js1138
Super Member
Add your candidates to the list.
Rules are that a speaker should have been the best produced by a manufacturer at a given time.
Companies that were in business for a long time might have produced more than one top of the line model at different times.
In general, quality follows price, but not necessarily. This should be a list of the best produced by a company, regardless of price.
Rules are that the speaker should have been produced in enough numbers to have developed a following, and should be available, at least occasionally, on the used market.
Limited edition speakers qualify, but do not disqualify speakers from the regular lines of the same manufacturer.
I'll start with some obvious candidates. Then I'll try to keep this first post updated (but I'll get behind).
Acoustat 2+2
ADC 18a
ADS L2030, L1590
Advance A+
Advent Powered
Allison Acoustics - One, Nine, IC-20
Altec 19, 604, Barcelona, Valencia
Apogee Scintilla, Apogee
AR 1, AR3a, lst, Classic 30, AR9, M6, 10 pi
Audio Concepts Sapphire
Avid.. 103, 230, 330
B&W 801, dm7, Nautilus
Bang and Olufsen 5700 Studio Monitor
Beovox MS150, MS150.2
Beveridge Model 2 sw
BIC Venturi Formula VI
Bose 901
Boston T1030
Boston Acoustics A400
Bozak Concert Grand
Braun LS150, LV1020
Burhoe Blue
Carver Amazing
Celestion SL700, Ditton 66 or 88
Cerwin Vega D-9, 1215
Cizek Model One
Dahlquist DQ10, DO-30
DCM Time Windows
Dynaco A50
Energy Pro 22 Reference
EPI 100, M1000
ESS Amt-3, AMT 6
EV Patrician, Sentry III, Interface D
Fisher XP-18, ST 550
FOSTEX RP-1001
Frazier Dixielander
Fried Model H
Fulton J
Hartley Concertmaster
Heathkit Legato
Genesis II, III, 3+, 410
IMF TLS80,RSPM, SACM
Infinity Beta, Kappa 9, QLS-1, IRS, QRS, RS-1a, RS-1b, RSIIIa & B, RS 4.5, Monitor IIa, Servo Static, WTCL
JansZen Z-824
JBL L300, 250Ti LE, 4355, 4350A, 4345, Everest, Paragon, Hartsfield, Olympus
Jensen Imperial
JVC Zero 9
KEF Reference 1, 104.2, 105.3, 107.2, KM1
kenwood LS-X9, LS-408B, LS-1900, Seven,
KLH 9, 12
Klipschorn
Leslie DVX 570/580
Magnepan Tympani, 20.1
Marantz HD-88,HD-880,DS-940, Model 8, MKII, Imperial 9, M16
McIntosh XRT20
Mission 747
Nearfield Acoustics - Pipedreams
Norman Lab model 9
Ohm A, F, G
Ohm Acoustics Model I
Onkyo grand scepter GS-1
Phase Linear Andromedas/III
Pioneer TZ-9, HPM-200, HPM-1100, CS-99A
Polk SDA
Rectilinear III
RSL Speed Screen II
RTR-280D
SAE Mark XII
Sansui SB L900, SB L800 II
Sanyo/Fisher STE1200
Snell Type A
Sony SS-G9
Soundlab A1
Speakerlab 7, K
Spica Angelus
Stephens Tru-Sonic (Charles Eames design) E3
StudioLAB 4D
Tannoy Gold, Westminster
Technics SB-9500, SB-10000, SB-M10000
Thiel CS
Quad ESL 63
Wharfedale E90, W90
Wilson Audio Watt Puppy. WAMM
Yamaha NS-1000, NS-1000X, NS-2000, NS-10000
Rules are that a speaker should have been the best produced by a manufacturer at a given time.
Companies that were in business for a long time might have produced more than one top of the line model at different times.
In general, quality follows price, but not necessarily. This should be a list of the best produced by a company, regardless of price.
Rules are that the speaker should have been produced in enough numbers to have developed a following, and should be available, at least occasionally, on the used market.
Limited edition speakers qualify, but do not disqualify speakers from the regular lines of the same manufacturer.
I'll start with some obvious candidates. Then I'll try to keep this first post updated (but I'll get behind).
Acoustat 2+2
ADC 18a
ADS L2030, L1590
Advance A+
Advent Powered
Allison Acoustics - One, Nine, IC-20
Altec 19, 604, Barcelona, Valencia
Apogee Scintilla, Apogee
AR 1, AR3a, lst, Classic 30, AR9, M6, 10 pi
Audio Concepts Sapphire
Avid.. 103, 230, 330
B&W 801, dm7, Nautilus
Bang and Olufsen 5700 Studio Monitor
Beovox MS150, MS150.2
Beveridge Model 2 sw
BIC Venturi Formula VI
Bose 901
Boston T1030
Boston Acoustics A400
Bozak Concert Grand
Braun LS150, LV1020
Burhoe Blue
Carver Amazing
Celestion SL700, Ditton 66 or 88
Cerwin Vega D-9, 1215
Cizek Model One
Dahlquist DQ10, DO-30
DCM Time Windows
Dynaco A50
Energy Pro 22 Reference
EPI 100, M1000
ESS Amt-3, AMT 6
EV Patrician, Sentry III, Interface D
Fisher XP-18, ST 550
FOSTEX RP-1001
Frazier Dixielander
Fried Model H
Fulton J
Hartley Concertmaster
Heathkit Legato
Genesis II, III, 3+, 410
IMF TLS80,RSPM, SACM
Infinity Beta, Kappa 9, QLS-1, IRS, QRS, RS-1a, RS-1b, RSIIIa & B, RS 4.5, Monitor IIa, Servo Static, WTCL
JansZen Z-824
JBL L300, 250Ti LE, 4355, 4350A, 4345, Everest, Paragon, Hartsfield, Olympus
Jensen Imperial
JVC Zero 9
KEF Reference 1, 104.2, 105.3, 107.2, KM1
kenwood LS-X9, LS-408B, LS-1900, Seven,
KLH 9, 12
Klipschorn
Leslie DVX 570/580
Magnepan Tympani, 20.1
Marantz HD-88,HD-880,DS-940, Model 8, MKII, Imperial 9, M16
McIntosh XRT20
Mission 747
Nearfield Acoustics - Pipedreams
Norman Lab model 9
Ohm A, F, G
Ohm Acoustics Model I
Onkyo grand scepter GS-1
Phase Linear Andromedas/III
Pioneer TZ-9, HPM-200, HPM-1100, CS-99A
Polk SDA
Rectilinear III
RSL Speed Screen II
RTR-280D
SAE Mark XII
Sansui SB L900, SB L800 II
Sanyo/Fisher STE1200
Snell Type A
Sony SS-G9
Soundlab A1
Speakerlab 7, K
Spica Angelus
Stephens Tru-Sonic (Charles Eames design) E3
StudioLAB 4D
Tannoy Gold, Westminster
Technics SB-9500, SB-10000, SB-M10000
Thiel CS
Quad ESL 63
Wharfedale E90, W90
Wilson Audio Watt Puppy. WAMM
Yamaha NS-1000, NS-1000X, NS-2000, NS-10000
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