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 was at a party years ago and in the middle of a large room was one chair.
The owner told me this was the sweet spot; sit down and relax.
On came the Klipsch horns.
On came Bruce Springsteen.
I was on stage with him.

Its the moment where I truly understood what high fidelity was all about.
Prior to that I listened to the radio.
I still love my Transcendence 8s powered by a DNA-500.

But if I ever go bigger, it will probably be for a Genesis 1.x system. Snappy percussion is something I admire and the Genesis 1 and 2 series really get that right and ALSO have a midrange as sweet as any panal systems I have heard and loved.
I heard some Focal Utopia Stella EM speakers a few weeks ago and I can't say that I've heard anything that I liked better. I've heard the Utopia Diablo and Grande models in the past and they are all excellent.
In a moderate size room the best speaker I have listened to is the ClassisLoudspeaker T3.4.I am comparing it with speakers I owned for years or decades.By far better than the JM Lab Nova,or Utopia,Martin logan Prodigy or Monolith,Dayton wright XG-10(when it worked it was really good).I auditioned many speakers at shows and in show rooms,including the different Wilsons,Tiels,Avalon,Burmeisters,MBLs,etc. it beats them all.The music sounds like you are there with the musician.
Just feel like starting trouble. Oooopps, I own #7.

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