The best speaker you ever heard?

The best speakers for me are those that can sound damn impressive in my own modest room without expert room treatment and megaexpensive electronics. Anyone can make a "best" speakers for $20k+, and they will require very expensive electronics to sound great. I have heard $70k speaker sound unbelievably crappy even with the so called "best" electronics and in the "best" rooms with $20k worth of acoustic treatments. But only a few manufacturers can make great speakers for less than $5k that can compete with the best of them, regardless of price. In the past, those were the likes of Apogee Duettas and Martin Logan CLS with the right subs (both finicky but magical when properly set up). Now, they are the Hyperion 938s. They are supremely easy to drive and work very well with affordable (ie, under $1k) electronics and wires, but higher quality electronics will give you the ultimate auralgasm :) Cheers.

They are close to the best speaker, but the company's newest model was incredible at the show in London. I can't wait to hear it at T.H.E!! Supposedly the Ovation will be used at one of the rooms over at Alexis Park, so there will be a chance for us all to hear the differences right next to each other. (if it's true and they're there)

Tony Robins

JTinn at Chambers Audio told me that the new speakers Evolution Acoustic sound as good as the Kharma Exquisite $100K for the fraction of the price. Did anyone have a chance to listen to these?

It was a diy project. A single horn measuring 18 ft. high 22 ft. long and 20 ft. deep. Built around a concert d Bosendorfer - not unlike a hunting trap you have to lure a musician inside...a really nice bottle of just opened scotch will often do the trick...think Balvenie 1973 single cask and Oscar could show up at any minute...or a barbeque sandwich with the crust cut off for Charlap. though not perfect, I'm enjoying wadia to atmasphere's to 3a's-I'll put my anniverssary steps up against most any monitor in near field environs, given proper juice.