Rank all the speakers you owned/ heard

[Pearljam5000]

Inspired by the thread in the headphones section
I'll start :
1. Genelec 8050
2. Focal Twin6
3. Focal Solo6
4. Genelec 8030
5. Neumann KH120
6. Adam A7X
7.Eve SC207
8.Dynaudio BM5 MKIII

 

[dfuller]

That I've owned:

1. KH310
2. Focal Shape 65
3. Barefoot Footprint01
4. Focal Alpha 65
5. Dayton BR-1
6. Equator D5
7. Adam S3A


That I've used:
Top 3 are tied for tonality though the ATCs go considerably louder without strain thanks to their much larger woofers and ported designs.

1. ATC SCM150ASL Pro
2. Neumann KH310
3. ATC SCM100ASL Pro
4. Focal Trio6 Be
5. ATC SCM25A Pro
6. Focal Shape 65
7. Genelec 1031
8. Griffin G2
9. Genelec 1029
10. Barefoot Footprint01
11. Griffin G1.5
12. Dynaudio BM5 (unknown generation)
13. Genelec 8050
14. Adam S3A
14. Barefoot MM27 (gen1)
15. Adam A77X
16. Yamaha NS10

I'm sure there are more I'm not remembering.

 

[tiramisu]

I had some old acoustic research speakers with crossovers you could modify on the speaker.
They were pretty remarkable. I have no idea what happened to them. They were amazing.
absolutely trashed on the outside but they filled a big room.

I had a friend with concert stacks,a Bang & Olufsen with the early cd player and 2 bass guitar amps to drive the stacks. It was my introduction to audio. I remember being asked if a CD sounded better. My response was, of course, you can't hear the record. No pops, hiss, needle sound. You could hear the music.

Other than that I remember listening to 8-track in my dad's gran torino. Pretty sure that doesn't count.

 

[Chrispy]

Why?

 

[Speedskater]

So you heard these loudspeakers:
a] different times (maybe months or years apart)
b] different associated equipment
c] different rooms
d] different music

So just how do you rank them.

 

[suttondesign]

Owned, and in descending order of preference:

2019-present Linkwitz LX521.4

2019 Dutch & Dutch 8C

2007-2017 Linkwitz Orion

2017-present Linkwitz LXMini

2005-2007 Aerial Acoustics Model 5B

1990-1995 Celestion SL700

1995-2005 Aerial Acoustics Model 7

1985-1990 B&W 802FS

1980-85 ADS L810

1978-1980 “Phase Tech” speakers

 

[Punchrulle]

Owned and in preference order;
1. StageAccompany PS44/4744
2. Final sound 600i
3. Ino Audio pr18
4. Quad esl57
5. QLN signature (kavlar cone version)
6. Canton Karat 920
7. Tabaq, diy speaker with Faital pro 3fe22
8. AudioPro A4-14 mkii
9. AudioPro Image 50
10. Diy speaker, Coral flat 5ii

 

[theyellowspecial]

In order of preference, owned in past 2-3 years:

1) Revel M16
2) JBL Studio 530
3) JBL Stage A170
4) JBL Stage A130
5) Focal Aria 906
6) Elac DR DBR62
7) KEF LS50

 

[phoenixdogfan]

Among what I've owned

1. Aerial Acoustics 10t
2. Kef LS 50 Metas + SVS SB 2000
3. Kef LS 50 + SVS SB 2000
4. Martin Logan CLS
5. Rogers LS3/5a (15 Ohm)
6. Magnapan MG IIIA
7. EPI Mini Towers (EPI 400)
8. KLH 17
9. Bose 901

Among what I've heard

1. Apogee Original Loudspeaker
2. Dutch & Dutch 8C
3. Avalon Eidolon
4. Dynaudio Towers (don't remember model)

Everything after that was, as far as I am concerned, just not worth listing.

 

[Punchrulle]

Owned and in preference order;
1. StageAccompany PS44/4744
2. Final sound 600i
3. Ino Audio pr18
4. Quad esl57
5. QLN signature (kavlar cone version)
6. Canton Karat 920
7. Tabaq, diy speaker with Faital pro 3fe22
8. AudioPro A4-14 mkii
9. AudioPro Image 50
10. Diy speaker, Coral flat 5ii

I forgot the Yamaha ns1000m.
They should be some where in between nr.5 & 6 me thinks.
Not that impressed by them, I think they are over hyped.

 

[muslhead]

Only including the most recent (past 5 years or so)
1. Dutch 8c
2. Neumann KH120 with KH750 sub (used only nearfield)
3. Revel Salon 2
4. Buchardt a500
5. Kef Reference 1 w/ dual JLAudio subs
6. KEF LS50 (non meta) w/ RSL Speedwoofer
6. Raidho XT1 w/ SVS Sub

 

[RMW_NJ]

Here’s my top 5:
1. Philharmonic BMR
2. Ascend Acoustics LX
3. Ascend Acoustics EX v2
4. Buchardt S400 SE (MK1)
5. Kef R300

 

[Battlebeast]

Not many, all pretty much entry level-
Kef Q750
NHT Super 1
Klipsch RF62II
PSA MT110
NHT Super Zero
B&W V201 (from the early 90s) still have them.

 

[hege]

In somewhat arbitrary order considering price/value/quality/maxSPL

Genelec 1235A *
Genelec 1234A *
Genelec 1237A
Kef Blade 2 Meta *
Genelec S360 *
Genelec 1032C
K+H O300
Eve SC307
Genelec 8050
Neumann KH120A
JBL LSR305
JBL NJ80
M-Audio DX4
Sonab GX1000
Event 20/30 *
M-Audio M3-8 *

*) extended audition, others owned