Ammending a previous post--which I've started to do many times, but just didn't bother...the very best speaker system I've heard, by a really wide margin is the MBL System.
I'm extrapolating what I heard, from the big po (potential) that was there, based on the handicap of the venue.
Show venues, and I know this from exhibiting personally, as far back as 1986--are a nightmare...poluted electrical lines, inadequate power, flimsy room construction, terrible diminsions...you name it, they're all there to some degree.
In Munich a couple of years ago, I heard the MBL's always a curiosity of mine, based on the 'look and feel' of the product.
So, while exhibiting myself, in my own suite, I took a bit of a break and visited their room.
The MBL's do things dynamically that most speakers have real issues with--and let's face it, one missing ingredient of loudspeaker reproduction is 'Dynamic Fidelity', (thanks Jim Thiel). Without the enormous contrasts which ARE one prime ingredient in accurate reproduction, we have a truly renditional moment, instead of a passable faxcimile. (sp?)
Then, there's scale...which is to say, size of, focus of, and the three diminsions necessary to complete the whole of the experience.
The MBL's handle these areas with aplomb and are, therefore, IMHO, easily the best of those that I've experienced.
Do they cost a lot? Yes--but then, you get a lot--a whole lot!
Best,
Larry
