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
You know I'm not sure. My Carver amazings (2200.00 new in 94) are definitely not the best speaker now or ever. But I have not heard anything else under say 10K or so that I think blows them out of the water. I listened extensively to maggie 3.6 and I liked some things better but in many ways I liked my Carvers. I have also listened to Avalon, Wilson, Mcintosh (all very pricey!) and Analysis Audio (look like Apogee rip off) and they just don't justify the difference in dough....

I just installed New Peerless 10" very massive woofers to replace the carver orig.and had the xover done with new caps etc. by parts connexion and now they are even more amazing.(pun) But, I'm also buying Quad 989's because I think that they may do it for me. who knows? The mind of an addict is not very predictable
I am searching allready for years for an alternative. My SL600s are still in operation.
Blue Ridge Sound Engineering HR-1. Hands down the most accurate, most musical speaker I have ever heard anywhwere, at any price! And they're not expensive!
www.blueridgesoundeng.com
Ken
Macrojack, your zealousness and staunch defense of the Zu boys/speakers, though a bit "out there" has been dead on. How come you're now selling the Zu Definition Pros? What gives with that? warren :)
Warrenh,
He spells it out right in his ad:
"I have received numerous emails from people who can't quite believe I am selling my speakers. I am not selling my own pair. I am a "Listening Post" for Zu and I believe I am the only one in the United States demonstrating this model."

I just bought a used pair of ATC SCM150ASL's after hearing the same at Telarc (from a personal demo by Michael Bishop, nontheless). Hopefully I'll add them to this thread.