The best speaker you ever heard?

I have listened to so many different speakers either floorstanding or monitor at my friend house and at any shows from the price range of $2000.00 to $15,000.00 but I never been exited when listening to a pair of Rosinante Dulcinea moniter speakers made by Ric Cummins (retail at $6500.00) in my system. They sound incredibly awesome with the tonal balance, musical, detail and dynamic. The speakers can handel all kind of music (vocal female in jazz, rock pop, classical and instrumental) without disappointed by the listeners hours long.

Where is the compression driver advocates? I lust after a complete Ales system, but there are other quick horn and compression driver system, which although expensive have, I suspect, never even been approached by any of the speakers mentioned above. The new JBL K2s may come close, however, for $12,500.

Tom writes: "nearly 100% of all professional recording studios use the B&W Nautilus 801 as their reference for the best quality sound".

Really? Nearly 100%? Well, the nasty little Yammie NS10 is ubiquitous too.

I think studios have different requirements to many domestic situations and often master at higher volumes than much of our home listening is done at. If one lives in an apartment and has to respect one's neighbours, one wants speakers that are enticing at low levels.

Regards,

Not that it makes any difference, but I would like to see evidence of nearly 100% using B&W. I would also like to know what they pay for these speakers.

Naim Audio DBL. Because it is one of the few reasonably sized loudspeaker that is able to capture the live "you are there" kind of musical experience. This loudspeaker and I emphasize the word loud is not an audiophile loudspeaker but one that allows the listener to get to the soul of music without any form of compression. Best used in the active format to fully exploit the potential of the loudspeaker albeit at a humongous cost on the amplification. You will require 3 stereo amps to operate this loudspeaker in active.