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
Don't disagree with Audio Zen, very few make their own drivers.

For me all about the drivers. Great drivers are still hard to come by.

Brad
I did some tweaks to my new Bose 901's that made them sound MUCH..BETTER !!

I took off the front and back grills because these grills just COLORS the SOUND TOO MUCH !..

With these grills off these speakers sound cleaner and much more open and more realistic too !

Another tweak I did to these speakers was putting some self-adhesive foam insulation around the front speaker driver. Everything now sounds SOOO SPOOKY REAL now !!

These speakers now don't sound anything like they used to sound, it's a night and day difference now ! I think these 901's would get a lot more love if they only knew how good these speakers can sound with these tweaks !!

I now love these 901's with most of the speaker drivers facing the front wall !!...
Hifisoundguy, I first heard the Bose 901s in late 1968, I think right after they were introduced. My dealer said that I would want to trade my Advents in. I listened briefly and he asked if I wanted to trade. I said absolutely not. I said they bounce sound all over but sound nothing like a real performance. About six months later, he stopped carrying them.
Say, being new here, I have a question. Has Hi Fi Sound guy had a history of making fun of everyone here and Audiogon with Bose post and capitalized "mod" comments?
Brad
Transaudio, everybody has different tastes and they will never be a speaker made that will please everyone.

I have heard a lot speakers in my time and they still have not perfected the "Tweeters" yet !..


If you don't get the highs right it does not matter how good the midrange or bottom end sounds because it will just not sound right.. period !...