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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  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

02-04-01
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08-24-08   "aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......music" how right you are. ...   Detlof

08-24-08   Guys, i made a response earlier and either somehow forgot to ...   Tbg

08-25-08   And that tbg is where the goosebumps come in to play...   Mtkhl567

08-26-08   Mtkhl, yes. long ago i thought i was pretty close to realism ...   Tbg

08-27-08   Good set of kef r 107's with great cables, cj 12 preamp with ...   Guidosansui

09-03-08   Boy, great question. i really like the b&w 801's, but i reme ...   Normansizemore

09-03-08   Double klh model 9's large nolas at lyric large irs at lyri ...   Ruxtonvet

09-04-08   How about the best full range driver loudspeaker. and for me ...   Johnk

09-05-08   B&w nautilus   Mjcmt

09-07-08   Wow, so many speakers, so little time. i heard thousands an ...   Texas42

09-14-08   Wilson audio maxx 2 and marten design coltrane   Cemito

09-19-08   The mbl 101, the hansen king, amgico ii as mini monitors...   Emigene

09-20-08   Beveridge 2sw2 (coherency), hill plasmatronics (holographic ...   C1ferrari

09-20-08   In 1971 - 2-pairs of klh9s, janzen esls for center channel a ...   Hornblowerlives

09-20-08   I think the ohm walsh line is still the best.   Mapman

09-25-08: Juanpablocuervo
disagree,

the amp & crossover components are far more important.

any 1-inch or less light weight diaphragm tweeter, with a lightweight but rigid 6.5 woofer,
both with strong magnets, hopefully with lightweight copper windings in the voice coil.

both in a 1.5cu.ft box vented and tunned to 20Hz, will sound great.
ofcourse the plastic box sounds diferent than wood box in the mids, also the foam inside to absorb the mids reflecting affects.
also trumpet vs. direct sounds diferent, specially in the mids and highs.

if the crossover, is properly designed passive,active or digital, and if the tweeter and woofer have the right physical separation needed for the crossover slopes to join properly, 6dB 1 slope needs more separation 12dB/18dB/24dB/48dB 5slope needs less physical separation between the woofer and tweeter.

etc...

passive crossovers when they heat sound diferent also.

the best combos:

spirit absolute zero + peavey cs200x, when brand new was amazing, 2 days later when they broke in, sounded totally diferent. had to sell them.

jbl 4343 + mcintosh c32/c33, had weird collapsing mids, but great everything.

purchased the jbl 2405h tweeter, just to found out that sounds totally diferent with a diferent amp & crossover.
with new diaphragms! broked-in.

tannoy system 2 with crown d75

most 6.5 + 1-inch loudspeakers have crossover points from 1.5khz to 3khz, from 6dB to 24dB oct. Q arround 0.7 BW.

its the kind of capacitors, or the kind of dsp algorithms, the amps or the diaphragm weight that makes them sound unique.

genelec 1031a its nice out of the box and broked-in

bigger diaphragms in the tweeter will give better mids arround 1.5Khz, but will give worse highs.

jbl l25p has a bit bigger than 1inch tweeter
also most quested, dynaudio and m.audio bx8a have 1.1-inch tweeter

1.75" tweeter have great mids but ugly highs.
same with woofers , 24 inch woofers have ugly mids.
15" have acceptable mids,
6.5 or 5.5 have great mids.

the magic its in the amps. + crossovers and diaphragm size and weight.
from JBL control 25av, to RCF, DAS audio spain, to QSC, EV, behringer truth black, krk rp5, alesis, quested, emu pm5, event, etc... anything with strong magnets, good xmax. good crossover, & nice amps.
will do just fine.

its nice to take a passive speaker and buy amps and a digital crossover, or digital EQ with filters, and by pass the passive crossover with your own digital settings.
and custom amps.

Juanpablocuervo  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)


10-06-08   Has anyone heard of essence. a little esoteric company out ...   Drjay08

10-06-08   When it comes down to it the speakers have to compliment the ...   Drjay08

10-16-08   Klipsch lascala.. i have owned well over 25 speakers in my l ...   Nrgy22

10-17-08   Wilson alexandrias and vandersteen 5a's. a friend actually ...   Stringreen

10-17-08   The best loudspeaker for me, untill this moment hansen audio ...   Countguarneri

10-17-08   For years i have had the classic audio reproductions t-3s. i ...   Atmasphere

10-17-08   Avantgarde trio no other speaker i have heard like b&w 801; ...   Bssk

10-17-08   does this apply to the smaller t1 speakers as well?   Tvad

10-17-08   t1 should read t5...   Tvad

10-18-08   Sansui sp-5500's with the right gear!   Hifisoundguy

10-19-08   Heard for past two days: the magico v3, very impressive, dr ...   Mtkhl567

11-09-08   The best speaker is one that is just not there. i mean a spe ...   Mtkhl567

11-09-08   you must be one happy camper. i am a firm believer in the r ...   Shadorne

11-09-08   Shadorne, not that i have the perfect room (its my living ro ...   Mtkhl567

11-09-08   ... plus a dozen sugar cubes, several strategically placed d ...   Mtkhl567

11-09-08   The symposium setup at rmaf 2007 is about as good as it gets ...   Magnumpi205

11-09-08   does it ever puzzle you that these tiny devices could make ...   Shadorne

11-09-08   Hales transcendence 8s with vtl, wadia and cardas. hands dow ...   Dvrsinvesting

11-09-08   Shadorne, all of fc's products are amazing tuning devices .. ...   Mtkhl567

11-10-08   Mtkhl567 said, "those tuning devices play a big role in ...   Acoustat6

11-10-08   Bob, if i tell you i'd have to shoot you ... just kidding. t ...   Mtkhl567

11-10-08   Hi mtkhl567, thanks for your answer, i will do a little rese ...   Acoustat6

11-10-08   Sorry 3 responses: genesis 1 mbl 101 e with mbl electronic ...   Clavil

11-10-08   Talking my book right now, but after going to a couple of au ...   Macdadtexas

11-11-08   A wall of jensen coax and triax 2 6x9 car speakers....scary   Superhonestben

11-17-08   The larger latour field coil speakers from shindo labs, driv ...   4musica44107

11-24-08   Reference 3a grand veena. why? accuracy. imaging. big sound. ...   Jjwaudionut

11-26-08   You may get bigger sound from some much much more expensive ...   Magnumpi205

11-26-08   The grand veena...coherence, i knew there was a word i was f ...   Jjwaudionut

11-26-08   What size rooms do you gentlemen have for the grand veenas? ...   Tvad

11-26-08   I heard them where i bought my ref 3a decapo-i speakers. it ...   Jjwaudionut

11-27-08   21' x 12.5' with heart redwood paneling purchased in 1975. h ...   Magnumpi205

11-30-08   The best speaker i ever heard is silverline sinfonia.very no ...   Audiobb

12-04-08   Axiom 80 + kelly ribbons. warning, 80 cones are fibre and hy ...   Craaziekookie


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