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
Taking into account the equipment used,listening room, the actual hearing range or quality of the listener including the actual ear structures; sound from a speaker is wholly subjective as to its meaning, it simply boils down to "what you like, you like".

I've owned or own; JBL 34 Signatures, Jensen, KLH-Model Nines, KLH 17, Advents (large) Acoustic Research AR3a, SoundLab A-3, Martin-Logan CLS-llz, Magnapans 3.6 apologies to those I don't recall:-)
Blümenhofer FS-1 http://www.blumenhofer-acoustics.com/ fabulous with tubes amps but it's over 50K
Hi everyone..!..i have a pair of talon khorus II and never happy with sound i did the upgrade and Went for the new xover,i taught maybe it´s cables synergie problem so God knoWs how many cables i had to replace (pcords and iconnect.and one night i looked closely at the tweeter,i took it off and replaced it,i had to try many /before finding the one answring the need(scanspeak-dynaudio-morel),the Sound was différent but not much better till the moment i came accross an Audax titanium tweeter retailing 50€ each (100€)for pair.This tweeter contribut very much to the midrange it cleans up the Sound,space between notes deep sound stage very transparent in way you thank you have replaced the not Only the speakers but the whole system.(tweeter référence Tw025a8).i hope That CAN be helpfull to anyone concerned or has pair of talon.with the New upgrade xover wich is y case.thx
Please ..!..the weeter must be AUDAX TW025a8 (4ohms) anly if you have changed the Xover.i am certain you won ´t regret it.
I don't have much respect for Talon, who I believe was bought out by Rives. I heard a couple of their speakers, and despite their claims of unique exotic venting etc., I found them dynamically dead, and average at best. In addition to that, I really disliked the way they doubled the price of their speakers as soon as they became flavor-of-the-month. Any speaker that needs as much tweeking as you describe has a problem. As I remember, there were always plenty of used ones for sale as well. I also recall them having a problem with peeling veneers.