The best speaker you ever heard?

Hill Plasmatonics. As soon as I heard them, I felt my temperature rising---and within an hour even the room temperature was rising!! These were the best winter speakers ever produced and probably the best tweeter ever made. I wonder how they would sound today with modern subs and crossovers and electronics etc.....

Much has happened since my 8/30/03 post for the Maggie 20.1. I was infected by the Maggie bug and have been living in misery since. I have now sworn off my beloved Maggies for more versatile speakers. I must now rebuild all over again (was that redundant). Oh, I didn't own 20.1's as I am a mere social services caseworker. I had the MG12 which replaced an inexpensive yet satisfying dynamic speaker with. Enough of my misery, suffice it to say that I have started to climb back up the old dynamic ladder with Paradigm Monitor 5's. It will be a long climb to my Pro Ac goal but I will make it. Best speakers I have ever heard were the Wilson Maxx 2's driven with the top of the line Halcro mono blocks and pre amp. I heard these unbeliveable speakers at Definitive Audio in Seattle. I highly recommend them, great service and products. They carry everything from Paradigm to Wilson and Magnepan, from Rotel to Halcro, Linn, Clearaudio, and Musical Fidelity. Speakers I most want to hear Avant Garde Trio's. Best speaker under 5k, anything by Pro Ac driven by Naim electronics (Stereotypes in Portland Oregon my favorite audio store).

Easy. Quad ESL-57 or ESL-63. No other contenders.

Magnepan MG 20, Quad ESL 988, Acoustat 2, and JustRealMusic Persona

Acapella Triolon Excaliburs, absolutely no question. For me, they redefined what recorded music is capable of.