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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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bacardi
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I've aquired a pair of Casta Acoustic model C's. Best I've owned and heard. Can't go wrong with a 2" horn, 17" horn midrange, 15" bass driver in each. Dynamic, robust, coherent as hell and lazed sharp imaging. Delicate when needed though deep and authoritative. The amount of information I get out of these made me rid my centre channel, Svs Pb13 ultra subwoofer and maybe soon my rear speakers.
ebm
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Jump on Radio Shack before they are gone!!!
musicalal
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Steen Dossing designed SD! loudspeakers.Brilliantly transparent and punchy too. Slightly woolly bass but great to listen to through some top level Audio research gear. The only fault with them was they had a ribbon tweeter that would blow if you put too much juice through them.
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roxy54
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The Radio Shack thing is getting stale Ebm.
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mapman
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How about "jump on Best Buy before they are gone"?

Radio Shack had a few gem audio products over teh years by most standards. That was a long time ago though. Still sad to see RS finally succumb to the times. If not for radio Shack and Lafayette as a kid, I don't know if I would have ever become as interested in this stuff. My first real johb was At Lafayette back in high school. I was on cloud nine. Then Radio Shack for a few years, before going to Grad school and eventually landing a real job. Those were good times!
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