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Post by karatestu on Oct 31, 2022 4:56:31 GMT
Sod it, I'm gonna break cover and admit that I like the look of them. Now I know what my next speaker build will look like  We'll never know what they sound like though. I reckon they will be out of this world. |
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Post by daytona600 on Nov 1, 2022 21:46:20 GMT
801 D4 if you built one pair would be £1m B&W build 6,500 800 series per year for £32.000
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Post by mattspl on Nov 4, 2022 10:28:02 GMT
They certainly look impressive, but wouldn’t be something I’d buy even if I had the money.
I do like the idea of bronze cabinets though. They say it took 1 tonne of bronze to make them!
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Post by Slinger on Nov 4, 2022 13:31:27 GMT
They certainly look impressive, but wouldn’t be something I’d buy even if I had the money. I do like the idea of bronze cabinets though. They say it took 1 tonne of bronze to make them! YAY! Somebody gets the post. It doesn't matter that they're not something you'd buy, just that they're " interesting". |
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Post by MartinT on Nov 4, 2022 14:03:25 GMT
I would order them painted in red/white checks in homage to TinTin  |
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Post by speedysteve on Nov 4, 2022 21:38:39 GMT
They certainly look impressive, but wouldn’t be something I’d buy even if I had the money. I do like the idea of bronze cabinets though. They say it took 1 tonne of bronze to make them! YAY! Somebody gets the post. It doesn't matter that they're not something you'd buy, just that they're " interesting". Would want to see proper measurement plots, that I took myself, for them to be even remotely interesting🙂 You could even dress up Martin😂  &  |
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Post by julesd68 on Nov 4, 2022 22:40:17 GMT
I think they are all fur coat, no knickers.
It's like they've gone to town on the design concept of the housing and then just slapped three drivers underneath.
However, if these are in fact superlative sounding speakers, I apologize. I'm all for gear looking sexxxy but needs to sound orgasmic too ...
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Post by petea on Nov 4, 2022 22:48:31 GMT
They are certainly interesting in the way they are made at least. CNC machining always looks so impressive, but of course it is simply executing the design. I think the most skilled part though (aside from the design maybe) is the casting as getting that right with big chunks of bronze is a challenging task. They make a nice job of the polishing as well. I wonder if they are lacquered after to stop the bronze from oxidising.
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Post by mattspl on Nov 4, 2022 23:18:58 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Nov 5, 2022 10:55:37 GMT
They look like a pair of gold kidneys.
Awful!
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Post by speedysteve on Nov 5, 2022 11:25:24 GMT
Trumptowers bedside speakers🙄
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Post by julesd68 on Nov 5, 2022 11:31:44 GMT
Lol you can order them in solid gold!
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Post by ajski2fly on Nov 5, 2022 12:18:05 GMT
I came across this on Farcebook, and it should attract some wide-ranging positive and negative comments.  I've added some more pics I Googled, and a link to their website, which is is great for people who like to see other people doing things with big hunks of metal and lathes and stuff...    Their website - cosmotronloudspeakers.com/ - is well worth a look. At the top right of the site ar three horizontal lines, which expand into the menu. The films are well made, and interesting, especiually from an engineering standpoint. Click on the dots on the speaker to select them for viewing. Each view (Front, Side, and Rear) has different videos to enjoy. If they've put as much work into their speakers as they have their website I'd love to hear them Maybe it's style-over-substance, I don't know, because I haven't heard them, but I do like the concept, and could definitely live with them in the right room ...if I were rich enough to have a house big enough to support a " novelty hi-fi" room. I think my wife might rather like those she quite likes that sort of thing, also TinTin was my favourite program as a child. Time for lift off, Snowy under my arm! |
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Post by MartinT on Nov 5, 2022 12:49:22 GMT
also TinTin was my favourite program as a child. I read every one of the TinTin books (and still have them) including French versions. I've also been to the Herge museum in Brussels. "Mille de mille sabords!" |
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Post by ajski2fly on Nov 5, 2022 14:03:46 GMT
also TinTin was my favourite program as a child. I read every one of the TinTin books (and still have them) including French versions. I've also been to the Herge museum in Brussels. "Mille de mille sabords!" I had several of the books but don't know what happened to them, I still have a model of TinTin on my desk with Snowy tucked under his arm, I also loved the Thom℗sons. |
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Post by julesd68 on Nov 5, 2022 17:04:59 GMT
Agreed - Tintin and Asterix a major part of my childhood, would always read them in bed.
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Post by MartinT on Nov 5, 2022 18:21:54 GMT
Agreed - Tintin and Asterix a major part of my childhood, would always read them in bed. And Lucky Luke. |
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