BEST SPEAKER ON EARTH

Shahinian Diapason.

THE BEST SPEAKER IS........





............ MINE: KLIPSCH.




Nogad, the nogaw

Hi

If you have to pick from CANTON and MISSION what would it be?

ooo, I would neither buy canton nor mission.
but ive once heard cantons top speaker karat r 2 dc.
that was nice. but a willson is miles better!

The shanigan thing, that looks so odd, don't think this can play good music sorry. have you heard that <<thing>> ?

dagon what klipsch?

No, sorry, it's not available in Romania.
I found though Kefs, TANNOYs, DALIs.

@sledge: THE ONE AND ONLY KLIPSCH!

Hello,

I have not heard that many speakers, but the best one I had the pleasure to audition, was the Dynaudio Contour S 3.4.

@ooo: maybe that's not the right place to find out, which canton or mission is best, better open a new thread for that.

B&W Signature 800

in my eyes better than Nautilus.

hey dagon!
you mean this dirty big thing? Got a nice bass easily reproducing good shots! but the rest ain't that good.
wilson is better!

dynaudio contour cant be good i once heard the evidence at that sounded terrible, wilson is much better than that.

b&w, nautlius looks terrible! Wilson is much better than that!

Hey!

Should I mention you used the same sentence 3 times during 7 sentences
"Wilson is better than that"

Did you audition any other thing than wilson? Or do you think wilson is best because it's wilson?

i heard nerly everything.
wilson is best

Hey!

dynaudio contour cant be good i once heard the evidence at that sounded terrible

Someone telling such a thing cannot have heard "nearly all speakers".
Go to the next Dynaudio dealer and audition as much of the range as possible.

Hi,

a candidate:

http://www.scrounge.org/speak/burwen/

... and another:

http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL22/541589/834883/31773619.jpg

Herbert

a candidate: http://www.scrounge.org/speak/burwen/ ... and another: http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL22/541589/834883/31773619.jpg

Help! What's that?

herbert, what kind of monsters are these?
definitively not wilson audio i guess

HORN-LOUDSPEAKERS

(first link look at the text, second link: ALE)

Herbert

Hello Herbert,
ever heard such a monster? It must sound very impressive.

I don't think this is a regular speaker just a prototype?


The second image shows something for home use (if you own a castle or something like this), but where can one place these ALE speakers?

I dont like guns but I think sledgehammer is right, wilson audio grand slam is the best speaker.

Another perfect one is dynaudio's evidence master.

Wilson Audio is NOT the best speaker, it is the most expensive one. I listened to some different speakers of Wilson in Moscow and they sounded like "mrzcka".




Dagon

DSP9000, Meridian that is.

Way too expensive for what they do ... but, hey, if price doesn't matter, I would go for those.

wilson is best!

havent heard that meridian. is it from th us?

Hey Herbert!
Horn-speakers! That sounds good but has a room which is big enough for these monsters?

btw: Ain't B&W nautilus a horn-speaker, too?

@kimber-frank
In B&W's Nautilus the drivers are assemmbled on the wrong side of the speaker housing.

@onion
ALE is building a range of drivers and horns, from which you can combine your personal speaker solution. I've never heard such a combination.

Hello Herbert, personal combination sounds good. So you can make you speaker set fit you room?
But I think the price will be above anyones personal credit line

Hi,
if I had the money i would prefer 2 Genelec 1036A



Möllie

Genelec speakers are active monitoring speakers, aren't they?

I haven't heard many active speakers yet

CADENCE ARCA

Nothing better than CADENCE ARCA..they are hybrid electrostats.

electrostats. sorry i cant help myself but i havent found any of them able to play as good as a good wilson or dynaudio speaker. martin logan produces nice looking but not perfectly playing speakers.

electrostats. sorry i cant help myself but i havent found any of them able to play as good as a good wilson or dynaudio speaker. martin logan produces nice looking but not perfectly playing speakers.

I agree. Martin Logans are not good enough (at least for me) when playing high frequencies.

Hello,
I haven't heard any electostats yet

onion, you haven't missed much.

Maybe there i a diffrence in the listening approach?

No electrostat is able to provide the loudness of dynamic speakers like wilson, dynaudio, b&w or even horns...

But (and i have heard many of the best) no dynamic speaker is able to follow the details presented by a good electrostat in any way

You would be astonished what is really on your cds listening carefully to details and spüacial image.

The worst problem is the deep base and a perfect integration of the mostly active subwoofer and the electrostat panel. when this is made quite well they are nearly unbeatable (and i will exchange my 801 agains some german electrostats i know quite well).

Hi langharigerbombenleger!
So you think both systems have their pros.
And because electostats are more detailed you are going to buy some? Thats is, in my opinion, a very good decission! Of course one needs bass but if the subwoofer is well integrated.

i'm someone who loves detailed music. but i didnt hear any electrostat yet which was as detailed as my willsons. but maybe one day there will be some. and then i'll buy them, of course. but not at the moment.
langhaarigerbombenleger, what german electrostat will you buy?

Sombetzki is the name of the manufacturer i know personally.

He's got a website, but its more a 'we now have a website' website - so won't find useful information...

On the web there are some links and here and there even product descriptions and pictures.

What i'm talking of is the ESL 55...

ok, i'm gonna try finding some information about them.

Guys....just try and audition the Cadence Electrostats and then let me know, the integration with the dynamic woofers is seemless.....detailing is great....good bass....and mids are as clean as a whistle....these guys have cracked the code.....I own them ...i know....

manek.

thanks! i'll try to listen to them

let me know what you thnk if them....any one ehard rhe dynaudio c2 ? i did but wasn;t impressed ..cost 12000 US.

i once heard c4. didnt impress me either. listen to temptation or master they are great.

yeah...you probably right....

I would like to second the vote for the Shahinian Diapason. These loudspeakers sound closer to real live music than any loudpeaker I have heard. I have been visiting hi end shops and shows for the last 20 years. Shahinian Diapasons are the best regardless of price.

Obelisk....

Yo heard Cadence electrostats yet ?

SHAHINIAN DIAPSON - EXCELLENT SPEAKER - HEARD A LOT OF SO CALLED HIGH -END SPEAKERS- DIAPSON LEAVES THEM STANDING-REAL MUSIC FOR REAL PEOPLE

never heard diapson....heard a lot of high end stuff....

well i worked with Genelec speakers in a studio once, and i thought the were pretty crap. No good for studio work nor for having them at home.
I myself prefer the Grand Utopia (tried them a week ago bzzz!)
However you might have to sell the kids before you can aford these!!

grand utopia....definately need to sell wife, kids, house, live in a trailer and buy the utopia's !!!

Seriously....they are good....but I recently heard the Audio Artistry Beethoven. I dare say they were really really good.

But I still have a preference for Cadence Hybrid Electrostats....compared to the above they are affordable and give out soft melow sound and detailing which is second to none.

Hi Manek,sledgehammer and the other regulars,

I seriously need some advice real fast as I have to pick up a system from abroad and time is running short. I am planning to buy a system for which I need some inputs. I have a good sized living room (35feet by 25feet)but the speaker positioning is becoming a problem. One of the speakers has a wall almost 12 feet behind and 2 feet on the side whilst the other speaker has only 2 feet space before the wall and the side wall is very far away. Will that make a big difference?
I am buying the Wadia 302 cd player
Krell 2250 power amp
Totem Forest speakers
What do you`ll feel about trhe setup? and my speaker problems? And which cables should I use? Please reply. Thanks.

speakers should be put on the symmetrical side of the room, equal distances from the back and side otherwise you will get uneven front and side sound reflections and your system will sound funny....

Wadia stuff is real good but the company is always under financial trouble....dont know why.

Krell is now a benchmark for tothers to follow so I guess not much bad can be said for them. Power packed it is. What will you use as a pre-amp ?

Totem forest is a good speaker. Make sure you dont drive them too hard with the krell otherwise your speaker will be toast.

You have to hear them all as a set to see if they gel well.

Cables you could either go for transparent audio(will burn a hole in the pocket but the equipment will too), Kimber or Van Den Hul.