cheers dude.
I was reading other hifi forums and ah, I'm thinking a bit tame and patronising, and, the wife telling me stop being such a diva, a child that's never really grown up, wasting all my money on things I don't need. 🤣

 

[Deleted member 201267]

It's only a Youtube video but you can still, sense the spaciousness and depth. Each note played is like a separate entity. With that in mind multiply it by 100 or maybe a thousand times when you listen to it live.
Wow, can I borrow a million smack 'a' roos!

I think the music being played is just overdubbed and not from the actual loudspeakers / system featured !

I would love to hear that system in person...

 

[WayneKerr]

OK I'm Back!
Thrown my toys out the pram. I'm good, love you all....

Do any of you remember Neat, I thought they weren't around any more!
Their latest range of speakers ORKESTRA really look good on the eyes and I like they're using true ribbon (not AMT's) instead of conventional tweeters and floor facing bass, i.e. two downward-facing 170mm drive units in iso-baric configuration, see the link below.
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ORKESTRA – Neat Acoustics

For over 25 years Neat loudspeakers have been hand-crafted by a dedicated team. These loudspeakers are widely considered to offer the very best in High-End audio reproduction.

neatacoustics.com

Neat Acoustics Orkestra | The Ear

The Orkestra is a sealed two-way on top of a vented subwoofer in a 2.5-way design. That’s to simplify it too much though. The infinite baffle top box contains

the-ear.net

You been living under a rock Jason? 🙂 Neat get a regular mention on here.

 

[Deleted member 194101]

You been living under a rock Jason? 🙂 Neat get a regular mention on here.

They do get a mention, occasionally, but the SX5i does seems to be a mainly unknown model round these parts. I would love to know what they sound like and if anyone has a pair. They look like the Spendor A4 with the added bass unit. They are a similar price and we don't get anyone on here with either.