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
Revel Salon driven by Levinson gear at a dealer in NYC a few years ago. With the prices of used Salon's getting more and more resonable it sure is tempting......but I'm pretty impressed with the sound that I'm now getting with my Energy V2.4i's and Talon Roc2002 sub. Funny how once you have a kid, the gear you already have starts to sound really nice.
It's amazing how many different speakers are the best heard. This, I think, shows how variable sound systems (and their owners) are.

What I look for in a speaker is its ability to disappear leaving only music. For me, Equation Gaya's have done this best, but they need the right system behind them to do it.

When I first heard them, I could not believe that air could be so filled with music. If someone had put a blindfold on me, I would not have been able to locate the speakers. It really was like the musicians were in the room playing. It's been over a year since I heard them and I still cannot forget the sound.