Many beautiful wood cabinet speakers out there. A couple not mentioned are Classic Audio and Acoustic Zen. If your taste leans more toward modern there's nothing more beautiful then the Estelon.
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@vassilis_t Lovely Art Deco styling. |
OMA speakers have been mentioned. An appealing and essential aspect about their looks, from my point of view, is that it follows function first (as something that more readily accommodates physics), and then the aesthetic "touch" has been added to or incorporated around the specific and acoustically dictated design choices later (it goes to show in an audiophile environment that’s mostly about working around a smaller, typically slender physical frame (form) to then, conversely, dictate function). Hardwoods that are oiled or lightly varnished (and not lacquered to death) are exquisite looking and smelling, not to mention how it feels: natural. Any speaker really that’s an explicit and unapologetic expression of function is interesting looking to my eyes, even when, or perhaps precisely because it’s not aestheticized into something domestically pleasing and convenient or otherwise watered down physically; you know just by looking at it that it means sonic business - honestly so. If then it should take on the appearance of (sculptural) furniture with wood that actually looks, feels and smells like wood, that’s only a bonus. |
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