Journey ending speakers

The speaker bar has moved I'm afraid, the new B & W 800 D3 is the most realistic sounding speaker I have heard to date, after auditioning for the last 18 months. They unfortunately do need a minimum of 200 hours to fully come on song, so a run in dealer demo pair to audition is a must. The rest of the manufacturers will now have to play catch up to match them.

the good news is pricing is in reasonable territory, compared to their peers, looks are an acquired taste, they however grow on you - especially the piano black finish.

Absolutely the last speaker I will purchase, and enjoying being closer to the musical event, than ever before, magnificent ....... !

Douglas-Schroeder, thats funny you forgot the name of your journey ending speaker. 

joejoe,

The post was clearly a parody of the notion that there actually is a "journey ending speaker".

Dave

analogluvr,
 " All these so-called advances in materials are mostly bunk.   A good old paper driver is still king for musicality."

What you forgot to add is, "For me..."

I just can't understand why some people, and they are mostly analog lovers, think that they have "the best"  and everyone should like what they like.  It just doesn't work that way.

I bought a pair of Apogee Slant 6s years ago and I have been partial to ribbons and electrostatics ever since.  

I will second Jond's recommendation of the DejaVu Audio custom speakers.  I recently bought a pair using a YL Acoustic midrange horn and compression driver, and they sound very nice in my opinion.  However, two days ago I heard two new designs at Vu's store and I was just amazed at how good they sound.  So the target is always moving forward.