So what is the best speaker you have ever owned?

>>07-29-11: Cdc
What does this thread accomplish?<<

It illustrates how subjective speaker selection is and why it should be the first component chosen when assembling a system.

IMO

Audiofeil, I agree. Just feeling cynical today (I wonder if there is a speaker for that).

Vandersteen 5As.

Audiofeil - Had the OP stated only, "List your favorite", I'd agree with you. But s/he didn't. S/He also stated, "what characteristics made it better than anything else?". This encourages folks into a discussion about their fav owned speaker, exchanging experiences, and also provides information to readers about actual, in-home, assumedly long-term experiences. (Or at least in theory, if folks would bother to include these remarks.)

Danny, I was responding to CDC, not the OP.

What I wrote about building a system around speakers is valid.

Whether you agree with me is really not important.