The best speaker you ever heard?

sonus faber strads. unbelievable instrument reproduction, at moderate listening levels i heard a 75 foot organ sound as though a 747 flew overhead, and a violin concerto that felt as though it was going to shatter the windows. i felt as if i heard no coloration, just music reproduced as recorded.

Audio Note ANE SEC Signature with outboard crossover filled with 20 pounds of copper foil caps on each channel.
The most natural, open and immediate speakers I've heard.

sarah and bob a 4 way active speaker system from sound projects is for me the very best ,

I have seen this post asking what are the best speakers for a couple of years and tried to give my answer but to be very honest, never could give a truly honest answer. I kept asking myself which speaker was the very best that I ever heard.. I all honesty I still cannot give a straight forward ONE SPEAKER answer. I have heard a few excellent sounding systems and honestly cannot say which was the very best. I heard electrostatics that really impressed me with that unique sound.. On the other hand I heard dynamic box speakers with a totally different type of sound that were also excellent. I seriously in all honesty cannot give a one speaker answer. To me there is no best. When I think about it more and more I cannot say any one speaker was so far outstanding to be called the very best.. To me it's not the sound of any one speaker or any one component but a combination of things including the specific sound track recording in a specific room with a unique sound that impressed me at that moment in time. I have heard many of the speakers and even owned one of the speakers mentioned and most all of them were very good to exceptional performers BUT again I honestly cannot single out any one to be so far better sounding than another that would be the final word as to be called THE BEST I HEARD.. I can admit that the big expensive Electrostatic panel speaker like the big Apogee or the big A-1 Sound Lab speaker has always left an exceptional impression on me as a type of sound that has one of the very best sound that I ever heard BUT again I have also heard other recordings on a different designed speaker that was very exceptional sounding to me.. Again I cannot honestly give a ONE speaker being the best answer.. Its much easier for me to say what is the best room you have ever listened to and then the answer becomes a little easier for me to give a ONE SPEAKER answer... My answer to this question is going to be there IS NO ONE BEST SPEAKER I have ever listened too.. That is my true honest answer. There is no ONE BEST.. There are many excellent sounding speakers and to me the ROOM is more what should be the question asked,,,, the ROOM and the RECORDING is the best answer I can honestly give...

The best speakers for me are those that can sound damn impressive in my own modest room without expert room treatment and megaexpensive electronics. Anyone can make a "best" speakers for $20k+, and they will require very expensive electronics to sound great. I have heard $70k speaker sound unbelievably crappy even with the so called "best" electronics and in the "best" rooms with $20k worth of acoustic treatments. But only a few manufacturers can make great speakers for less than $5k that can compete with the best of them, regardless of price. In the past, those were the likes of Apogee Duettas and Martin Logan CLS with the right subs (both finicky but magical when properly set up). Now, they are the Hyperion 938s. They are supremely easy to drive and work very well with affordable (ie, under $1k) electronics and wires, but higher quality electronics will give you the ultimate auralgasm :) Cheers.