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The best speaker you ever heard?

In my opinion, the speaker is by far the most important part of the audio system. After all, it is the only part you hear. OK, the other stuff really matters a lot, but without a great speaker... No go.

I am a bit 'speaker-obsessed' I guess, and now I am wondering: What are the best speakers you have ever heard, and what made them the best?
njonker
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dave_b
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B&W 802D
hifipf
38 posts
 
Magnepan 20.7 and its priced right!
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ladycharnet
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The infinity IRS I listened to had 16 EMITs per front and back, total of 32.

I later built what I had called the mini-IRS, using 9 EMIMs and 8 per side EMITs. These speakers were way better than the Infinity RS1/A/B, and when I mentioned it to the Infinity people it seemed one company owner thought it was a stupid idea, yet another said the IRS, helped sell the Infinity name and my speaker idea would not be worth its production costs.

This was much nicer than saying my idea was stupid.

My crossover design, simple 2-way, was much better than that complex design used in the large Q and RS models
ctsooner
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very cool....do you have pics? How did you get the drivers?
rwd
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Ladycharnet....very interesting. Like Ctsooner....any pics and more info???

Thanks
Rick (RWD)
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