The best speaker you ever heard?

I heard the Scaenas. Excellent speakers. If you can get the bass to integrate properly. Not sure if I heard the latest ones. That is my problem with them. I love the looks and optional finishes. They are close though. Analysis plus is also excellent. Probably the best I have heard ever to date are the Symposium Speakers, but I didn't truly test their bass performance and they need a long wall for setup. For me a limitation for now. Also, they are IMO ugly. There are many excellent speakers though & as mentioned a few times, it is the room/ system as a whole which determines the speakers performance.

Mcondon,

I second your opinion. One of the top 5 for sure. I have heard them multiple times at shows. Simply amazing. But they aren't tolerant of the wrong equipment. I want to hear a big version one day in a big room. That is what I would jump on. Although in a medium room the bass is plenty.

They are special with amazing highs, and great dynamics. The question is can they rock to all music? I want to hear them again.

No single winner

Infinity IRS Beta driver by Carver Tube amps, I forget the name of the amp, with a turntable for the front end. I don't remember the entire setup, but I think the preamp was a Counterpoint & there was a solid state amp on the bass towers. I heard it in Lyric HiFi several years ago,

Also, Martin Logan CLS w. Eminent Technology Bass Towers. Great sound. I heard this several years ago. ARC tube amps on the Martin Logan

Cello speakers w. Cello amps - uncanny dynamics.

My Nautilus 801s playing loud with Rock.

Avalon Ascent or Eidolons playing at medium volumes.

I am still looking for a great speaker which can do it all. What I found is that intimacy & the ability to play loud are mostly mutually exclusive.