Best speakers in the world?

[Pearljam5000]

What would you say are the best speakers on the planet?

 

[paddycrow]

Wrong forum to discuss half million dollar exercises in over exorbitance.

 

[House de Kris]

Define best.
Best as in max output?
Best flattest frequency response?
Best as in least distortion?
Best dispersion?
Best clarity?
Best articulation?
Best efficiency?
Best power handling?
Best value?

 

[PierreV]

They could very well be the bluest.

 

[Sancus]

11x8351B + 7xW371A + 4x7380A in a 7.4.4 Auro3D configuration. Stereo configurations need not apply as they're not competitive.

 

[peanuts]

these by far. normal passive speakers dont even compare technically

 

[Absolute]

For what purpose? The best near-field speaker will be the worst PA-speaker.

 

[MakeMineVinyl]

The best speaker in the world:

 

[Pearljam5000]

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.

 

[StefaanE]

these by far. normal passive speakers dont even compare technically

Those are Daleks. Run for your life!

 

[richard12511]

11x8351B + 7xW371A + 4x7380A in a 7.4.4 Auro3D configuration. Stereo configurations need not apply as they're not competitive.

Why not 11xW371A? They're heavy, but I'm sure you could hang them from the roof with the right equipment. Also, there are far better subs out there than 7380A!

 

[sweetchaos]

No contest...

 

[Pearljam5000]

11x8351B + 7xW371A + 4x7380A in a 7.4.4 Auro3D configuration. Stereo configurations need not apply as they're not competitive.

9X 8361A is much better

 

[Pearljam5000]

Or this
200X8010

 

[Sancus]

9X 8361A is much better

The 8361A has no advantage whatsoever over the 8351B except for the woofer, and the W371A takes over completely(20-500hz) and is a much, MUCH better woofer than anything in either with specialized directivity control.

Why not 11xW371A? They're heavy, but I'm sure you could hang them from the roof with the right equipment. Also, there are far better subs out there than 7380A!

Yeah, you could hang the W371As I guess but I'm not sure there would be any audible benefit at all, as I've never encountered any music where the height channels are used for anything other than reflections/ambience. But for bragging rights, sure.

And yeah, I know you can get way way more complicated(and large) with the subs and bass management, but you'd have to go outside of GLM to do that so I left it out for simplicity's sake And again I think audible benefit would be minimal with the W371As involved. You probably don't even need subs. For HT it would be a different story.

 

[digitalfrost]

Depends a lot on the requirements, but KH120 is probably unbeatable for the money.

 

[Lonestar1027]

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.

By whom and using what metric(s)? Was there a competition I missed?

 

[Pearljam5000]

It's called a "consensus"

 

[BillH]

It's called a "consensus"

My 14 year old tells me it's a Bugatti
So much for consensus....

 

[Pearljam5000]

@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