The best speaker you ever heard?

Before you spend to much time on discussing which speaker has merit or this one is better then that one, spend a little more time on the right amplifier, consider also that nearly 100% of all professional recording studios use the B&W Nautilus 801as their reference for the best quality sound, ever wondered why??? I own a pair of B&W nautilus 805's the bookshelf variation, the 801's I found to expensive, the 805 really come into their own with an excellent valve amplifier, I have compared most of the speakers, and really Quad is just crap and sorry, so is Dynaudio, you get better flatness and sound accuracy from much cheaper Infinity or Sony speakers, Sonos Faber are for people who do not understand music or have an ear for proper intonnations, I found then highly annoying.

happy listening

Tom Gorman PHD

Hey Tom:

I guess beauty is in the eye, or in this case, the ear of the beholder. That is why their are as many opinions as there are manufacturers. Personally, I wouldn't lamb-baste your speakers and say they are crap. Although they are not my cup of tea since I don't like metal tweeters which make my ears bleed, I wouldn't insult what you own. And as a matter of record, many recording studios in Europe do use Dynaudio and in this country they use a lot of M&K. But you are most welcome to express your opinion just the same.

Happy Listening,

Steve Bachman
Phoenix, AZ

The ones in my rec room, the Revel Salons. I used to have a pair of Dunlavy SC-V's and prior to them the SC-IV's. The Dunlavy's were good but the Salons just do it better. The detail is better at low volume levels, there is more bass punch and the speakers image so well that they dissapear. They are power hungry though, I use to run either of the Dunalavy's with a Bryston 4B-ST and I had to go to 7B-ST monoblocks for the Salons.
I have auditioned the big Wilsons, Avantgarde, Sonus Fabers and others and none have matched the overall performance of the Salons.

The new Piega C-10 Ltd are definitely a major upgrade from the P-10s. Deep and tighter bass with to die for midrange. New ribbon technology and 4 woofers makes a marked improvement

I have listened to so many different speakers either floorstanding or monitor at my friend house and at any shows from the price range of $2000.00 to $15,000.00 but I never been exited when listening to a pair of Rosinante Dulcinea moniter speakers made by Ric Cummins (retail at $6500.00) in my system. They sound incredibly awesome with the tonal balance, musical, detail and dynamic. The speakers can handel all kind of music (vocal female in jazz, rock pop, classical and instrumental) without disappointed by the listeners hours long.