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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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peterbj
29 posts
 
the "Kharma 1b" and close 2nd the "Grimm LS 1"
gtsdarts
6 posts
 
Ever had for me. Never heard anything expensive. As for me on a BUDGET .. Proac super towers,,MAGGIE 1.6,KEF 104/2,PINNACLE GOLD TOWER,DAHLQUIST DQ10,ADS L910/L980.STAN WHITES SHOT GLASS/FULL SHOT.ALL UNDER 1K. NHT 1.6 or 1.5?,Large advent,b&o rl40 large snell towers. green mountain entry level bookshelves. And I ALWAYS have had two powered 15"/18" subs with a velodyne udl18 box to put between the subs and fronts with conrad johnson tube amp or a 555 or parasound amp large amp. with a hybrid tube /SS PREAMP. Also a theta data basic .benchmark dac. Vinyl basic set up as well. I love music just never had anything more than this. Looking at this post and can't believe all the pages wow. What to try next. I live for my kids and then audio,lol.
fredless
6 posts
 
Doug99: The Celera sounds just smaller than System Max, but with the same ease of portraying music. I remember the dealer using only the top part of System Max as a full range speaker, and I guess the Celera comes very close to that. Obviously, System Max could not be bettered in the bass department, but the Celera certainly has quite the propelling energy of it's larger brother.
jp1208
502 posts
 
Lsummers, glad to help!
agisthos
503 posts
 
Vandersteen 7. Best I have heard so far, but on the back of a full DCS/Ayre system and a carefully setup room.
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