The best speaker you ever heard?

Easy...MBL 101 Extreme. Unreal. Then again, for a quarter of a million dollars, they should be.

Second place...Magnepan 20's or B&W Nautilus.

A comparison at Audiologic between the JBL and the TAD would be at the top of my audio wishes.

My Theil 04A's that I restored, first speakers to ever give me chills!

The latest version of the Vaporsound Cirrus. In my 26 years, I have heard NO peers under $50,000.

i was at the ces in chicago in 1976 and Saul Marantz gave me a demonstration of some tube gear with stacked modified dahlquist dq-10s with dual subs in a hotel suite. he had blankets hanging over mirrors and no other tweaks i can remember. but the sound and demo was incredible. great memory.i worked at a dahlquist dealer and never did sell a stacked pair but sold many pair of them with mcintosh electronics and thorens turntables. the good old days. ha. but i think todays gear is much better with the new technology and materials. about 5 years ,in the early 80s, later infinity brought out a huge pair of speakers with rows of ribbon like tweeters and poly drivers that were more expensive than almost everything else and they were very nice. i don,t remember the model number.