I just love this speaker in every way ! They have finally stopped the manufacture of the same after years of being in production. Its so path breaking in so many ways.This is a fun thread!
Here’s the undisputed champion of unconventional audio design: the B&W Nautilus. Also takes top honours in the ‘Ugliest Speaker Ever’ Awards, winner of the ‘You Paid How Much For This Crap??’ Trophy and voted ‘Speaker Most Likely To Get You A Divorce’ since the day it was introduced.
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Unconventional Audio Designs!
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Gryphon Commander line Preamplifier
Specifications
Stereo line-level preamplifier with remote control and relay-selected resistor arrays for level control.
Inputs: 4 pairs balanced (XLR), 2 pairs single-ended (RCA).
Outputs: 2 pairs balanced (XLR) plus one pair each single-ended (RCA) Preamp and Tape.
Input impedance: 18k ohms balanced, 12k ohms single-ended.
Output impedance: 7 ohms. Gain: 18dB. Frequency response: 0.1Hz– 1.5MHz, –3dB. THD+N: 0.003% (balanced output).
Total power supply capacity: 2 × 90,000µF. Power consumption: <0.5W (standby), 90W (idle).
Dimensions: Audio/control unit: 18.8" (480mm) W × 9.3" (236mm) H × 17.9" (455mm) D. Weight: 67.2lb (30.5kg).
Power supply: 18.8" (480mm) W × 9.29" (260mm) H × 17.3" (440mm) D. Weight: 84.2lb (38.2kg).
Price: $63,000
Sharp - VZ-3500 - Stereo set, Both sides LP play
State-of-the-art microcomputers and infrared optoelectronic technology have made possible this advanced player which can continuously play both record sides, randomly play either side or repeatedly play one or both sides.
These features are realised by employing 2 separate linear tracking tonearms. The result is that the record itself need never be touched; the soft-touch buttons control all functions.
Thanks to the vertically designed player, the VZ-3000E is slim and elegant, perfectly suited for any room. In addition, floor vibration and acoustic feedback are reduced.
Specifications
Power outputs: 25 watts per channel into 4 ohmsTotal harmonic distortion: 0.1%
Frequency response: 40Hz to 20kHz
Tuner: superheterodyne FM/MW/LW tuner
FM tuning range: 87.6 to 108MHz
MW tuning range: 520 to 1620kHz
LW tuning range: 148.5 to 285kHz
Cassette deck: 2 head, 4 track, 2 channel stereo
Record player: microcomputer control, linear tracking, full auto, belt drive
Speakers: 2 way bass reflex speaker system
Dimensions: 597 x 170 x 378mm (main unit), 220 x 220 x 378mm (speaker)
Weight: 14.6kg
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Just my opinion - exactly opposite view from me. I hate this speaker - after i listen to them for 20 minutes in what hifi show 5 years ago
Sony Linkbuds WF-L900 (2022)
The Linkbuds WF-L900 do not have built-in touch controls, either. Instead, the earbuds will respond to taps made on the front of your ear. Presumably, Sony has integrated motion sensors to detect these taps.
Subbu68
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Yamaha Turn-T Smartphone Turntable Concept
Nostalgia and technology collide with Yamaha's smartphone-powered record player. Part of the "Stepping Out of the Slate" collection, the Turn-T concept mimics the motions of placing a record on a turntable, using your phone's screen as the vinyl. Users can...
Bang & Olufsen - BEOLAB 90 ($146,300)
With no less than 8,200 watts per speaker, 18 premium drivers, 14 channels of ICEpower, 300 watts amplifiers and 4 channels of 1000 watts class D Heliox amplifiers.
The Beolab 90 is designed to take readings of a room using a special microphone — sort of similar to the way an A/V receiver’s auto-setup works — and employ what it knows about what happens to the sound in the room to make virtually anything you want to happen. Perhaps the most impressive part of the processing is its ability to deal with reflected sound (sounds that come at you after they bounce off the walls, a leading cause of degraded fidelity). Rather than try to squash some of those sounds using equalisation, Bang & Olufsen uses active noise cancellation to effectively eliminate the reflected sound where the listener sits. Think about that for a second. The speaker itself becomes an active noise-cancelling system so that the sound it does produce arrives at your ear in perfect purity. The system can also use its processing abilities to put the sweet spot anywhere within the room. Let’s say your favourite chair is well left of centre but you want to feel like the soundstage is right in front of you; the Beolab 90 system can achieve that for you.
With no less than 8,200 watts per speaker, 18 premium drivers, 14 channels of ICEpower, 300 watts amplifiers and 4 channels of 1000 watts class D Heliox amplifiers.
The Beolab 90 is designed to take readings of a room using a special microphone — sort of similar to the way an A/V receiver’s auto-setup works — and employ what it knows about what happens to the sound in the room to make virtually anything you want to happen. Perhaps the most impressive part of the processing is its ability to deal with reflected sound (sounds that come at you after they bounce off the walls, a leading cause of degraded fidelity). Rather than try to squash some of those sounds using equalisation, Bang & Olufsen uses active noise cancellation to effectively eliminate the reflected sound where the listener sits. Think about that for a second. The speaker itself becomes an active noise-cancelling system so that the sound it does produce arrives at your ear in perfect purity. The system can also use its processing abilities to put the sweet spot anywhere within the room. Let’s say your favourite chair is well left of centre but you want to feel like the soundstage is right in front of you; the Beolab 90 system can achieve that for you.
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Gryphon Apex Stereo power amplifier - 200kg - ($99,000)
Class A
• 2 x 210W @ 8Ω, 2 x 420W @ 4Ω, 2 x 800W @ 2Ω and 2 x 1490W @ 1Ω with 115V/230V AC supply
• Output impedance: 0.015Ω
• Bandwidth (-3dB): 0.3Hz to 330KHz
• Power Supply Capacity: 1,040,000uF in total
• Gain: +31,0dB
• Input Impedance, balanced (20-20000Hz): 20KΩ
reubensm
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a very sort after portable record player, the Philips UFO 22GF303
reubensm
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Presto TL10 broadcast Tape Adapter for Radio Station Broadcast Transcription Turntables
and the RCA 70-D "The King" of vintage broadcast transcription turntables (for Mono)
and the RCA 70-D "The King" of vintage broadcast transcription turntables (for Mono)
reubensm
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could have been really cool for kids to own one of these in the 1980s
and this one too
and this one too
reubensm
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Pre-war Philips portable record player
Sounded pretty nice actually with old radios especially, also had a unique way for starting up the platter
Sounded pretty nice actually with old radios especially, also had a unique way for starting up the platter
reubensm
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check out the unique stereo indicator on this Philips 417 record player
sandeepmdas
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The "The Book" portable TV by Philips,1986. The rear casing was designed like bellows or folder and can be expanded and contracted. A pair of speakers in place of the spine complete the picture.
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sandeepmdas
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One more. Although it is not in the league of other jaw-dropping classics in this great thread, this product stands out as it was actually available in India; IIRC made by BPL-Sanyo. The Sanyo quad-speaker boombox, single cassette variant. Early 1980s.
reubensm
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Panasonic TNT / Dynamite TNT RQ-8, 8-Track player. Very collectable these days, especially the transperent version. Techmoan featured these as well.
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