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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
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audiogems
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GENESIS 200. The holy grail of speakers! Impressive height and weight enclosed in top of the line rosewood driven by a fantastic 1500 watt amp these speaker are incredible to listen to and look at.
tedmbrady
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Shadorne,
No, I'm not in the music biz, but was lucky enough to get the Telarc tour and some great advise from some in the biz. I'm hoping that the used 150a's are somewhat up to spec (SL's, amps still good, etc.) but realize they don't have the newest tweeters in them. BIlly Woodman, ATC pres, says some prefer the Vifa anyway. And he recommends I recap the amps if they sound a bit tired. We'll see soon. Thanks,
Ted

P.S. I heard the Genesis 200's years ago and they were quite incredible.
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tedmbrady
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Yes, in their larger sound room (the one with 5 150a's) they soffit mounted them all around, and had considerable RPG treatment, as well. However, in soundroom 2 (mostly used for editing) the 150's and 50's were open air and sounded great regardless. I was quite interested in this setup as it will likely approximate my ultimate home setup, with my room being larger, but not equidistant.

I'll ping you on the tweeter issue, but am doing nothing until I live with these for awhile.

Thanks
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