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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
pimpnsez
4 posts
 
Hands down JBL K2. Used to think it was a toss up with the B/W 801 and Infinity Beta. Then I heard the K2's. Damm!!!
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dave_b
2,267 posts
 
I just heard the ne B&W N802D's with Mcintosh seperates...holy f--kin sh-t!!!
wrtickle
103 posts
 
Wilson X2 alexandria, bar none (heard with spectral electronics and emm front end...and I am a vinylophile). Before that it was the somewhat obscure Platinum Audio Air Pulse.
tbg
5,263 posts
 
kkbt61, have you also heard the JBL Paragon? Two "experts" have told me it is superior to the K2s.
mint604
59 posts
 
The "Best of Anything" exists ONLY in the listeners mind. This is an unobtainable goal that is never reached. It remains as a virtual imaginary ultimate conception that we only approach a little at a time, it is utilised as a mental referance point for mental comparisons only. That said, I concur that the Hill Plasmatronics is the only "Jaw Dropping" suspension of disbelief "better than reality" enthralling, compelling and now completely unobtainable (less than 100 made) sound reproducerI have heard. Second to this is the back seat speaker from a 1955 Cadillac. 99.9999999% of all speakers are an insult to my ears.
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