What's your dream speaker?

fred6059 posts07-16-2021 6:18amRaidho D 3.1.  To my ears, Raidho's do it all.  Of course Borresen is the genius behind it.  Haven't had a chance to hear his new line, so maybe the Borresen 03.  At $66K, unfortunately can't go there!


I agree with each and every statement fred60 made above. My 20.5 ft wide by 17ft deep room x 10ft avg ceiling (two large openings) won't support more than that size. I run older D2s now and am more than satisfied since I no longer have house parties. I still lust after the B03 for it's newer design and performance.

I'd need to keep my DSPeaker unit of course to tame the mid-bass hump but I think Michael's a genius. I'd still want four good but modest subs to low-pass at 40 or so for a DBA bottom-end. That would probably be nirvana to me, in this home.

One of the best moves I have ever made as an audiophile - this will apply to a certain percentage of frustrated hobbyists - was to abandon the search for "the One", the purported speaker that would sound perfect, and seek variety. I have found delight in the speakers of different genres I have used. Audiophilia was fraught with frustration until I made variety the key of my system building. That is when I realized that I am a System Builder, a particular breed of audiophile like the Mediaphile.  :)

For those who have longed for big gun dynamic or hybrid dynamic speaker systems, but feel they are well beyond your budget, I offer you Aspen Acoustics, a fledgeling company in Colorado with some sonically very capable designs. Legacy Audio has the OB/quasi-line source thing down, and Aspen Acoustics does what I call in my review of the Lagrange L5 MkII, the DLT (Disproportionately Large Tweeter) design. It's a wonderful experience that fuses the panel/ribbon and dynamic genres together. It has a unique sound signature that is appealing to me. 

If you are seeking a formidable speaker with BIG performance, but at a fraction of the cost of a Wilson or JM Labs, you may wish to speak to Scott Kindt of Aspen Acoustics. I own the Lagrange L1 prototype shown on the website, and will be having it replaced by the production version of the L1. I will be conducting an owner's review of it for Dagogo.com. Though a different genre due to DLT, I put the performance/sound quality level of the L1 prototype near that of the Wilson Alexx (I have not heard version V, so I exclude that model from my assessment). Note that I am not claiming the L1 or prototype to outperform these others, as I have not conducted a comparison in my room. Such claims would be unsubstantiated and unwarranted. However, dismissals by partial owners or those with vested interests in these others would also be unwarranted.  :) 

Several models of Legacy Audio speakers also reviewed by myself for Dagogo.com over the years. 

There is also legitimacy, though limited advancement, to grabbing on to a speaker and pushing it to perform better over the years. I have done this with the King Sound King Tower omni. When I first obtained it, the sound was respectable but not stunning. Now, with continued development ( I do not use the term "evolve" to describe system building, as I feel it is entirely inadequate to describe the process) the speaker is moving into the rapturous realm. It doesn't make it magically a far superior transducer, but it does make it a much more enjoyable one.   :) 

My dream speaker showed up again last night. But just as before, just as I was about to get close enough to read the label something woke me up and I had to go pee. Why is it always the good dreams interrupted like this?

@havocman

I would get the monitor audio Platinum 500 II, I have the Platinum 200 ll and I absolutely love them.

I demoed the Monitor Audio Platinum 300 II and was on my short list to purchase.

+1 @douglas_schroeder

abandon the search for "the One", the purported speaker that would sound perfect, and seek variety.

I also like variety. I purchased a multi arm turntable to play multiple cartridges. After I get my neutral linear audio chain sorted out I will put together a flea watt amp+speaker system to primarily check out the 300b sound. I also like the Doshi Audio Evolution Monoblock power amplifier which allows “adjusting bias to tune the sound of the EVO monoblocks to your liking”. The problem with variety is it can be hard on one’s wallet.