The best speaker you ever heard?

Revel Salons. I'm a drummer, been one for 40 years, so I can say that I know what a drumset sounds like. Drums encompass the entire frequency spectrum- bass drum on the bottom, toms through the mids, and cymbals on the top with very high transients. Salons are the only speaker I have heard that reproduce a drumset the way it sounds to me (not necessarily when I'm playing them, but when I am out in front listening to another drummer playing.) And of course, it does a great job with the other instruments that I play with - guitars, keys, etc.

A good pair of Acoustat electrostatic model 4

One of the best I have heard was the Joseph Audio Pearls at the Home Entertainment 2003 in San Francisco. They were paired with Manley tube equipment and the sound was absolutely phenomenal.

Hello! I'm a drummer too,and the recording has alot to do with how the drums sound,what kit has definition to one drummer is totally wrong with another.Dave Weckel's last cd really sounds good on my Apogee Duetta's (There in repair now)for that matter they make most insturments sound real. Ribbons Rule!John

In my system the Quad 988 is the best I've heard. However, I would like to hear the OHM F's (owned from 1975-1989) and Apogee Scintilla (owned from 1989-2001) with the electronics in my set up now.