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
Rellsaesser, I bought Infinity Quantum Line Sources after I could not get Infinity ServoStatic 1As. I had the JBL Ice Cube amp (the first switching amp). I also owned Martin Logan CLSs but it was much later. I know you are happy with what you have so my advice is to never listen to Tidal speakers.
Reply- I just Googled the Tidal website. Wow. I would love to hear them sometime. But, Lord have mercy- they cost 10 times what I paid for my QLS. I still have a kid in college.
Yes, I couldn't buy them when I had kids in college. Come to think about that I had the QLSs while they were still in public schools. I think I paid $3000 for them.
For many years I owned Crosby modified 63's with two pairs of Entec LF 40 subs. The sound was in many ways as good as it gets, particularly with respect to low level detail and dynamics at the soft end of the scale. Sadly, the speakers did have some limitations, dynamuc range at the loud end of the spectrum, bass extension without a sub, top end extension and most importantly reliability. Still one of my favorites. Note that Richard Lees is currently modifying the newer Quads and says that they surpass the 63's.