The perfect speaker

[John]

So far the best speaker system I heard is Vic speakers
It use two Bastanis Crystals a Radian compression driver and these massive 18" dipole speakers.
http://www.aespeakers.com/news.php?start=0&news_id=24
I do not know if you can get these drivers anymore I think the run was only limited to 6 but by god the bass is awesome
The scale is truly staggering

[magiccarpetride]

What mix of speaker to make your perfect combo.

Whether it be bass from a celestion or mid from a 57 or ls3/5a or a bc1spendor tweeter.

Over to you.

The best speakers I've ever heard were Magnepan 3.7. Coherence, naturalness, believability, convincing bass, realistic soundstage. Absence of any sugar coating or euphonics.

Most relaxed sounding speakers I've heard so far were Willson's Sophia. But at the expense of coloration and candy coating, which are the characteristics I detest.

[Ali Tait]

They are not perfect, but what electrostatics do well, they do better than anything else IMHO.

[magiccarpetride]

They are not perfect, but what electrostatics do well, they do better than anything else IMHO.

They are the best when it comes to revealing the upstream changes. You may change a power cable or a pair of interconnects and not hear any differences if you're using the cones-in-a-box speakers (even when using ultra high-end boxes). But try the same change while using electrostatics, and the differences magically appear

[Reid Malenfant]

I guess you haven't listened to a pair of Yamaha NS1000/2000 or 10000 then Alex

David Price (reviewer for a certain magazine) described them as sounding like an electrostatic with a subwoofer & supertweeter

[John]

yes but getting those Yams to perform right I heard a few and none sounded good probarly due to the difficulty of getting them to perform to the level they can. From everything I read about your system I sure this not the case with your Mark

[Reid Malenfant]

They like valves John, or class A solid state They can be a tad bright & fizzy with class B (simply showing up the damn amplifier ). No idea how come they work so well active with this 6 channel Parasound They shouldn't, but they do

NS1000 review

[John]

The few times I heard them they been quite fizzy I know they must be so much more just yet to hear it. Great you found something that works so well with them

[BTH K10A]

The best speakers I've heard to date were the JBL D6600 Everests. Truly amazing speakers with a midrange as good as an electrostatic plus the most tuneful deep bass and the delicacy of a ribbon tweeter in the high frequencies.

Maybe in a few years time I might be able to justify buying a secondhand pair if the price is right.

I wonder if any were sold in the UK. My one and only audition was in Germany where JBL's seem to have a stronger customer base.

[aquapiranha]

They are not perfect, but what electrostatics do well, they do better than anything else IMHO.

Yep, I used to love the ESL63's a friends dad owned. Not everyone's cup of tea mind. I thing the best speakers I have heard to date are Tannoys.