World's sexiest speakers for 2009

Zeros
Zeros Posts: 940
edited August 2009 in The Clubhouse
I thought some of you guys and girls might enjoy this article:

http://audiojunkies.com/blog/1677/the-worlds-15-sexiest-speakers-2009-edition

In my opinion a couple of them are fairly ugly. Not like I'd be buying any of them any time soon.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited August 2009
    The best looking in my opinion are the Haliaetus.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited August 2009
    They look like a bunch of ripoffs. I see Wilson, NAD and even Infinity styling cues in a few of them.
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited August 2009
    My pick would be

    1. MBL 101-X
    2. Rockport Arrakis
    3. Sonus Faber Stradivari Homoge
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  • BigMac
    BigMac Posts: 849
    edited August 2009
    First off I have my flame suit on so no worries.:eek:

    Imo speakers are NOT sexy...........women are. I personally do not find inanimate materialistic possesions "sexy". 'Try telling your significant other sometime in the same sentence that I love you as much as my speakers and you are just as sexy as my speakers too. Betcha get backhanded,lol. If one starts to think speakers are sexy then it's time to take a break from audio and go getcha some!!!! Back to normal programming.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,447
    edited August 2009
    My TL's would should be on that list, as they most likely sound better or as good as half of them...and for less that 1/50th the cost of the least expensive of the bunch! and there is something erotic about watching 16 cylinders all firing in perfect unison... magic!
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  • wizzy
    wizzy Posts: 867
    edited August 2009
    megasat16 wrote: »
    3. Sonus Faber Stradivari Homoge

    Is that like the Sonus Faber Stradivari Homage, but in flaming pink?

    :D
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,602
    edited August 2009
    Would it be so wrong to have sex in the same room with some of those speakers?:eek:
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,447
    edited August 2009
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    Would it be so wrong to have sex with some of those speakers?:eek:
    ... fixed it for you....

    I think for the price, they might be able to double as sex partners, but the wife/girlfriend might have strong opinions against such a relationship:p
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  • wizzy
    wizzy Posts: 867
    edited August 2009
    When is someone going to make a pair of speakers with ****??
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited August 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    ... fixed it for you....

    I think for the price, they might be able to double as sex partners, but the wife/girlfriend might have strong opinions against such a relationship:p

    If someone can afford $100k+ speakers, they can afford a mistress:eek:
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited August 2009
    Most of them are Buttugly... and way too expensive.
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,059
    edited August 2009
    I know why the Epilogue is so expensive...it doubles as a electric-powered bong.
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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited August 2009
    Chick speakers.........









    JK :D
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  • lbristow
    lbristow Posts: 131
    edited August 2009
    My pick would be a ZR-1 in the garage and my SDA-SRS's in the living room:D
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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited August 2009
    lbristow wrote: »
    My pick would be a ZR-1 in the garage and my SDA-SRS's in the living room:D

    Now you're talking....
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited August 2009
    All of them are kinda ugly....and cold looking. Here's some sexy speakers...

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  • BigMac
    BigMac Posts: 849
    edited August 2009
    IF I have a gun to my head and had to choose, this guys setup always comes to mind first.
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  • JohnLocke88
    JohnLocke88 Posts: 1,150
    edited August 2009
    half of them look like disneyland trash cans stacked on top of each other...I'm they sound amazing though.


    I agree with the ZR-1 and the SRS comment.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited August 2009
    BigMac,

    Those look great..! What are they?

    You'd need a Great Great Room for them though.

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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited August 2009
    The Sentinels from Avalon acoustics are made right down the street from me in Boulder CO. I got to listen to them in their showroom hooked up to a 500k setup, the sound was out of this world!
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited August 2009
    Danny Tse wrote: »

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    I always fancied their big brother the IRS (the first pic) http://www.websailor.org/Infinity_IRS_Series.html
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited August 2009
    Every last one of them is fugly as hell!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,447
    edited August 2009
    I think the pic speaks for itself...
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited August 2009
    cfrizz wrote: »
    Every last one of them is fugly as hell!
    Then you might be in the wrong hobby.:D


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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited August 2009
    With the exception of the Sentinels, and the Sonus, they're FUGLY! They look like something that should be on display in the MFA in Bahston!
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited August 2009
    They all make me wish I was blind. I bet they sound amazing, because they look like big fat hairy nasty ****.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited August 2009
    I find most of those kinda ugly myself...

    I do like the Rockport Arrakis though. At $147,000 a pair...I'll never have any though. Even if I was totally loaded, I wouldn't be able to justify spending 150k on a pair of speakers.:rolleyes:

    Spending that much money on speakers seems kind of ridiculous to me. I'm sure they sound good...but good enough to justify spending 150k? I doubt it.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited August 2009
    I heard the smaller version of these, and they were probably the best sounding speakers I've heard so far.

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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited August 2009
    HEY!:mad: There's no need to be wishin those fugly monstrosities on the MFA!:eek:;):D
    obieone wrote: »
    With the exception of the Sentinels, and the Sonus, they're FUGLY! They look like something that should be on display in the MFA in Bahston!
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited August 2009
    BigMac wrote: »
    First off I have my flame suit on so no worries.:eek:

    Imo speakers are NOT sexy...........women are. I personally do not find inanimate materialistic possesions "sexy". 'Try telling your significant other sometime in the same sentence that I love you as much as my speakers and you are just as sexy as my speakers too. Betcha get backhanded,lol. If one starts to think speakers are sexy then it's time to take a break from audio and go getcha some!!!! Back to normal programming.

    You know this really clears things up for me. I actually believe this statement. Speakers are not sexy. They are nice and works of art but sexy??? No. Jessica Beil is sexy. A women washing a car in a bikini is sexy. Keiko's Asian pic's are sexy(feel free to post them anytime you want LOL). Speakers in my opinion are not.

    Just my 2 cents

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