chopedogg88 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 I have a client who is looking for a pair of high-end, interesting looking speakers for his living room. He wants good sound but just as importantly, he wants something that is cool looking, like a piece of art, rather than just something that looks like a typical tower speaker. He is hoping to spend around $10-15k ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmj4 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 https://www.bang-olufsen.com/en/us/speakers/beolab-18 https://www.bang-olufsen.com/en/us/speakers/beolab-28 If he's alright with ES, which are inherently funky looking: https://www.martinlogan.com/en/product/impression-esl-11a https://www.martinlogan.com/en/product/expression-esl-13a Anything by Focal, if you can get it in the US A little less conventional but cool looking there is Spatial Audio from Utah For odd, but definitely making a statement there is the Magnepan 20.7 which are usually available under $15k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmj4 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Far more conservative than the others but still looks cool/beautiful IMO: https://www.wharfedaleusa.com/products/elysian-4-floorstansing-speaker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopedogg88 Posted September 9, 2021 Author Share Posted September 9, 2021 Oh I should add that they need to be able to be tied into his Control4 system, and fed from a Triad AMS24 (presumably with separate amp or built-in amp) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejn1 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Magico Speakers (some are in the budget) Focal Kanta (some cool color / wood combinations) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwilmo Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 That's a nice budget. As a I resident audiophiliac and owner of a pair of Spatial M3s in white gloss I'll bite. Here are my fave's in no particular order. I find these all nice looking, statement style pieces and all are award winning / superlative performers. Some can be equipped as monitors on matching stands. Some are US based and others are European. - Klipsch La Scala AL5, $13k - DeVore Orangutan O/96 $12k - Zu Audio Druid 6 $11.5k - Boehnike W8 $9-14k depending on options - Spatial X3 custom gloss $9.5k - Cube Nenuphar $16k - TAD ME1 $12.5k - Sound Kaos Vox 3a - $12k - Camerton Binom 1 $14k Well that was fun. I hope he has a decent budget for the remainder. Spend the next most on the Amp/Int, followed by the frontend and so on down the line. Integrating with C4 should not be difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopedogg88 Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 thanks for those suggestions. I'm sure those are all awesome sounding speakers...but most of them look like speakers...what my client is looking for is something that looks more like art than a speaker. for example...these look promising, but probably extremely expensive (will check tomorrow)- https://oswaldsmillaudio.com/loudspeakers C4 User 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elee532 Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 43 minutes ago, chopedogg88 said: https://oswaldsmillaudio.com/loudspeakers Wow, those are some wild looking speakers! Maybe Jim Salk could craft your client some interesting looking speakers… https://www.salksound.com/gallery.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaas Mayer Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 4 hours ago, chopedogg88 said: thanks for those suggestions. I'm sure those are all awesome sounding speakers...but most of them look like speakers...what my client is looking for is something that looks more like art than a speaker. for example...these look promising, but probably extremely expensive (will check tomorrow)- https://oswaldsmillaudio.com/loudspeakers Client is king, but this looks like a piece of trash to me. Maybe this is to futuristic but you might have a look at devialet. Phantom 1 (custom version!) for example. These speakers are so powerful, they will blow your mind. Most visitors didnt even notice them as speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbay Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 leon Soundsculpture https://www.leonspeakers.com/ente-sound-sculpture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/9/2021 at 11:55 AM, chopedogg88 said: I have a client who is looking for a pair of high-end, interesting looking speakers for his living room. He wants good sound but just as importantly, he wants something that is cool looking, like a piece of art, rather than just something that looks like a typical tower speaker. He is hoping to spend around $10-15k ideas? On 9/9/2021 at 5:51 PM, cwilmo said: That's a nice budget. As a I resident audiophiliac and owner of a pair of Spatial M3s in white gloss I'll bite. Here are my fave's in no particular order. I find these all nice looking, statement style pieces and all are award winning / superlative performers. Some can be equipped as monitors on matching stands. Some are US based and others are European. Not for what he's looking if oswaldmills style etc is what he wants...better multiply that 10-15K by about ten if not twenty. Think the cheapest ones they had last time we ordered was 75k a piece, though that was at least pre-COVID mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Maybe a custom boulder sculpture with rock-speakers is the way to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 21 hours ago, bobbay said: leon Soundsculpture https://www.leonspeakers.com/ente-sound-sculpture I like the look of those, but they really are Sonos level speakers. Nothing wrong with that at all, but something to keep in mind depending on customer expectations, and chope did say 'high-end' - of course, what is meant by 'high-end' can differ wildly. To me, 'high end' with a 'arts design' is more like: http://www.mbl-northamerica.com/mbl-101-e-mk-ii/ and you're looking at reaching 100k for those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Oh I should add that I'm in no way saying you ought to be spending that kind of money on speakers - I sure wouldn't for me, well... not unless I was Bezos or something (pre-divorce ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekohn00 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 I can't believe no-one posted these: https://www.audioadvice.com/bowers-wilkins-nautilus-ultimate-loudspeaker-pair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanDad Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Well if we are going to blow the budget, what about these ? https://luxurylaunches.com/gadgets/hart_audio_offering_47_million_solid_gold_speakers.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave w Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Its really hard to find good artistic speakers in the price range he is looking because its expensive to get good sound out of them vs conventional drivers and boxes. He might want to look at some midrange horn speakers like from Avantgarde Acoustics or similar. These are inline style wise but over budget: https://www.avantgarde-acoustic.de/en/products/trio-series/trio-classico-xd.html But they have a whole range of horn speakers that have multiple configurations and colors. Thire low end sets are mix of conventional and artistic but may be in his range: https://www.avantgarde-acoustic.de/en/products/uno-series/uno-fino-edition.html also look at: https://www.axjet.co/ http://horns.pl/en/speaker-sets/ https://www.hora-audio.jp/coco.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopedogg88 Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 thanks Dave - yes those Avantgarde ones are really cool - any idea what they go for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave w Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 The one o the first link are $35-150K, depending how you configure them, but the second link run $10-12k. The Hora's are in the $8k range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 8 hours ago, chopedogg88 said: thanks Dave - yes those Avantgarde ones are really cool - any idea what they go for? Just wanted to say, maybe clarify the budget - I'm assuming he's looking to 10-15k for a pair, not each or for a 9 speaker setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopedogg88 Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 yeah that's what he told me but now he's in love with the Avantgarde Trio XD with Basshorn....so the budget may be changing to $100k+/pair...we'll see. He definitely can afford them, just a question of how the stock market performs that day I guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWD Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 https://www.facebook.com/RandallKLifestyle/ He probably could design something to fit your clients style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave w Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 14 hours ago, chopedogg88 said: yeah that's what he told me but now he's in love with the Avantgarde Trio XD with Basshorn... aren't we all.....??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outmotoring Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Check out the MBLs' http://www.mbl-northamerica.com/mbl-101-e-mk-ii/ Gallo Strada: https://galloacoustics.com/usa/strada-2/ Martin Logan 11a or others in the same range: https://www.martinlogan.com/en/product/impression-esl-11a Or Ferguson Hill: https://www.fergusonhill.co.uk/fhoo1/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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