What would your "perfect speaker" sound like.

Would sound like the Sonner LegTo Unum. 

I stumble on this video about the characteristics of the Ogy speakers...

His internal labyrinth as a front porthole extended 3 feet inside but is homogenous labyrinth with a front porthole and a 4 inches concentric driver...

My own speakers the M-audio AV 40 , which i modified is a 2 way speakers with a 4 inches woofer ... But i created a waveguide extended that make a more coherent waves direction... And i created an external porthole with bent straws of different size and lenght extending 3 feet outside the speakers box...Then an heteregenous labyritnth in my case ...

The difference in bass, imaging and soundstage is too unbelievable to be true ...

I am sure this Ogy is very good...

But mine rival it probably or is not very far behind at ten times less cost ...

Most people dont understand how each speaker is a potential Helmholtz resonators , a volume with a neck an a specific cross ratio between the two and the absorbing surface properties inside , tuned or not, create a soundfield of various charaxcteristics relating to these precedent parameters ... If you think all a speakers is about are his caps and crossover you are dead wrong... It is way more complex and the mechanical part of a speakers matter as much if not more than the electrical part or the mere mechanical driver so important it could be ...

Most speakers makers dont take the trouble to make more than a simplistic horizontal porthole when they design one , because computing an internal one cost research and money and time ... An external one as mine , ask also for his optimization to do some research and is unesthetical...😁

I dont give a damn about esthetic... I want good sound and i have it at peanuts cost ... I dont even need a sub ...I listen musical acoustic instrument not movie ...it is enough clear punchy bass around 50 hertz for me ...

Look at the labyrinth of the Ogy above and listen the explanation here :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMmytYy1B78

«A straw  of the right size and lenght well located can make a greater upgrade in a system than thousand of dollars of gear»-- Anonymus acoustician teaching Helmholtz

For me it's a speaker that is rich, great soundstage and does disappear but I also agree that what I put in my main listening room does take on some similarity. My room is not ideal as it has a wall on the right side and then opens up to a stairwell on the left. Very open but not symmetrical by any means. Bottom line is address the room first and then go from there. 

BTW I'm a gigging musician and hear a lot of live music both from the stage as well as seeing other bands. One thing to note is the live sounds may not always be great depending on the venue, PA, and the sound guy. It's always great to have options which is what makes this hobby so fun!

The perfect speaker will sound like the sound of original music. People have a wrong expectation that their system will sound close to the original music sound after expensive upgrades. However, no one has been succeed it and all speakers in the world sound like the left speaker in below video (except Wavetouch audio). It is sad that almost every one who pursuit for the perfect sound for decades will live with the left speaker sound for the rest of their life. No wonder people (spouses?) call them audiofools. Alex/WTA

A perfect speaker would reproduce some of the most important characteristics (to me) that I hear in live instruments:  timbral complexity, richness, full, with dense, palpable imaging and presence.  And yet with a sort of combination of clarity and ease.  In fact, Joseph Audio actually gives a good description in terms of what he is trying to reproduce:

"Live, unamplified music has unmistakable presence and clarity. Yet, at the same time it also sounds relaxed and warm."

That's exactly as I hear it.  And funny enough...I find my Joseph speakers get about as close as I've heard to these qualities, especially with my CJ tube amps.

Another property the perfect speakers would produce is "surprisingness."  Whenever I close my eyes and listen to real voices and instruments, the range of timbre and sound seems sort of unlimited.   Whereas every sound system homogenizes things to a great degree.  Once I hear a few tracks with drum cymbals, or sax, or acoustic guitar or whatever, I pick up the particular timbre of that speaker and I know what those instruments are going to sound like forever more on that system. 

Again, one reason why I actually became infatuated with my Joseph speakers is because they offer more "surprisingness" than I've ever heard in that regard (with the possible exception of the MBL omnis I owned).