What is the most bizarre piece of HiFi you've come across?

[Jasonovich]

The Atmosphere Acoustic Field Generator uses radio waves to improve sound quality by interacting with the air molecules in the room. The specific range of radio waves used is in the X band, which has a wavelength of about 3 centimeters. This wavelength is long enough to interact with the air molecules, but short enough to be able to penetrate through walls and other objects.

When the radio waves interact with the air molecules, they create a field of energy that enhances the sound waves. This field of energy helps to reduce reflections and diffraction, which can improve the soundstage and imaging. It can also help to reduce listening fatigue.

More research is needed to fully understand how it works.

Note : It may not be noticeable to everyone: Some people may not be able to hear the difference that the Atmosphere makes.
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It is reported that the Xroopadee-Aceekda Alien space invasion has just entered our galaxy, they seem pretty pi***d!

 

[Jasonovich]

And I thought some of the Focal's top end was weird, look at these Daleks.......EXTERMINATE......

View: https://youtu.be/EKDGQ3uafn4?si=1ikwJvjjWA78E1ut

 

[Al ears]

Rega Naiad f £29,999 each.
To this date, Rega has now made and sold more than 30 Naiad
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As a high end deck thats cheap!
Would I consider it at that price..... No!

 

[Gray]

Its just insane that you would lay down £4k for something that might not make any difference, your either very rich and bored or just plain stupid.
Not to mention the space it takes up and the ugliness of them, some rich people think that having more boxes make music sound better.

For example :-
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I know you own Cyrus equipment so no offence was meant to you, its just to high-light the craziness people go to, to attain mythical sound quality.

No offence taken Dom, don't worry, I couldn't agree more.
That's a good example of too much on display.
Those separate power supplies and power amps are (visually) not much more than a blank plate with a power light.
I wouldn't mind owning that lot, but much of it would be best hidden out of sight - close to speakers is a more sensible place for monoblocks anyway.

(I've only ever bought a couple of their integrated amps).

 

[Gray]

I've never seen a better example of hifi not fitting surroundings than that one! Minimal/modern surrounded by old and tatty.

And, once again, decent audio gear compromised by being in one of those horrible, bare-floored rooms.

 

[Dom]

No offence taken Dom, don't worry, I couldn't agree more.
That's a good example of too much on display.
Those separate power supplies and power amps are (visually) not much more than a blank plate with a power light.
I wouldn't mind owning that lot, but much of it would be best hidden out of sight - close to speakers is a more sensible place for monoblocks anyway.

(I've only ever bought a couple of their integrated amps).

So, you would like to own that lot?
It must be annoying turning it on and off? It would drive me crazy. 😡

 

[Jasonovich]

Its just insane that you would lay down £4k for something that might not make any difference, your either very rich and bored or just plain stupid.
Not to mention the space it takes up and the ugliness of them, some rich people think that having more boxes make music sound better.

For example :-
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I know you own Cyrus equipment so no offence was meant to you, its just to high-light the craziness people go to, to attain mythical sound quality.

I think these are much better on the eye

 

[record_spot]

B&W Nautilus (and see also any number of bats**t daft speaker designs costing £000s....)

 

[JDL]

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This is purely for entertainment purposes, and I need to ask the question; what do you think is the most bizarre piece of hifi you'd come across?
Bizarre and expensive do appear to go hand in hand it seems.

To start off, I think these Marten Duke 2 speakers remind me of something you might need to combat mosquitos or use as a strainer to make soft cheese from goat milk.
These are probably pedestrian compared to some of the stuff I've seen over the years.

Eccentricity or different = Good HiFi or great marketing BS to feed the hapless sheeples?

Marten Duke 2 (EX-DEMO/USED) loudspeakers in Piano Walnut Finish

Marten Duke 2 stand-mount loudspeakers. Ex-demo with slight damage (see pics). High Gloss, Piano Walnut Finish. See the Marten website here for details about these fantastic speakers: https://www.marten.se/products/heritage/heritage-duke-2/ Review here on The Ear too...

www.kronosav.com

This is purely for entertainment purposes, and I need to ask the question; what do you think is the most bizarre piece of hifi you'd come across?
Bizarre and expensive do appear to go hand in hand it seems.

To start off, I think these Marten Duke 2 speakers remind me of something you might need to combat mosquitos or use as a strainer to make soft cheese from goat milk.
These are probably pedestrian compared to some of the stuff I've seen over the years.

Eccentricity or different = Good HiFi or great marketing BS to feed the hapless sheeples?

Marten Duke 2 (EX-DEMO/USED) loudspeakers in Piano Walnut Finish

Marten Duke 2 stand-mount loudspeakers. Ex-demo with slight damage (see pics). High Gloss, Piano Walnut Finish. See the Marten website here for details about these fantastic speakers: https://www.marten.se/products/heritage/heritage-duke-2/ Review here on The Ear too...

www.kronosav.com

This is purely for entertainment purposes, and I need to ask the question; what do you think is the most bizarre piece of hifi you'd come across?
Bizarre and expensive do appear to go hand in hand it seems.

To start off, I think these Marten Duke 2 speakers remind me of something you might need to combat mosquitos or use as a strainer to make soft cheese from goat milk.
These are probably pedestrian compared to some of the stuff I've seen over the years.

Eccentricity or different = Good HiFi or great marketing BS to feed the hapless sheeples?

Marten Duke 2 (EX-DEMO/USED) loudspeakers in Piano Walnut Finish

Marten Duke 2 stand-mount loudspeakers. Ex-demo with slight damage (see pics). High Gloss, Piano Walnut Finish. See the Marten website here for details about these fantastic speakers: https://www.marten.se/products/heritage/heritage-duke-2/ Review here on The Ear too...

www.kronosav.com

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Damm it. There ain't none on eBay.

 

[JDL]

I think these are much better on the eye

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And these are the wrong shape.

 

[JDL]

B&W 805 Maserati edition. I'm a big petrol head but no way would I would buy them. Not sure who they are aimed at, especially at nearly twice the retail price of the standard 805. To me, that's weird.

 

[Jasonovich]

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Damm it. There ain't none on eBay.

Ah that's a real shame , you could go to Doug Brady https://dougbradyhifi.com/products/marten-duke-2-speakers and pay the full price.....Ooouch!

 

[JDL]

For a little extra you can have double ground box....whey - hey..!!!

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Chassis. A friggin wooden crate.

Ah that's a real shame , you could go to Doug Brady https://dougbradyhifi.com/products/marten-duke-2-speakers and pay the full price.....Ooouch!

Ha ha. Yes I could if I had a spare seven grand or whatever. I was thinking.."Oh there's bound to be a pair on eBay for less than that..." But no, never mind.

 

[podknocker]

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Looks like a very unusual boiled sweet. Worth and value are very fuzzy, as many people are vastly wealthy. I can't imagine any human activity, or fabrication method, that would lead to this thing having a huge price tag.

 

[Jasonovich]

Looks like a very unusual boiled sweet. Worth and value are very fuzzy, as many people are vastly wealthy. I can't imagine any human activity, or fabrication method, that would lead to this thing having a huge price tag.

They're sold to the exclusive elitist club of know nuffinks.
They equate quality with costs, value is an ingredient which will be toxic to them and because they live in their own stratosphere, cost is what defines them, they ascend above us like Gods.
They may have everything which most of us can only dream of, but they are poor morally.
I know I know, I think I had enough of this koolaid 😂

 

[JDL]

They're sold to the exclusive elitist club of know nuffinks.
They equate quality with costs, value is an ingredient which will be toxic to them and because they live in their own stratosphere, cost is what defines them, they ascend above us like Gods.
They may have everything which most of us can only dream of, but they are poor morally.
I know I know, I think I had enough of this koolaid 😂

Yes, quite right. I could name a list of these maniacs and they're usually hypocrites along with their belief in themselves, that they are gods.

 

[Stuart83]

Canon SC30 speakers, which were surprisingly good despite their unusual appearance. You know, thinking about how they dispersed sound, they'd probably make really good Atmos speakers.

They look like ear pods

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

They may have everything which most of us can only dream of, but they are poor morally.

That doesn't necessarily follow, at least in all cases (!).

We're heading off topic though.

 

[Friesiansam]

That doesn't necessarily follow, at least in all cases (!).

We're heading off topic though.

I used to like a Topic.

 

[podknocker]

Sense another thread locking.

 

[podknocker]

This is purely for entertainment purposes, and I need to ask the question; what do you think is the most bizarre piece of hifi you'd come across?
Bizarre and expensive do appear to go hand in hand it seems.

To start off, I think these Marten Duke 2 speakers remind me of something you might need to combat mosquitos or use as a strainer to make soft cheese from goat milk.
These are probably pedestrian compared to some of the stuff I've seen over the years.

Eccentricity or different = Good HiFi or great marketing BS to feed the hapless sheeples?

Marten Duke 2 (EX-DEMO/USED) loudspeakers in Piano Walnut Finish

Marten Duke 2 stand-mount loudspeakers. Ex-demo with slight damage (see pics). High Gloss, Piano Walnut Finish. See the Marten website here for details about these fantastic speakers: https://www.marten.se/products/heritage/heritage-duke-2/ Review here on The Ear too...

www.kronosav.com

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I really like those, apart from the 'eyes' staring at you. They could do with grills, on top of the grills.

 

[Jasonovich]

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[Jasonovich]

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[AJM1981]

The Grundig Audiovison was a weird omnidirectional thing. I wonder how they sound like.

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