The best speaker you ever heard?

A comparison at Audiologic between the JBL and the TAD would be at the top of my audio wishes.

My Theil 04A's that I restored, first speakers to ever give me chills!

The latest version of the Vaporsound Cirrus. In my 26 years, I have heard NO peers under $50,000.

i was at the ces in chicago in 1976 and Saul Marantz gave me a demonstration of some tube gear with stacked modified dahlquist dq-10s with dual subs in a hotel suite. he had blankets hanging over mirrors and no other tweaks i can remember. but the sound and demo was incredible. great memory.i worked at a dahlquist dealer and never did sell a stacked pair but sold many pair of them with mcintosh electronics and thorens turntables. the good old days. ha. but i think todays gear is much better with the new technology and materials. about 5 years ,in the early 80s, later infinity brought out a huge pair of speakers with rows of ribbon like tweeters and poly drivers that were more expensive than almost everything else and they were very nice. i don,t remember the model number.

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I believe you are thinking of the huge Infinity IRS V's consisting of two tower columns with floor to ceiling emit ribbon tweeters and two columns of floor to ceiling servo controlled 12" (I think) bass drivers. Sold new for ~ $50K. Heard them at MillerSound a few years back and they were awesome.