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
Quad ESL 2905. A year before they were publicly released, I was invited to a private audition at CES as I used to manage the Canadian distributor for Quad. They were running off a 909 amp. After 1 hour of the private audition, Quad had to ask me to leave so others could audition them. I went back the next day and could not get enough of these!

PEZ
Do not complicate too much...the Logitech Z-2300 is a good set of 2.1 speakers. They sound great
I have to say the Totem Winds I recently purchased are an amazing speaker for the money. I have spent may hours recently listening to Sonus Faber's and Wilson Maxx 3's they are tremendous speakers but for so much less money these Winds are outstanding. I found them to be superior to the Watt puppy's and Sophia's and many other high end speakers I have heard.

I am sure there are many better speakers out there but I can't find anything to fault the Totem's. Everything sounds good on the winds. Even my worst recordings come to life in a way i have never heard them before. All around IMO it is the best value speaker out there.
Real landmark speakers I heard

The Apogee Diva and Full Range

The KEF Reference 205 and later 207 models (sought them out after hearing the 104.2)

The giant Sound Labs

The Vandersteen 5

The Klipschorn and in a different way the Voice of the Theater.

The Megalithic Nudel designs like the IRS series

Magnepan Tympani IV with Bohlender Graebener Radia for the midrange.