What are the best speakers you have ever owned and why?

My humble, 50 year, journey includes these as well as some KLH, AR or Infinity that I can’t really remember much about:

Lafayette Radio Electronics Minuets (excellent little bookshelf units)
Wharfdale W70 (room shaking bass)
Janzen Electrostatics (early ribbon tweeters - quirky electronics)
Ralph Vaughn - custom build (big woofers, mids and Janzen tweeters)
Paradigm Espirit Towers (my first eBay purchase)
KEF 105/2 (the "laid back" British sound)
Mirage OMD-15 (omnipolar; very holographic and sweet)
Joseph Audio Profile (neutral, clean and clear)

I'm amazed about how many in this group have gone through a dozen or more pair of speakers.  It almost seems a bit schizophrenic.  lol  When you drop some serious coin on a world class speaker, how do you lose interest so quickly.  I've often wondered whether some people enjoy buying new speakers, or other equipment, more than actually listening to them.  I can certainly understand the thrill of acquiring a new rig, but let's not lose sight of what (hopefully) the real goal is...... enjoyment of the music itself. 

That being said, a few months ago I purchased a pair of Grandinote Mach 36's.  Presently, they are the only pair in the world.  They are supposed to be formally unveiled at the Munich High End show this spring.  If you have curiosity about them, my pair of custom made red ones may be viewed by Googling Grandinote Mach 36.  There are pics of them taken the day they were installed in my house on Long Island by Massimiliano Magri or Max, as his friends call him, the owner and chief engineer of Grandinote, who flew in from Italy to do the work himself.

I have never heard anything like them before.  The 36 drivers (hence, their name) and 25 tweeters in each speaker create an expansive soundstage with clarity and neutrality to the nth degree.  Powered by my Naim 500 Series electronics, with Danny Labrecque's Luna Cables, the music, whether it be Beatles, Beethoven, or anything else, has a vibrancy and life that makes it near impossible to turn it off, though I must admit, my wife does not always feel that way.
Anyway, these are the speakers with which I shall spend the remainder of my (hopefully, many) years!

The Best Speakers I have owned to date, are Anthony Gallo 3.1's, which I bought used.  Note, they are no longer in production.

They are essentially Crossover Free, utilizing the following:

1) An Electrostatic 300 Degree Dispersion Tweeter with transformer, etc.,  from 13 K upward, no crossover.

2) Two 5 inch Carbon Fiber Reinforced mid range speakers, no crossover.

3) One 10 Inch Woofer with two voice coils, no crossover

The High Frequencies are amazing with great Mid & Bass Response, Clarity & Slam. 

Bass is great down to 40 HZ or so, rated to 28 HZ with an optional amplifier on the second voice coil.

I chose to augment Bass with two Sub Woofers & an Electronic Crossover set @ 40 HZ & Down  to get base down to 20 HZ in the system.



 

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Lansche 4.1 speaker with pristine treble out of plasma tweeter and high efficiency around 95db/w suitable for low power SET amplifier.

It is also dynamic with two active 10 inch woofers.

I had been happily using it since 2007.



The best speaker that I had ever heard is big Western vintage horn but they are too large and expensive (around 300k$).