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
I have not heard a broken in Sunray and have only heard the Arrakis once at a show, but I have heard the Tidal Contriva Discera SE under comparable circumstances and have always been shocked at their fidelity to the instruments and voices in the recording as well as the realism of the sound stage. I have never heard any other speaker do this.

I now have about 400 hours on my Contrivas and realize how much better they sound here rather than in the shows. Frankly, I don't think any speaker even approaches them. Until these I thought that I had to accept that all speakers were compromises and that you had to choose where you wanted the compromise. I now know that is not true.
CRAIG CAR SPEAKERS OF THE 70'S! NOTHING BEATS IT NEXT TO BEING DEAF!

proud owner of ohm walsh, magnepan, eminent tech, acoustat!
JBL 4312-the finest studio monitor with the most accurate reproduction of sound and music without any distortion. It is still the one that is used by professional recording studio's worldwide. Absolutely no comparison to any other speaker except the L-100 which is the same but designed for retail use. Really, these are the finest with price being no object. They are no longer made but I have a pair in mint condition.
Any one of the speakers from Zu that I heard/owned - Zu Druid, Zu Definition, Zu Presence, Zu Essence.