A legit question as, after decades reading architecture and design magazines and visiting several premium furniture shops, I made myself convinced that - really - most of architects don’t give a fuck to an audiophile needs and agenda.
The above feelings supported by the total absence of any “real” audio gears and ancillaries among the expensive furnitures in hideously expensive villas built in awesome places around the globe.
Maybe they just don’t know nothing about audio priorities, gears placement and audio, per se… so, the topic is simply not touched: these days I’m supporting a friend who had a very expensive bespoken made console which makes his audiophile passion like a nightmare as also simplest connection with amp, preamp and CD or turntable are almost impossible to properly be made as the “designer”… didn’t designed 🥳 the wires layout holes for cables routing.
Just an example…
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Some audiophile rooms from around the world…
Some superb rooms which would deserve some serious audio systems…
The grand piano is a BIG plus ☺️
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Stefano, this is a very interesting post on a subject that we have been exploring for a while now with little or no success. So you are correct that architects and interior designers have little interest in great sounding audio equipment. We have worked up some deigns attempting to meld our large horn speakers into a beautiful space, one example can be seen on our website at semradaudio.com. In addition to our speakers we offer audio related furniture based on the designs of Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann. Maybe someday your theory on hi-fi and interior design will come to fruition.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your feedback and empathy… yes, it’s new territory for interior designers, where audiophile is regarded as an eccentric lunatic - i.e. - someone who’s staring at the empty listening to weird music with expensive, nasty gears 😉
DeleteStefano, this is a very interesting post on a subject that we have been exploring for a while now with little or no success. So you are correct that architects and interior designers have little interest in great sounding audio equipment. We have worked up some deigns attempting to meld our large horn speakers into a beautiful space, one example can be seen on our website at semradaudio.com. In addition to our speakers we offer audio related furniture based on the designs of Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann. Maybe someday your theory on hi-fi and interior design will come to fruition.
ReplyDeleteI cut & paste a picture from your site as a nice example of audio/home implementation 💫
ReplyDeleteThank you, Stefano. The image is conceptual of course, but hopefully it will inspire and encourage someone who has the means to move in that direction.
ReplyDeleteThat’s what I’m aiming to 🍀💫🍀🙏
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