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RichB
07-12-2011, 19:00
Swedish design firm People People has prototyped a transparent speaker called "Speaker," which uses WiFi or a headphone jack to receive its signal.

Being big is good for sound quality, but not so good for shipping. Any other speaker will ship a lot of air around the globe before ending up in your living room. This speaker ships in a small, flat package that goes in through your mailbox. The glass sheets making up the box is being ordered through the glass repair shop closest to every single customer. In that way the speaker reduces shipping with up to 90%, and supports local handicraft in one go. A very economical and ecological solution.

The speaker is then assembled at home, IKEA style. This also means that the components that breaks first (the rubber ring and the speaker cone) can be easily replaced, keeping the product away from any landfill.

http://peoplepeople.se/2011/11/that-sounds-great/

Anyone fancy one of these.... no??? Me neither :lol:
TBL
07-12-2011, 19:46
I heard a pair of these a year or so ago, sounded much better than you would have imagined

http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l637/alphatoner/HFC331waterfallvictoria_anno-420-90.jpg
Spectral Morn
07-12-2011, 21:02
I heard a pair of these a year or so ago, sounded much better than you would have imagined

http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l637/alphatoner/HFC331waterfallvictoria_anno-420-90.jpg

They use Triangle sourced drive units so are quite good. Must admit I was sceptical until I heard a pair.


Regards D S D L
RichB
07-12-2011, 23:57
yes, quite a bit prettier than those swedish 'designer' jobs
hoopsontoast
08-12-2011, 11:31
Easy, open baffle with Perspex baffle-
http://www.realhi-fi.com/products/sonic.html
http://www.decoaudio.com/deco_audio_speakers2.html
http://www.decoaudio.com/wpimages/wpc8f76416_05.jpg

And Perspex is better than glass for enclosures, glass rings like a bell.
TBL
08-12-2011, 14:23
Easy, open baffle with Perspex baffle-
http://www.realhi-fi.com/products/sonic.html
http://www.decoaudio.com/deco_audio_speakers2.html
http://www.decoaudio.com/wpimages/wpc8f76416_05.jpg

And Perspex is better than glass for enclosures, glass rings like a bell.

I think your assertion is a little one sided don't you?
Ducatiist
08-12-2011, 14:28
If you like transparent speakers, you should check out Ferguson Hill speakers (take a look at the 001's, only £13k of clear acrylic). I did try to put a picture in, but my computer skills weren'y up to it.

Fortunately they do some nice smaller speakers that are considerably cheaper.

I heard a pair of the 001's at a show, they did sound very very good, but didn't do loud very well.
HighFidelityGuy
08-12-2011, 16:51
Ferguson Hill FH001:

http://www.fergusonhill.co.uk/script/get_image.php?image_id=2

They're gorgeous! :eek:
YNWaN
11-12-2011, 20:49
But apparently don't sound that good.

Acrylic (or Perspex, plexiglas etc) isn't that great for a speaker cabinet either.
jostber
12-12-2011, 07:43
Greensound glass speakers:

http://www.inewidea.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/20100917201.jpg
The Vinyl Adventure
12-12-2011, 08:46
I don't get it...
It reads like its some sort of piss take?
Am I missing something?
You have to buy your own glass???

Yeah, them waterfall whatsits sounded ok, the ones I heard anyway... But really.... Not pretty IMO
The Vinyl Adventure
12-12-2011, 08:50
The glass sheets making up the box is being ordered through the glass repair shop closest to every single customer. In that way the speaker reduces shipping with up to 90%, and supports local handicraft in one go. A very economical and ecological solution

No... A clever way to sell idiots a pair of speaker cones for a no doubt heavily inflated price ...
jostber
12-12-2011, 20:40
Hario speakers from Japan:

http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20081202/speakers.jpg

Perfect8 speakers:

http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20091116/091109-perfect8-center.jpg

Crystal Cable:

http://www.noiseaddicts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/crystal_cable_arabesque1.jpg

All are glass speakers.
Alex_UK
12-12-2011, 20:56
I always liked the look of the Celestion AVF302(?) - no idea how they sound, but they would look great with my lilac curtains! :eyebrows:

http://home.scarlet.be/~swinneke/CelestionAVF1.jpg
Reid Malenfant
12-12-2011, 21:02
I always liked the look of the Celestion AVF302(?) - no idea how they sound, but they would look great with my lilac curtains! :eyebrows:

http://home.scarlet.be/~swinneke/CelestionAVF1.jpg
Hmmm, that's cheating Alex :eyebrows: The enclosure looks to be aluminium, ok so the stand is some kind of transparent stuff ;)



Glass speakers :doh: I just hope they are safety glass so when they get dinged they break into rounded bits of glass & not sharp stuff :)
Alex_UK
12-12-2011, 21:05
Oh, and the Harmon Kardon GLA55 (see what they did there? :lol:) for the desktop:

http://cdn.freshome.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/500x_harmankardon1000.jpg

And if you like your speakers glass and looking like a tumble drier - complete with coloured LED "effects" there are always the Kenwood SP0001 - though not sure they ever made it into production:

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/04/sp0001kenwoodapri.jpg
RichB
13-12-2011, 13:52
Ferguson Hill FH001:

http://www.fergusonhill.co.uk/script/get_image.php?image_id=2

They're gorgeous! :eek:

I can just see the wife's face now as i install those!:lolsign:
RichB
13-12-2011, 13:55
And if you like your speakers glass and looking like a tumble drier - complete with coloured LED "effects" there are always the Kenwood SP0001 - though not sure they ever made it into production:

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/04/sp0001kenwoodapri.jpg[/QUOTE]

Words fail me when it comes to decribing those kenwoods, like a bad PC cosemod with all the neon and stuff... what were they thinking.
RichB
13-12-2011, 13:56
Greensound glass speakers:

http://www.inewidea.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/20100917201.jpg

cant for the life of me figure out how they'd actually work???!!
jostber
13-12-2011, 20:39
cant for the life of me figure out how they'd actually work???!!

A sort of explanation on the functionality in this YouTube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDHLDmeXCEA
jostber
21-12-2011, 19:51
Transcription Audio Perspective III

http://www.bigearsaudio.org.uk/speakers/second_hand_speakers_files/dsc08381.jpg
jostber
03-01-2012, 10:29
This model has been relaunched in an updated version by Perfect8:

http://www.perfect8.com/nav/images/p_point.jpg

A coupla more of Perfec8's:

http://www.perfect8.com/nav/images/p_force.jpg

http://www.perfect8.com/nav/images/p_center.jpg
Alex_UK
03-01-2012, 13:31
This one:


http://www.perfect8.com/nav/images/p_center.jpg

Reminds me of "Johnny 5" from Short Circuit...

http://www.wolfgnards.com/media/blogs/photos/celebrities/johnny-five-short-circuit.jpg

(Not the most attractive speaker, IMO!)
Canetoad
03-01-2012, 13:46
Johnny Five! :lol:
The Grand Wazoo
03-01-2012, 14:02
Aesthetically speaking, it's a total & utter arse biscuit.

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.........in my opinion.
Spectral Morn
03-01-2012, 14:21
Johnny Five! :lol:

s...... ALIVE :lol::lol::lol:


Regards D S D L
jostber
10-12-2015, 19:27
People People

http://www.peoplepeople.se/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/people_people_transparentspeaker_slider_2.jpg

ClearView Clio

http://www.ohgizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ClearView-CLIO-Wireless-Invisible-Speaker-3-740x493.jpg


Waterfall Victoria EVO

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/9e/6d/f7/9e6df7f632afeb89c45ddfeac1c1d11a.jpg

SoulSonic Impulse

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fbM7-enpL9M/TrrthFiSUkI/AAAAAAAABiQ/Ffmeh92LwpE/s1600/SoulSonic-Impulse.jpg