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How many NICE looking high end floor standing speaker are there at present

Hi, 
Sometimes when I dream, imagining of replacing my current 1997 Burmester 961 speakers, before maybe COVID19 is sending me to an early grave - I'm practically only stumbling on ugly often even like somehow crippled looking speaker creations.
Test will say, sounding fantastically gorgeous and - looking like 💩. 
This, or par tout looking like some or other children's coffin ⚰. 😥👻

Not for the life of it, can I imagine ever having some such 'creation' invading my daily living space. Ever.

Talking 'bout a BAD WAF situation, I say.

Some makers are trying to improve on this tragic situation with creations looking far too anatomical or something alien👾 fruit thing hanging off a tree... handle an' all. 

Is there no hope out there at all...? 🤔

So can one savely move on forgetting about a replacement, still in this here life, and saving the money 💰 ?

Well, the budget <= max 20k $ lets say, so I won't risk starving before the lockdown will end ever. 😱 

😘 M. 🇿🇦 
justmetoo
douglas_schroeder
3,281 posts
 
In all seriousness,  get an in-wall and ceiling system. 

Imo many gorgeous speakers mentioned and you prefer what is to me a ho-hum box speaker.  No wood, no placement close to wall, walking around it, etc. Put the driver's inside the walls and be done. Obviously your priority is appearance over sound. Otherwise go for something like the Hill Plasmatronic. I'm done spending time on this. I hope you find your dream speakers! 
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justmetoo OP
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@b_limo
Um, jein... 😉 but thanks for some closer shot! 👍
Why I say jein (German slamg for yesno)? 🤔 

Now since we're pushing the envelope, SORRY to one minor item, which those shown might sport, as I can not quickly detect. 

Side firing woofers, yes! But, NOT too close to the floor, this mostly produces too much ~50—40 Hz reinforcement, which is no good (to my liking). 
Alternativly base venting transmission-line, maybe? or passive membrane port of some or other design, if not too slow... 
Front firing woofers of 6" size... I don't really like, sounding mostly wrong to my liking. 

A  nicely sorted 6 - 6¼" mid-woofer supported by some fast 8" is 👍👌. 
Tell me I'm too fuzzy, we had that allready 😁

The other thing, I mentioned is my dislike for dome tweeters in general - but maybe negotiable to some degree. Diamond 💍 ✔️

That blue jean colour... um,... ±, but no ✔ as yet, a bit dull, wouldn't you say?  
Thank you for caring, dear 😊
Michélle 🇿🇦 
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rocray
1,448 posts
 
Obviously,beauty is in the eye of the beholder. That being said,if I had the funds,I would look into YG Acoustics. I find their creations very attractive.  I have no idea how they sound,but again,I really like the way they look. 
tweak1
3,731 posts
 
IMHO speakers should be both art and musical, unless they’re in an isolated dedicated room, but even then...

These do it for me in a "affordable’ price range. EP also has a model above 2.8s with dual cf woofers + 12’ cf mid with concentric tweeter

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649566635-emerald-physics-48-speakers/
volumizer
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https://www.acapella.de/products/?lang=en
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