The best speaker you ever heard?


In my opinion, the speaker is by far the most important part of the audio system. After all, it is the only part you hear. OK, the other stuff really matters a lot, but without a great speaker... No go.

I am a bit 'speaker-obsessed' I guess, and now I am wondering: What are the best speakers you have ever heard, and what made them the best?
njonker
Davidbigeye, they excite my passion for the music every time I fire up my system. What does the rest of your system consist of?
Speakers I have auditioned in the last 3 years trying to decide what to upgrade to & Feel rate a best speaker I've heard tag.
MBL 111 & 116
JM labs Grand Utopia
Dynaudio Evidence Master & Temptation
Revel Ultma Salon 2
Evolution Acoustics MM2 & 3
Wilson Watt Puppy 8 , Grand Slam
Green Mountian Calypso
Aerial 20T
Martin Logans , B&W'S, Tyler, Salks, Sonas Faber & ECT.ECT.
To many to lists.
While all these speakers were quite good ,some better than others ,& some just plain outstanding. I tried to judge them
at their different price points too.
For me , the very best I've heard were the Evolution Acoustics MM3's , they seem to just do everything right & BETTER.
After Driving & Flying to many a store & homes auditioning. I'm glad my search is over & I'm awaiting delivery of the MM'3 Evolution Acoustics. They can't come soon enough.
They belong in the class of the best I've ever heard.
Thanks to Cincy Bob & Jonathan for allowing me to experience these awsome speakers.
I can still remember the first time I heard Quad ESL-57's, wow.

Rockport Altairs are the total experience nothing else comes close for me. If I only could afford them.
Wilson Grand Slam VII's
Magnepan 20.1's best $/Music
Wilson W/P 8's in my environment
Gerry

Not sure if it was a typo BUT there never was a Wilson Grand Slamm (proper spelling) VII. Prior to my X-2's I owned the latest version of the Slamm which was X-1 Series III which was pretty spectacular but not in the league of the X-2. Once the X-2 came into production the X-1 was discontinued because for the money the MAXX series II was just such a better speaker for 1/2 the price. For those who kept their X-1's Wilson did make available a Series V upgrade (no Series IV because of Asian belief that number 4 is an unlucky number). Gerry you have stood me up several times for a listening audition. I still want to meet you
I second Gary (Grr6001), after 4 years of listening to high-end speakers in Europe and the USA ranging from $10,000-100,000+ I too thought the Evolution Acoustics MM3 speakers are the absolute greatest speakers for the money out there. I only wonder if the Rockport Arrakis at $165,000 could be better sounding or not...