What's your dream speaker?

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.

Best speakers I heard at Cap Fest in DC was Tidal.  head and shoulders above the megabucks Von Schweikerts room . I u/stand with Tidal you can go all in on the electronics side to complete the set up.
never heard ‘em but I have a hankering for German Physics.  Is it possible to have a dream speaker even though you never heard em?  I mean, with cars I don’t need t test drive an Austin Martin to know it’s my dream car.