The best speaker you ever heard?

Tannoy GRFs driven by classic Marantz tubes. Sounded great on classical music...but fell apart on rock

Just got a pair of Von Schweickert VR-7SE's and after barely 80 hours of break-in, they are already something very special with my VAC tubes. Way too early for a full review - I am starting to realize why people rave about these speakers worldwide. Very impressive so far.......

in all areas of life, there is no best of anything.

there are too many variables, and some of them will be imprecisely measured, so that judgement is unreliable.

many speakers have been mentioned in this discussion.
it is therefore not possible to say what is best. the criteria used to judge vary with the person who is doing the judging.
it is a fruitless exercise. it is sufficient to like something and consider it a favorite without concern for its quality. as long as you like it, in this case the sound of a speaker, nothing else matters.

the notion of "best" is a philosophical argument which has no conclusion.

Thank goodness we have you to set us straight, MrT.

Mrtennis, I would generally agree with you regarding the notion of "the best" being somewhat vague when criteria cannot be quantified. Back in '72 I had the pleasure of witnessing Buddy Rich and his band in concert. Being a drummer myself I realized this man played drums on a different plane than anyone else. Every time he performed an incredible riff he would top it with something even more unimaginable 5 minutes later! Most drummers would consider him to be the best of all time. But again, what would the criteria for that be? Ear of the beholder sums it up fairly well.