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
I would love to hear Vienna acoustics 'the music'. Big wilsons in big rooms sound amazing, the raidho d1.2 in the right room but for the cost of the wilsons you could follow your favorite musicians around the world for years so. meh 
bill clinton, conveyed ideas in plain english, compelling and

No Bill Clinton fan here at all. But I think most any sane person would welcome him back with open arms when viewed in the current climate..........
ozzy

not saying i agreed with what he would be saying... but his speaking skills were/are unparalleled... if you listened, you were drawn in, could not misunderstand what he was trying to convey

best speaker in that sense 😁😁😁
The Vienna Acoustic Liszt were above and beyond the worst speaker I have ever had the displeasure of owning...I cannot imagine The Music sounds any different given the similarities. Dream elsewhere...caveat emptor!

For me it's still the Vandersteen System 9 (pair of sub 9's with Model 7 mk2).  I've heard the larger Magico's, Rockports, top two Wilson's, Von Schwiekerts, Dynaudio's top three models as well as the largest Maggies (newest), Tidal's and others in the over 100k league.  

Vandy still gives me the goosebumps.  I have always been drawn to true phase and time correct speakers and I'm not into digital room correction for bass built in etc...  I've yet to hear it done properly.  

That doesn't mean that I couldn't own some of these others and love them, but I'd want the Vandersteen's and I wasn't even a fan years ago.  Just like any other speaker, they need to be set up correctly.  I've been blessed to be able to audition so much awesome gear.  Oh, I like the Kharma's too.  Another excellent speaker.