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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?
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ctsooner
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the 80k Rockports are pretty amazing too. Forget the name, but I've heard them really sing with some incredible amplification and vinyl.
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boband212
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in my own personal experience I have to say Advent 6003 speakers are best I have had. I bought a pair new in 1985 or 86. I first took home a pair of the large, 2 way Advents with the fried egg tweeter. my wife insisted on the 3 way speakers. we returned the 2 way speakers, and got the 6003s. never have regretted that. still have those. we had listened to a lot of speakers and for $650 for the pair new we thought those were a great buy. I sell Jolida audio gear. Have had quite a few Klipsch vintage speakers come through our store. The 6003s sound a good bit better than the Fortes, a bit better than the Cornwalls, and the 6003s put the RF52II and RF62II speakers to bed handily. No comparison there. Connected to the JD502CRC tube amp and using the FX DACIII jazz sounds live right there in the store. Norah Jones sounds so nice. There is not much information on these speakers. Made about 85 and 86. 3 way speakers, 10" woofer that does put out some bass. These are hard to find speakers, and rare to find in really good condition. If you ever have a chance to get a pair do so. With the right amp these are capable of being real exciting to listen to. And very real to life sounding. In my own opinion. In the old days Advent represented real value for an accurate sounding speaker.
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dave_b
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B&W 802D
hifipf
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Magnepan 20.7 and its priced right!
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ladycharnet
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The infinity IRS I listened to had 16 EMITs per front and back, total of 32.

I later built what I had called the mini-IRS, using 9 EMIMs and 8 per side EMITs. These speakers were way better than the Infinity RS1/A/B, and when I mentioned it to the Infinity people it seemed one company owner thought it was a stupid idea, yet another said the IRS, helped sell the Infinity name and my speaker idea would not be worth its production costs.

This was much nicer than saying my idea was stupid.

My crossover design, simple 2-way, was much better than that complex design used in the large Q and RS models
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