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What's your speaker IQ, and the best speaker?

Please forgive the fact that this is a direct overlap of the popular "The best speaker you ever heard?" thread. However as much as I love the original thread, far too many of the respondents do not list what other speakers they have auditioned, severely limiting the value of that particular answer. For example if you say, "The Dunlavy SC-V are the best speaker bar none" and all you ever heard before that are whatever was at Best Buy, it is hard to give that opinion a lot of weight. But if you say, "The Dunlavy SC-V are the best speaker bar none" and I've listened to Von Schwiekert VR-11s, Avalon Eidolon Diamonds, and the entire Wilson line .. well then NOW you're saying something.

So in my perfect world, the posts would go something like: "Krix Equinox, Rogers Studio 1a, Quad 12L, Quad ESL989, ATC SCM 20SL, Kef C40s, most of the Thiel line, but I have to say far and away the best speaker I've ever hear is ..."

Forgive me again, but I guess this also overlaps the popular "Personal speaker evolution" thread! However if this topic takes on any traction, I think it can be a perfect marriage of the other two threads and very valuable resource.

Try to answer by listing the speakers first, so that when the answers post they will be seen in the 1st line of the post and anyone browsing the thread can then click on those answers that mention speakers that he/she is interested in.

This could be fun, thanks!
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Some speakers I have owned because the list is to long:

Paradigm Atom
Paradigm Monitor 5
Wharfedale Diamond 8.1
AR S20's
Boston Accoustic VR10
Wharfedale Evo 40
Kef Q1
Tannoy MercuryX 2
B&W 303
B&W 602 S3
Accoustic Energy Aeigis Evo 1
Monitor Audio Bronze 2
Monitor Audio Bronze 4
Monitor Audio Silver 1
Ohm Walsh 2
Jungson beauty Detty 3
Aurum Cantus Leisure 3
Polk Lsi 15
Epos els 3
Epos M12.2
Totem Dreamcatcher
Totem Model 1 sig
Totem Arro
JM lab Colbalt 816S
Jm Lab Elecra 906
Oddysey Epiphony

The best speakers I've heard are as follows a star was great sound 2 stars is the best experiences I've heard superlative and non forgettable:
Aerial Accoustics 7b
*Aerial Accoustics 10t
**Aerial Accoustics 20t
B&W 802 Nautilus
B&W 805 Signiture
*Dalaquest DQ 10
*Infinity IRS Beta
Infinity Overture 3
Green Mountain Callisto
*Proac Tablelite 8
**Dynaudio Confidence C1
Vienna Accoustic Struass
*Rogers Ls3/5a
Pinnacle ac650
Focal Utopia Be
Focal Micro Utopia
*Jm Lab Electra 926
Magnapan SMG a
Magnapan 1.6
*Magnapan 3.6
**Magnapan 20.1
*DCM Time Window
Defintive Technology Mythos ST
Revel F52
**Revel Saloon
**Legacy Audio Whisper
Meadowlark Kiestral
Quad 57,63,989,988
Salksound HT-3
Stacked Advents
Paradigm Studio 100 V2
*Totem Mani 2
Odyssey Loralei
Harbeth Compact 7ES-3
Spender S8e
Gamut L-3
*NHT 3.3

This is what I own now:
Wharfedale Diamond 8.1
Magnapan SMGc(modded x-over)
Epos M12.2
av123 Onix XL-S(Ninja mods)
Infinty Beta 20
Eltax Monitor 3
av123 Strata Mini
and my newly aquired baby the Era Design 5,a amazing speaker at any price,their price is downright rediculous for what they offer
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