Top Ten Speakers of All Time?

AVANTGARDE DUOS - Version Two. After owning these speakers for the past month (with BAT "SE" gear), I just may terminate my relationship with Audiogon (just kidding). These days, I'd rather be listening to music, as opposed to talking about it. For some reason the DUOS have a better balance than the AVANTGARDE UNOS or the TRIOS. I am still fishing around for Cabling...any suggestions?

Readymix: Are the newer bi-wirable versions not as good? How do they differ in sound? I keep checking them out on EBay (right now there is a new in the box Spendor version) but am only familiar with the old Rogers single wire version which I owned in the 70's and 80's. I ran them off a pair of Dynaco Stereo 70's, a pair of Mac 30's and also off an Eico HF-81. Boy, they really sounded musical in a smaller room. Even though the HF and LF was not as good as my current setup if I were to pick them apart, it was just the overall sound that killed.

Dekay, the older 15 ohm versions sound better to me with the proviso that I have not bi-wired the newer 8 ohm versions. From other Audiogon contributors I understand that bi-wiring works a modest but worthwhile improvement. I own 3 pairs of 3/5a's: Spendor 8 ohm bi-wire, Spendor 15 ohm (single wire) and Roger's 8 ohm bi-wire. The 15 ohm version is more open, transparent, smoother, and throws an even larger soundstage. A friend who has had 3/5a's since the 70's tells me that the crossover in these speakers takes a very long time to run in-like 5 years(!), which may account for some of what I am hearing. I am driving the speakers with a Steve Huntley modified ARC D150. I find that the speakers sound much better 30"-36" off the ground than the usual 24"-28". Your last sentence describes my views on this speaker exactly. Regards...

MAGGIES,MAGGIES AND MORE MAGGIES MODEL3A STILL SOUND GREAT.I HAVE HAD OTHERS BUT ALWAYS RETURN TO THE MAGNAPANS.

In the 30+ years that I have enjoyed this adventure...I would say that three have shots at a top ten of all time list....the original Large Advent, the Dahlquist DQ-10 and the Magnepan MG-20.