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
After having listened to Apogee Divas for the past 16 yrs, I heard a system at the 2005 CES in Vegas from McIntosh Labs that blew me away. It was a Proto-Type of their Flagship Speaker, The XRT2k....they sounded really exceptional.
System had 110 perfectly matched mid/tweeter drivers @ side, and a seperate bass column w/ (6) 12" subs @ side. This will be the next step in my audio evolution. The sound was awesome.
yes, sir. You are right. I have something close to that, and on sale here at audiogon.

http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?spkrfull&1118461954
Hi Hifi, thanks for doing all that work. That was very interesting. Can you tell I haven't looked at this thread for a while? ;-)
Martin Logan Grand Slamm.I heard when they first came out at a Stereophile Show. I think at the time they cost $70,000.00 a pair.They had a pair of these huge woofer towers with 6 12 inch drivers as well.Amazing transparency,speed and slamm.