Speakers: all-time worst


What is the all-time worst (home audio speaker systems, not the plastic cabinets or ceiling types) loudspeaker system that you have heard, and why? In other words, the all-time worst value.
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One more Bose story: in the early 70's, I purchased one of the first pairs of B&W DM6's to be imported into the US. With a Luxman integrated amp and a decent moving coil cartridge or my big reel-to-reel, they sounded better than any of the dozens of speakers I had auditioned. Put it this way: the YAMAHA NS-1000M's were my second choice! Went out with a nice (not good, but nice) young woman at the time, and we went to a rockin party featuring a sound system consisting of Bose 901's driven by Phase Linear electronics. The thing was deafeningly loud and terrible. My girlfriend was tremendously impressed, and later quizzed me why I hadn't bought a really good stereo like the one at the party? Although some of her other orifices were more suitable than her ears, the relationship didn't last long!