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General speaker questions for audio and home theater.

Back when I used to build speakers...

...my best speakers were always my next speakers. ;-)

So what is the best speaker in the world? Sorry if this sounds evasive, but I'd really have to say it depends on what the person is looking for. It's like asking who is the most desirable woman in the world - we're not all looking for the same thing.

Overgeneralizing here, a first rate high efficiency design excels at dynamics and emotional impact; a first rate planar excels at timbral accuracy, harmonic richness, and lack of coloration; and a first rate dynamic does many things well but excels at ultrawide bandwidth (particularly in the bass).

The best-sounding high efficiency system I've heard is probably the Classic Audio Reproductions T-1 (though I'd love to hear their Hartsfield with TAD drivers); the best-sounding planar I've heard so far is one I happen to peddle (but triple stacked Original Quads would certainly be contenders); and the best sounding dynamic system I've heard might be the Kharma Grand Ceramique 1.0.


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