Best speakers in the world?

[sailor2005]

The absolute best speakers in the whole wide world are the JBL Stage A190, because they are the ones I have! Second place goes to JBL Studio 530, because, you guessed it, I have a pair too.

 

[Senior NEET Engineer]

@Sancus
When I'll save enough for either 8351B or the 8361A I could never buy the 8351B because psychologically the 8361A is the flagship and is much bigger and has much more bass and SPL and that's important if you don't plan on buying a sub, and you'll also feel that you have "the best" vs having the 8351B

You won't be getting the "the best" without a sub. Besides, these kinds of speakers only work optimally in small rooms. They can't hang with speakers like JTR 215RT in SPL and extension.

 

[DAF-FNQ]

Lol
A Rolls Royce is the considered to be the best car in the world even though it's not the fastest and it's fuel economy sucks.

I worked with someone who described the BMW 7 Series as " the Rolls Royce of cars"

 

[Absolute]

Here on ASR it's popular to mention whatever speaker has the flattest and smoothest frequency response, but that's a child's view imo. There are more things to sound than just frequency response that you need more advanced measurements to see.

IMD is one, linearity/compression is another. A third is dispersion control. A speaker that only has dispersion control over 2khz doesn't really have much control, so it's not straightforward to say that 8351 is better than a Dutch 8c. In my eyes it's the opposite due to that and a few other factors, like capacity, room friendliness and extension.

Then again, those speakers are both on the narrow side dispersion wise, so maybe a Salon 2 will sound better in most rooms.

 

[Sancus]

IMD is one, linearity/compression is another. A third is dispersion control. A speaker that only has dispersion control over 2khz doesn't really have much control, so it's not straightforward to say that 8351 is better than a Dutch 8c. In my eyes it's the opposite due to that and a few other factors, like capacity, room friendliness and extension.

Well there's a reason I said stereo can't compete. But the W371A adds D&D 8c like directivity control down to 50hz and much more SPL at the same time to the 8351.

 

[nai]

It must be 8361+w371，Adapts to any room with unparalleled sound

 

[Absolute]

Well there's a reason I said stereo can't compete. But the W371A adds D&D 8c like directivity control down to 50hz and much more SPL at the same time to the 8351.

Best speaker configuration and best speaker is not the same.

 

[stunta]

Best speakers? Easy: the ones you have and are listening to.

 

[Pearljam5000]

Well there's a reason I said stereo can't compete. But the W371A adds D&D 8c like directivity control down to 50hz and much more SPL at the same time to the 8351.

The question is how does the 8361A competes directly with D&D 8C without paying $40k for 2XW371

 

[Sancus]

The question is how does the 8361A competes directly with D&D 8C without paying $40k for 2XW371

And it's a good question. But very hard to evaluate without a double blind comparison as there are many variables and we really don't know the practical value of low frequency directivity control. Plus you'd have to get into the question of GLM vs the D&D 8c's correction, etc. If using no correction at all, I suspect the 8c has a slight edge. But that's an unrealistic scenario, of course. Eventually I'm sure both those speakers will get reviews here

 

[phoenixdogfan]

Best for being burried in.

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The Wilson Chronosonic, I presume. Rumor has it, old DW had himself interred in the matching unit of this mirror imaged set.

 

[theyellowspecial]

The Bluetooth speaker in my shower because that's where I dance the hardest.

 

[Hrodulf]

Just remember that no speaker is complete without the room. So, what's the best room in the world?

 

[AudioQuestShill]

The one that you can afford and the one your loved ones actually allow you to keep in the house...

 

[thewas]

I find it sad to see more and more of such nonsense topics in ASR which can be "enjoyed" in thousands of other websites and forums and would be happy if people wouldn't respond to them to keep the forums SINAD higher...

 

[Pearljam5000]

I actually don't understand what the problem is , it's "nonsense" to you, I asked a legitimate question, I was made fun of in some comments and took it with humor with no problems at all, and other comments were informative.

 

[Sancus]

I find it sad to see more and more of such nonsense topics in ASR which can be "enjoyed" in thousands of other websites and forums and would be happy if people wouldn't respond to them to keep the forums SINAD higher...

I dunno man this seems like a "fun, not-serious" topic to me and you can just ignore it if you want.

Far worse are the hundreds of pages of nonsense arguments in the latest speaker review thread with the clueless who are offended on behalf of their favourite commercial product, and we seem to have no trouble tolerating that. Have you seen how many deliberate troll posts it takes before you get banned on this forum?

 

[Absolute]

I agree with @thewas_ on this, although being bored at work I reply to all kinds of things - and always keeping in mind that this internet business isn't serious stuff!

But the answer to this question is and will always be it depends. It can never be anything else because there's so many variables to consider and many of them are directly opposites. Like my earlier example of near-field speaker vs PA applications.

First define the needs and problems, then you can look at constructive solutions.

 

[thewas]

I dunno man this seems like a "fun, not-serious" topic to me and you can just ignore it if you want.

I expect to see such "fun, not-serious" topics in the Other Areas of Interest section in a forum called ASR.
I left all other audio forums as this one has a high standard of discussions and I am not interested in the generic off-topic and "fun", there exist much better sources for that. And ignoring is not a real option as I don't want to waste my time clicking first through topics in the imho wrong section to see that they are off-topic to ignore them after.

Far worse are the hundreds of pages of nonsense arguments in the latest speaker review thread with the clueless who are offended on behalf of their favourite commercial product, and we seem to have no trouble tolerating that. Have you seen how many deliberate troll posts it takes before you get banned on this forum?

One problem doesn't make the other not being one and yes, I would wish more strict moderation which seems not feasible though with just 2 mods at the size ASR has grown lately.

 

[Martin]

Mine...