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
Wim1983
Love your suggestion on what music..
Here are the last 12 i listened to (one of the neat features of Naim unitiserve)
Alison Krauss - Paper Airplane
Cowboy Junkies - Rarities, B-Sides (listen to all but extra attention on last track may tell a bit about time and phase)
getz-Gilberto
L Cohen - Old Ideas
The Band - Music from Big Pink ( MFSL)
Ray Brown - Soular Energy
Wayfaring Strangers - Shifting Sands of Time
"Shorty Krall" - Live in Paris
Traffic - Shootout at Fantasy Factory
Wailin Jennys - Live at Maunch
Lyle Lovett - Pontiac

i dont have any Metal or Garbage, so I may need to get some...
Just bought a pair of Intuitive Design Gamma Summits and these speakers are so amazing I will never get rid of them.
09-27-15: Jughead
Just bought a pair of Intuitive Design Gamma Summits and these speakers are so amazing I will never get rid of them.

Good for you Jughead. I used to own the Summits, and they are exceptional speakers. I sold them as I have young kids, and I did not want to have a 90 lb monitor that was mobile on Stillpoints....
Yeah they can be a scary speaker to have with young ones around. I'm fortunate enough to have them in the basement and my 8yr old doesn't like it down there. and man are they heavy speakers, but the sound is man I cant explain it. UNREAL!
Jughead, the Summits will compete with most of the speakers referenced on this thread when properly setup and with appropriate ancillary equipment. Dale spends an inordinate amount of time on mechanical and electrical grounding schemes in his speakers, and you can hear it. He said those two elements are far more important than Gucci drivers and parts. They make most other speakers "sound like speakers" with their disembodied and ethereal sound. Its the sound of no speaker. Enjoy....