Best speakers you have ever heard?
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mhardy6647
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Edgarhorn Titans and Seismic subwoofer. Electronics were the owner's DIY medium power SE tube amps and preamp. Sources I've heard them on include tape (R2R), SACD, and vinyl.
Genesis 1.1s, Soundlab Majestic 945s, and Pipedreams 18s (immodestly). They each do different things slightly better than each other. The Soundlabs are the most accurate, the Pipedreams are by far the most dynamic, and image like crazy. It's been a long time since I heard the Genesis 1.1s, but they're a great blend of the other two, with more bass output.
wank
Moks by popular demand
streckfu said:
I think he said while unintoxicated.
For me, it was the big ones in the McIntosh room (the nicer one) at the AKFest this year. What were those, XRT28s? Anyway, the electronics were two MC275 bridged to mono, with Mc's top pre and the music server.
I sat there for "just a few minutes" and listened to 3, 4, 5 tracks, and had all the hair on my arms and legs standing on end the whole time.
Not necessarily finesse, but the most thrilling I've ever heard.
dnewma04
The Healer
1.) Gedlee Summa Cum Laude's powered by a 150.00 pioneer av receiver
2.) dipoles using 4 lambda td15x and a BG75 ribbon per side.
3.) Lambda Unity Horns with 2 TD15X per side in a Passive Radiator enclosure.
1 and 3 were the best sounding horns i have come across, meaning the had that effortless dynamic sound without the typical horn anomalies. 2 was simply stunning sounding with probably the best midbass I have come across. Can't recall the electronics on 2 and 3, but they were high end brands like Krell or Bryston or the like.
2.) dipoles using 4 lambda td15x and a BG75 ribbon per side.
3.) Lambda Unity Horns with 2 TD15X per side in a Passive Radiator enclosure.
1 and 3 were the best sounding horns i have come across, meaning the had that effortless dynamic sound without the typical horn anomalies. 2 was simply stunning sounding with probably the best midbass I have come across. Can't recall the electronics on 2 and 3, but they were high end brands like Krell or Bryston or the like.
KingBubba
"Too Much Stuff"
I have heard nor seen any of the previously mentioned speaker, but I would sure like to some day. Timewindows made by DCM, waaaaaayyyyyy back when, are the nicest things I have ever heard. I compare everthing to what I heard in that now defunct audio store around 1979 or 1980.
mhardy6647
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a PAIR of Seismic subs!? Musta been a big room...
mhardy6647
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I know someone who just got a pair of ESL-57's 
Arkay
Lunatic Member
Infinity IRS Vs, back in the day when they were new. 
Sadly, I don't remember exactly what was driving them. They beat DQM Timewindows, Genesis 1s, JBL Project Everests, Quad Electrostats, etc... which are all outstanding speakers I've heard; basically the IRS Vs beat every other speakers I have ever heard, IMO. I stood there for over 5 hours, transfixed by them, with my goosebumps getting goosebumps.
I think hearing those, just once, had a lot to do with my ending up collecting vintage gear, and dreaming of one day owning a set of 'em. I'll admit to being almost religiously obsessed with 'em, after hearing them. Nothing else comes close, at least for my ears.
Sadly, I don't remember exactly what was driving them. They beat DQM Timewindows, Genesis 1s, JBL Project Everests, Quad Electrostats, etc... which are all outstanding speakers I've heard; basically the IRS Vs beat every other speakers I have ever heard, IMO. I stood there for over 5 hours, transfixed by them, with my goosebumps getting goosebumps.I think hearing those, just once, had a lot to do with my ending up collecting vintage gear, and dreaming of one day owning a set of 'em. I'll admit to being almost religiously obsessed with 'em, after hearing them. Nothing else comes close, at least for my ears.
jimfet
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Beverage stats, by Harold Beverage. They were $13,000 27 years ago. They were the best sounding spkr at the IHF show in Atlanta. Sounded better than $60,000 plus Infinity QLS on set. But not as loud.
ESS had a set there, I have not seen since. Had a big Heil tweeter, but the woofer was a 3 foot long tube about 10 or 12 inches in diameter, with baffels around it. The bass was great. It was one of those that you could hear the windings around a cello string.
ESS had a set there, I have not seen since. Had a big Heil tweeter, but the woofer was a 3 foot long tube about 10 or 12 inches in diameter, with baffels around it. The bass was great. It was one of those that you could hear the windings around a cello string.
