5 legendary speakers?


I have recently read Ken Kessler's old but still wonderful review of Sonus Faber Extremas. He ends the review by saying that "It is one of a handful of loudspeakers which qualify as legends."

I own a pair of Extremas, and I agree with Kessler's statement. Now, I am curious to know what other audiophiles consider "legendary speakers" based on their own experience. I would define legendary speakers as ones that are path breaking, that redefined the frontier of sound quality that is affordable by the average audiophile (I know, it's a vague definition). Let me give my list of 5 legendary speakers. These are all old speakers I would live with today.

1. Quad ESL 57
2. Klipsch K-Horn
3. Thiel CS5i
4. Sonus Faber Extrema
5. Sonus Faber Amati
ggavetti
Ggavetti, I would replace the Amati's with the Guarneri Hommage's and
add the RTR's and Jantzens. Also special IMO are the original LS35A's and
the MBL's. Many others could also be nominated.
Allison Model 1
Large Advents
Dalquist DQ 10
Vandersteen Model 2 (2CI and 2CE for me)
Infinity Kappa 9
Quad ESL 57
Altec Valencia 846A
Dahlquist DQ 10 (mirror imaged version)
Vandersteen 2C
Auditorium 23 Solovox (near-future legend)