Were money and space no object what would be your dream speakers?

[q3cpma]

Yknow, I don't know. Probably some top end Rhythmik or something.

If only Neumann made a big (and ported) KH750.

 

[Mart68]

Unlimited money means you can hire the best necromancers, too.

'One Nite Only - The Zombie Roy Orbison! Tickets £500'

 

[dfuller]

If only Neumann made a big (and ported) KH750.

Well, there is always the KH810.

 

[q3cpma]

Well, there is always the KH810.

You lose the room/phase correction facilities, though.

 

[dfuller]

You lose the room/phase correction facilities, though.

Since we're at "money doesn't matter", add a Trinnov box

 

[Wes]

In such a fantasy scenario I guess I'd cycle through a number of different options. If money were no object selling at a loss to move on to something different wouldn't bother me.

You could build a large circular house with each room shaped like a large truncated pie slice, each room having different speakers

 

[Helicopter]

You could build a large circular house with each room shaped like a large truncated pie slice, each room having different speakers

I like it. Maybe just add a level, perhaps underground, with a rotating cylinder in 8 pie slices, a lift, staircase, and listening room in each... with 100V, 120V, and 220V receptacles.

 

[Semla]

You could build a large circular house with each room shaped like a large truncated pie slice, each room having different speakers

DIY, no parallel surfaces anywhere:

 

[Jim Matthews]

Altec A5 with 1505 horns/Altec 288 treble drivers and Jean Hiraga's crossover design.
I have heard better, but only at far greater total cost of entry.

Now to find the lowest output tube amp the size of a Hibachi to drive them...*woof* that'll take the crease out of your trousers.

 

[carewser]

If money and space would be no problem. I see no reason why just one pair of speakers should fit to all my requierements.

That's why I chose 3

Altec A5 with 1505 horns/Altec 288 treble drivers and Jean Hiraga's crossover design.
I have heard better, but only at far greater total cost of entry.

Remember I said money is no object so pick something even better

Off hand if I were looking for a speaker for my stereo system to fit into a small-medium sized room such as what I'm stuck with.....

You're not stuck with anything, space is no object, like I said

 

[TLEDDY]

I own it, but no room at the moment…essentially Levinson HQD; STACKED Quad 57’s, custom subs x 2 with Benchmark electronics and
Room Perfect compensation. Had to downsize music room and not enough space. Went from 5,000 sf house to 2500 sf.

I hope one day to have room again.

 

[Vintage57]

Mine
I’d use the rest of the money to live well and do some good

 

[Lambda]

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And walls of those for my home cinema.

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[tvrgeek]

I think I would go with Martin Logan es15's or something, based on my memory. Sure not as ugly as post 16. So many high end try to make a statement ( Wilson included) instead of sound that I would not like to look at in my room. Maybe something like a Vanderstein Quatro. I doubt they would make a bad speaker. I heard the Sahah, seemed OK I guess. Not inspiring. Big and ugly I think.

 

[BenB]

Why would anyone with unlimited funds settle for something off the shelf?

Seriously. I already built the best speaker (for my space) I knew how using off-the-shelf drivers. If money were no object, I'd commission new drivers to be built, and work with a team of engineers to design them. First and foremost I need a side-by-side double ribbon: one 60 mm tall, and the other 180-200 mm tall.

 

[MaxBuck]

I don't know whether I'd choose the big MBL Radialstrahlers, but I'd sure audition them. Along with KEF Reference and Revel Ultima Salons and F328Bes. And maybe the TuneTots.

 

[Walter]

The best sounding system I ever heard was a pair of the original Revel Salons driven by Mark Levinson monoblocks, so I'd go with the Salon 2s plus 4x ML536 and an ML519 preamp, with a custom silent PC for source, in a custom built and treated room that also doubled as my library, as I enjoy being surrounded by books. There would be a single very comfortable chair with ottoman as the sole listening position. After having lived in developing nations for 20 years, I just couldn't spend much more than that without feeling I was being incredibly wasteful with my money, even if I was richer than Jeff Bezos. I'd also have a separate multichannel media room for the whole family.

 

[sweetsounds]

If I had to choose, I would rather build (again) a better room.

There are many great speakers (Magico, Wilson, Revel, Genelec, Geithain, Vivid, Kii, ...) which measure reasonably flat. Yet, their interaction with the room is quite different. So you need to construct a room, where you can position the speaker rightly.

True, we hear a lot of direct sound. If this was the only thing, meanwhile many speakers should sound the same (Revel Salon 2 was leading the pack 10 years ago).
Next criteria is distortion of the casing (Magico M/S brought the next level), and then the room interaction (here concepts of Beolab/Kii/D&D 8C might ease things).

But for optimizing room modes and reflections, a great room goes a long way! It makes listening less stressful. And it gives you freedom to position your speakers.

For choosing speakers:
A critical factor is also linear sound pressure vs signal level with low distortion (ie double the amplitude when signal doubles). To me electrostats don't do this well for loud passages.

 

[Kegemusha]

Beolab 90 - interesting technology, interesting design.

I second that, if I dont like them then the Focal Grande Utopia.

 

[sarumbear]

Read my signature. I am lucky enough to have a large budget and those are what I chose. Both rooms are acoustically treated by professional.