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Posted by carbonman (A ) on January 10, 2002 at 18:31:03

In Reply to: 10 Best Speakers-What do you think posted by Bold Eagle on January 10, 2002 at 12:40:07:

Don't know if I'll get to ten, but here goes:
Ohm A -full range Walsh driver, needed a big Phase Linear or McIntosh amp to drive them. Blew everything else that I heard away, up to that point in time. I think it was about 1970.
JBL L100 Century -amazing bang for the buck, the best rock speaker that any teenager could realistically aspire to financially. Heard them at the start of the '70s, bought a pair of JBL 4311 Control Monitors 7 years later.
Videoton D132E -tiny acoustic suspension bookshelf speaker with a 3 1/2" paper cone tweeter and a 4" paper woofer and a die-cast woofer frame. I first heard these as part of a wall of speakers at a discount "hi-fi" shop on Yonge Street in Toronto. They sounded better than speakers 5 times the price. Amazing bass, too. $64.95 a pair, plus tax in '74. These produced a major cult following in Britain, with all sorts of tweaks being done.
Quad ESL -seamless, smooth sound. Reliable electrostat that set the benchmark for all competitors that followed, or tried to.
Wilson Audio MAXX -impressed me even more than the Grand SLAMM. Properly set up, flawless sound quality and stage.
PSB Stratus Gold i -most amazing sound for the dollar that I've auditioned in the last 5 years. My wife and I kept forgetting to "audition" them when we sat down to give them a test run at the dealer. The fact that they're cheaper in Canada makes them even better. True high end for less.
Joseph Audio RM33si -best sound I've heard this year. Richard Modaferri knows some things about speaker and crossover design that nobody else does. I lust after these speakers. That sums it up.
It seems that most of my choices revolve around superior value due to kicking the competitions' asses in a sound/dollar ratio. It takes great engineering to do this, so that's my justification for my choices.
Cheers,

Graham

"You never really know how fast you're going until you hit the ground"

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