The best speaker you ever heard?

Ever had for me. Never heard anything expensive. As for me on a BUDGET .. Proac super towers,,MAGGIE 1.6,KEF 104/2,PINNACLE GOLD TOWER,DAHLQUIST DQ10,ADS L910/L980.STAN WHITES SHOT GLASS/FULL SHOT.ALL UNDER 1K. NHT 1.6 or 1.5?,Large advent,b&o rl40 large snell towers. green mountain entry level bookshelves. And I ALWAYS have had two powered 15"/18" subs with a velodyne udl18 box to put between the subs and fronts with conrad johnson tube amp or a 555 or parasound amp large amp. with a hybrid tube /SS PREAMP. Also a theta data basic .benchmark dac. Vinyl basic set up as well. I love music just never had anything more than this. Looking at this post and can't believe all the pages wow. What to try next. I live for my kids and then audio,lol.

Doug99: The Celera sounds just smaller than System Max, but with the same ease of portraying music. I remember the dealer using only the top part of System Max as a full range speaker, and I guess the Celera comes very close to that. Obviously, System Max could not be bettered in the bass department, but the Celera certainly has quite the propelling energy of it's larger brother.

Lsummers, glad to help!

Vandersteen 7. Best I have heard so far, but on the back of a full DCS/Ayre system and a carefully setup room.

I have owned Altec Lancing's "Voice of the theater series" in the 70's -80's. I have been in a couple of recording studios and heard powered monitors that blew me away. They had names like Adam and A.I.R. approved speakers that I can not remember. Check out Mojo's speaker reviews. I heard the Vaughns and they were as good as anything made any where. Problem, I could only afford a 2 speaker system. Now, lets get to best for the money. I wanted the Audiophile 2-channel and also the 5.2 Theater. I found Tekton Design. They are custom made. They take 4-8 weeks to get. I received mine 2 weeks ago. Red 5.2 Pendragons. They sound as good as anything I have ever heard. Let me be clear. I an not an expert. Don't know audio engineering. I do have a demanding ear. I will stop here. Read the reviews. Play the soft and they are full and clear as a bell. Turn them up a little and I am at a "live" performance. You do not just hear the loudspeakers, you FEEL THEM ! Now,I will stop.