My wife weighed in…she wants piano white tower/bookshelf


This is a follow up post to my “Looking for a narrow baffle small footprint speaker.

Price range - below $25k 

In quote “A gorgeous Piano white” - tower or bookshelf 

Aesthetics count as it’s a centerpiece to our new gathering room

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The best "Aesthetics" will be a speaker that your wife and guests and yourself will really enjoy listening to. 

Wow, I’m currently in a very similar situation with my wife and our new condo. Check out the Canton Referece 7 tower speakers. They come in a piano white finish for $8k. Per my discussions with Canton, the extra thick laminated cabinets avoid cabinet resonance and allow placement right up on the wall without any sound quality issues. Very highly rated by Stereophile, for what it’s worth. I haven’t heard them yet but will be purchasing the next pair my vendor receives off the boat. 

Focal Sopra No.2 in Carerra White…$21K per pair.  Easy to drive, easy to love.

 

Some gorgeous speakers, for sure. The one thing that I wish more manufacturers would embrace is moving from black grills (for white speakers) or at least offer options in white or light-ish gray. In many instances, white speakers can lessen their visual impact/footprint in a room. However, there’s no greater contrast than black and white… totally attention-grabbing. That might be the point for some, but I suspect there are just as many with limited space or too many other visual elements, where helping the speakers visually recede is both beneficial for the feel of a room as well as facilitating lessened attention from a spouse who’s not quite on board with the household’s investment in audio gear.