Most agreed upon best speaker?

When I had cats, they seemed to levitate towards the Optimus speakers I had at the time.

Oops, sorry, I misread the thread title. I thought it said most "Pee'ed" upon speaker.

Pedrillo, c'mon you know its MBL, right?

Actually how about Avantgarde Trio's?

They're big, shiny, dynamic and sensitive, if not omnidirectional. And they only keep company with the highest quality amps. What else is there?

I don't know that vintage speakers are the best or not but it might be true that more people will agree more often on models that have been around for awhile because more people have had actual exposure to these compared to any newly released model.

For example, I would be willing to bet that Klipschhorns, which have been around forever, would get lots of love from the masses compared say to some newer horn design that might be superior.

Generally, when something survives for along time, there is a good reason.

Kind of a form of natural selection, I suppose.

" but speakers have made HUGE steps forward"

I would agree.

Speakers have improved over the years in my opinion.

Vintage designs that have been around awhile but that the vendor still supports and continues to move forward with upgrade enhancements and improvements to remain competitive is another story.

OHm is one such vendor. I'm sure there are others.

Actually I hate music.

I just do this to waste my time.....

..NOT!

I recall the dynamics are what made the early Telarc digital recordings, like the well known Shaw/Firebird recording, special at the time, but in hindsight today, many other aspects, like detail, were lacking. Things have improved greatly with digital mostly since then.