Community Light and Sound fiberglass stage monitors stuffed with JBL raw components.... Breakfast in America at 110 db clear as a bell and could shred icing off a cake.... |
@csmgolf even though they werent custom tuned to your ears or played in a state of the art custom made listening room? |
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Legacy Whisper. I had more lengthy listening sessions with them than anything I have owned. |
Sound Lab Quantum
Excellent electrostatic hybrid
great integration with otl amps |
Great thread. I second the Klipsch Forte III. Really had the boogie factor. I will also say my Klipsch Heresy III were fun as well. Alas, life throws us curve balls and things change. I'd take the Forte III's back in a heartbeat.. |
Dahlquist DQ10 - They were big bold and a lot of fun. |
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AR-308HO, I own 2 pairs of these and they stand up to any bookshelf speaker on the market under 4K, they are very smooth with the mids and very detailed on the highs without sounding extreme, also for only an 8" woofer offer exceptional bass with their side firing woofer, and 93db rating also very efficient.Pair these with a tube amp or integrated tube amp and they will keep you listening all night and have you come back the next day for more.
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When i was younger. I loved my cerwin vega 10inch speakers. Ive had 4 pair or more since and i miss them. I lived in a condo and fuck did everyone hate me. Rock n club music. Didnt need a sub the bass was so dam good. Fuse in back so you could never blow the speaker. I went to try n buy them again 6 months ago n cerwin got rid of the 10 inch. DUMB. incredible speakers. Miss them. I lost them after moving out of state or id still have them today. INCREDIBLE SPEAKERS. NO SUB NEEDED |
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Klipsch Forte iii -definitely FUN to listen to.
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Acoustat Monitor 3's and believe it or not a pair of Kef 104ab's i had a long time ago that were so pleasing to me back then. I ran them with a Hafler DH 100 and the original Hafler Preamp. Monster cable and a Thorens turntable.+ A cheap Grado cartridge. i did not know enough to not be happy with them I suppose. It was throw another album on. |
I'm with stereo5, I have owned the Kismet monitors for about 3 years and have tried 4 or 5 different monitors. These are the ones that are staying! Being tone deaf is a wonderful thing... |
Since I've been notified of my tone deafness,I will from this day forward listen to only talk radio on a transistor radio. I was foolish to think I was getting any enjoyment from my substandard system. My deepest and humble apologies.
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And of course Kenjit has superior hearing. “ Most audiophiles are tone deaf”. That’s quite a generalization, did you think that up all by yourself? You are quite the narcissist. Good idea not to answer you in the future. |
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my own custom tuned proprietary speaker designs. They gave me more pleasure than mega expensive speakers that were tuned incorrectly. Most audiophiles are tone deaf
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Klipsch KLF-30s with replacement mid and tweeter diaphragms from Bob Crites and also his crossover networks. I still have them, but they're stuck in my bedroom where they can't really sing like they should. My Legacy Audio Focus 20/20 (which I no longer have) were more refined, but not as much fun as the Klipsch. I replaced those with Harbeth Super HL5 Plus which are in another league in terms of sound quality and imaging, but not as much "fun factor". |
Linaeum Model 10, 10" 2-way with the Linauem tweeter, a unique dipole made from two tweeters mounted back to back, with the cones replaced with a ribbon of some kind of thin plastic. The idea being the coil starts the sound wave which then travels along the ribbon, relieving the coil from having to move the entire mass all at once like in a cone design. So in other words thinking back it was a different approach to the same mass problem Tekton has addressed in their very successful designs. Anyway the Linauems were warm in the bass but nobody cared because the sound stage was to die for! Like one of the most critical guys to ever hear my system said, "You are swimming in it!" Soundstage champs. The voice coil could overheat the ribbon, the upgraded tweeter was a Frankenstein, and the bass hump got to be annoying. But the feeling of being right there in it, wow.
How I miss those speakers. The first wife, who took them, not so much. But the speakers! I still search from time to time. Never seen one. Anyone of you ever gets the chance, go for it. (The speakers, I mean.) |
Odyssey Kismet Reference floorstanding speakers(original). Had them set up and listened to every day for 7 years. Loved them, always extremely musical and zero complaints. Wanted a floorstanding speaker that could go against the wall an got burned. I am now running Golden Ear Triton Reference speakers which I love but miss the Kismets to this day. I only sold them because wifey was constantly on my case saying “you told me you would sell the 3 other pairs of speakers to get some of your money back.” The speakers went for $3600.00 new and I bought them from a guy in Texas for I believe $1500.00 which were only 2 months old. I sold them for $1400.00. Miss them to this day. |
Charney Audio Companion!
Full-range single driver designed on the Tractrix theory! Very engaging experience that draws me into the music and lifts my soul!
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The most "fun" speaker I have are my JBL 4319 monitors, which are way bigger than what most think of with monitors. Right out of the box they brought a smile that's been forever fixed on my face. I don't see myself ever selling them.
All the best,
Nonoise |
Early in my experience I had some Altec 19s. Big boxes - big sound. Stupidly I sold them and up graded to small boxes. If I had a room for a 2nd system big enough I'd get another pair. |
Acoustat 2+2s with DIY JBL 18" subwoofers. I still regret selling the stats.
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