Best Electrostatic loudspeaker?

I've owned a few 'stats as well as Maggies, but my current fav's are 1 ohm Scintillas which betters the others I've had. The upstream gear is very important to any panel speaker and makes a huge difference in it's voice.

What about the GT Audio Works GTA-2's ???....

In a few weeks the backplates on the Sound Lab U-1PXs here will be upgraded to the new Consummate version which will be introduced at THE Show in Las Vegas. These will be the first pair until they become available in January. Pricing has not been set, but I will know soon.

The purpose of the new backplate design is to make the speakers a lot easier to drive by both tube and solid state amplifiers.

I second the Apogees. I've moved up from a set of Calipers to Duetta Signatures. Yes, they need the right amp to shine, but boy oh boy, nothing else quite like them.

Yes, you are taking a bit of a risk buying a pair since they are usually 20-25 years old now. But there is nothing to compete with them at the prices I see them listed for.

I thought Apogees are/were ribbon speakers, not electrostats?

Also aren't Maggies planar magnetic/ribbon speakers and not electrostats as well?