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The most dynamic speaker you've heard...
Feild coil driver uses an electromagnet instead of a "permanent" magnet like a ceramic magnet because they're easy make or an Alnico V, or now rare earth magnets (neodymium.) Usually very costly, but I think that they'reoverpriced. 
Who is Most Beautiful female singer ever
we need pictures. I'll put Sarah Brightman in there too. I know she can sing. 
The most dynamic speaker you've heard...
Do you mean like Motzart's "Surprise" symphony, or Mahler's 6th (last of final movement?) 
The most dynamic speaker you've heard...
Dynamic & loud are not equal. The K-horns are probably close to both. It doesn't have to be a horn to be dynamic. It is easier for a horn to be loud. 
Advice on music source
Try Stravinsky's Rite of Spring done by Benjamin Zander. You can sometimes find it on Amazon, but it is expensive, @ $30 used, and $125 new. The performance is the most dynamic I've heard. Some buffoon has to yell "bravo" before the music fades. T... 
full range single speaker
look here: www.iconicspkrs.comor greatplainsaudio.com 
McIntosh C2300 Power Cord Recommendation
Theories do not change, but different theories are proposed. All must meet multiples tests by independent examiners and the results must result in consistent findings in order to be declared scientificaly accurate. By consistent, I mean that the r... 
Speakers and air-conditioning
Humidity affects the density of the air and can affect the sound. It can also make poorly made particle board turn into fallaparticle board. Especially over a long period of time. 
Amplifier's Amps?
If I'm not mistaken, the figure you see on the back panel of an amplifier (and I'll use an 80 watt Marantz 16) is power consumtion: 300 watts. In other words, this amplifier consumes 300 watts of ac input to produce 80 watts audio output. I'm assu... 
EL34 tube monoblocks that doubles power at 4 ohms
another simple way to explain this may be: Tube amplifiers may have a typical plate voltage in the order of 450 volts. This voltage is not directly suitable to drive loudspeakers because the output impedance is very high. Not to mention shock risk... 
McIntosh C2300 Power Cord Recommendation
Is the McIntosh C2300 a pre amp? My web search says it it. This then sounds even more incredible that a device which normally is required to produce only a couple of volts output could be the victim of an inferior power cord. Not to mention that M... 
DIY high end speakers?
Since you claim to be a competent woodworker, don't forget to look here: http://www.greatplainsaudio.com/downloads/604_8H_III.pdf 
McIntosh C2300 Power Cord Recommendation
We also can't forget that there are hundreds maybe thousands of miles of wire in the grid. "Assuming" this could be an issue, doesn't it seem that you should need hundreds or thousands of miles of wire to "correct" the "problem" the first mentione... 
Best Two-Way Monitor Speakers under $700 New/Used
After reading your last reply, then doing a quick websarch for "bookshelf" speakers, I got plenty of hits from different brands, and only a few came back with the refined description of "monitor." But that's neither here, nor there. I have been al... 
Best Two-Way Monitor Speakers under $700 New/Used
Johnnyb53: Then I'm sorry for giving the impression, but then why does someone want to dress up the word "bookshelf" with the shiney "monitor" and make it seem that the term "misleading" has no validity? Is marketing the only thing that has value?...