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
Advents still rule! After digging mine out of storage after twenty years and getting them re-foamed, they play all types of music beautifully. Ineffecient but detailed and accurate,they sound better than anything I can find under $1000 to $2000. Rock On!
Best speakers I "EVER" heard...? Bose, "You are there"
(and you wished you were someplace...anyplace else!)
The most important part of an Audio system is the source. Garbage in Garbage out. The spaeker being most important is
fed by MFGS and Reatailers. Thats where the biggest margin is.
Dont be fooled. Source is key. I have heard 10K speakers fed with lousy sources sound like crap and great soureces making moderetly priced speakers sound great. If the source is laking all the speaker in the world cant help it.
Source IS the most important part of a system but a system is still a collection of all its parts. It is NOT true that the system is only as good as its weakest link. The weakest link is only the smartest place to spend money. Once the source is pretty darn good then other things including the speakers will make big differences even though a better source will always make a big difference. The problem is that most people can't listen to original master tapes which stomp any table or CD I have heard.