The best speaker you ever heard?

There are three differnet paths for speakers, inner detail
dynamics and blend.

Quads driven by JF's OTL amps win the inner detail contest.

Mr.Wilson's speakers get the dynamics right.

Uncle Jim at Magnaplaner wins the blender award.

It seems the current mega $$$ line source arrays can combine the best of all worlds in the perfect room.

For the rest of us, Talon's speaker line is our best shot
at a view of reality.

Aloha.

SENNHEISER ORPHEUS EAR SYSTEM heard on Headroom show in Philadelphia PA.
I realized that once I get it i will need no speaker ever.

The best speakers I ever heard used to be Magnapans, their top of the line while in Salt Lake City. They remained my remembered most impressive system until I heard the Genesis 1.1 in LA. Driven by spectral amps feeding of an Oracle CD (I didn't remember the preamp), these things were truly amazing.

Coming in at third now is my current system with the Infinity IRS V. I should be able to up that to #2 with some better front end equipment than my Adcom amps and parasound pre-pro, but this high up, the room starts to really make itself a large factor.

Klipschorns! with a close second to Magnapan MG-20s. Dynamics, clarity, wide soundstage! Oh boy!

Jmlab Grand Utopia