5 legendary speakers?


I have recently read Ken Kessler's old but still wonderful review of Sonus Faber Extremas. He ends the review by saying that "It is one of a handful of loudspeakers which qualify as legends."

I own a pair of Extremas, and I agree with Kessler's statement. Now, I am curious to know what other audiophiles consider "legendary speakers" based on their own experience. I would define legendary speakers as ones that are path breaking, that redefined the frontier of sound quality that is affordable by the average audiophile (I know, it's a vague definition). Let me give my list of 5 legendary speakers. These are all old speakers I would live with today.

1. Quad ESL 57
2. Klipsch K-Horn
3. Thiel CS5i
4. Sonus Faber Extrema
5. Sonus Faber Amati
ggavetti
Allison Model 1
Large Advents
Dalquist DQ 10
Vandersteen Model 2 (2CI and 2CE for me)
Infinity Kappa 9
Quad ESL 57
Altec Valencia 846A
Dahlquist DQ 10 (mirror imaged version)
Vandersteen 2C
Auditorium 23 Solovox (near-future legend)
1) Apogee Full Range
2) Apogee Duetta Signature
3) Magico Mini II
4) Avalon Eidalon Diamonds
5) Magneplanar 1.7s

These are 5 speakers that have never failed impress when set up for my clients.

What they do they do extremely right.