The best speaker you ever heard?

Mtkhl, yes. Long ago I thought I was pretty close to realism then about 5 years ago I thought wow this is now much closer. Then about 3 years ago, etc. I am running out of life time, but enjoying the rewards of my effort to find the best equipment for realism. It is very fragile as I recently found.

Good set of KEF R 107's with great cables, CJ 12 preamp with NOS tubes and an Eagle 2C amp.........bliss ;-)

Boy, great question. I really like the B&W 801's, but I remember years ago listening to some huge McIntosh speaker set up. I mean, huge. Six foot midrange / tweeter panels per side and separate subwoofers for each channel. It was incredibly smooth, defined, and spacious sounding. Bottom end like I have never experienced before. Anyone know the speakers I am trying to describe here?

I also remembering being in love with a set of Apogee Scintilla's. Oh, and EPI 1000's were pretty nice too. This is really a tough question. Martin Logans, Maggies, Quad ESL 63s', so many to choose from.... so little time... Sonus Faber... makes a line of incredibly good albeit expensive systems. Beautiful finish.

Oh, and the Wilson WAMM.... breathtaking speaker... Hmmm could go on and on.

Double KLH Model 9's
Large Nolas at Lyric
Large IRS at lyric

How about the best full range driver loudspeaker. And for me its been new SEAS exotic. Can produce HI-SPL can run on low power can be used near field or in large space, bass is strong detailed non resonate since driver does best in AS cabinets. No port noise, no BLH colorations, pretty cool. Point source, phase and time correct, sounds great off axis, even better in sweet spot but still images when one sits far off axis. Trebles clean detailed never heard such out of any full range. Plus the detailed real sounding mid range. If I watch TV with the SEAS my dogs bark at every door knock, door bell, horn honk,car or truck noise etc. They are only fooled by the SEAS and my massive front horns other loudspeakers I use dont triger this. Since sound is real sounding to even a dogs ears SEAS exotic must be doing something right.