Your Favorite Loudspeakers of all time whether you owned them or not

[Deleted member 51065]

Even though I do not own it, TAD (Technical Audio Devices Laboratories, Inc.) TAD-R1TX-EB:
https://www.technicalaudiodevices.com/reference-one-tx/
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Did Andrew Jones have anything to do with those?

 

[terryforsythe]

Of the ones I have listened to, Infinity Reference Standard. I had not kept up with the audio industry for many years, so its a safe bet better speakers have come out since then.

 

[dualazmak]

Did Andrew Jones have anything to do with those?

Even though I myself have little info on your point, you can find several related posts if you would search through entire ASR Forum with keywords of "Andrew Jones TAD".

 

[Tovarich007]

Difficult to answer : I would say my best listenings in absolute but pure subjective terms were all along my more than 45 years : TAD 2401 Twin, TAD Reference R1 and her littel sister Compact Reference, Klinger Favre Studio 30, JBL Everest DD 67000, JMR Adara, Duntech Emperor, Genelec 8361 plus Sub W371A and the very old Quad ESL63 and Yamaha NS 1000 monitor.

 

[Jimi Floyd]

JBL 4350 studio monitor

...never owned them, sob.

 

[rgpit]

TAD Reference One

 

[garyrc]

All very different sounding, but all quite good.

For home music listening and home theater:

Klipschorns:

Klipsch Jubilee:

Various JBL 3 way speakers including the Everest:

Bozak Concert Grands:

Bozak Symphonies:

Various Tannoy speakers (haven't kept up)

... and for movie theaters:

Designed for 70mm Todd-AO by Ampex & JBL
"Jim Lansing Theatre Sound System" of 1954
(Also Manufactured as Westrex T550 and Ampex 6000C)© Harman International, Courtesy Mark Gander and John Eargle. Imagine 5 of these behind a huge curved screen, with lesser surround speakers scattered around the theater.

OR, Altec's version:

OR a Klipsch Version, the KPT Cinema Grandeur:

 

[hdspeakerman]

Altec Model 19s playing DSOM!

 

[ferrellms]

I would like to know what Your Favorite Loudspeaker of all time is whether you owned them or not

Can be more than one Brand

and I will kick it off with my favorites

B&W 801 , Quad ESL-63 , Bose 901 , Klipsch La Scala , and several That were DIY speakers .....was fun to build speakers​

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Grimm LS1be

 

[posvibes]

I haven't really met a speaker I didn't like in some way or the other. Currently I rotate 4 pairs of speakers in and out, and my inability to do an A/B comparison in any meaningful way, means they and a couple of others are still with me and some of those for many,many years. The speakers at the moment are a pair of Harbeth C7-es2's, Adam T5v's, Klipsch RP160m's and a pair of custom built two way sealed bookshelf speakers.

Two of those I use with EQ settings from ASR, namely the Klipsch and the Adam's, the other two are used without EQ to my subjective ears they do not need EQ at all.

That said no matter what pair I play they reinforce the strengths of the other three pair and make me more aware of the each speakers sound profile. I could and can live with all the speakers although they present a little differently but I could probably be contented with any one of them truth be told.

I don't think I have the ear to pick a bad speaker as such, but overtime I could rank them in preference and probably find some redeeming character in all of them.

 

[DanielT]

Dahlquist DQ-10

Fascinating speakers. I've heard several people say they like them. Reminds me of the bird that shouldn't be able to fly but did anyway.

Here data and measurements on them:

hifigoteborg.se
https://hifigoteborg.se › pdfPDF
(can't copy in the pdf link, see attached picture, www.hifigoteborg.se for how to google that pdf)


"DAHLQUIST DQ-10 Phased Array

Translation graph below:
Speaker test results
Type:
Belongs to certificate no. 75110.88
Appendix 2 -H?
Belongs to certificate no. 75110.88
Appendix 2 -Hl
Frequency curves in reverberation rooms
Manufacturer: Dahlquist
DQ-10
Supplier: Nord PressAP
Nominal impedance: 8ohm
Signal voltage across the speaker: 2.7 V noise, 30 Hz bandwidth
Efficiency: 0.08%
Frequency curve, the 0 level * 50 dB rel. 1 pW
harmonic curve, 0-level * 30 dE rel. 1 pW
Scale: distance between each scale bar = 1 dB
The speaker was measured on the floor 15 cm from the wall
Loudspeaker tone control in max. mode (max. treble)"

 

[jeffbook]

In order of preference:

1. Linkwitz LX521.4 ( don't own them, my room is too small)
2. Linkwitz LXstudio (current speakers, using bass module from #3)
3. Linkwitz Orion - (2004 to 2017)
4. Dahlquist DQ10a (mirror imaged version of the DQ10) (1976 to 2003)

The constant here is open baffle design.

 

[DanielT]

The constant here is open baffle design.

Then I think you should check these out:

6:30 in the video:

In this thread Perry Marshall tells more about them:

2022 Parts Express [Speaker Design Competition] - Over $300 Category

Fun, inspiring video. Good variety of different types of design principles and sizes of speakers.:) That passive crossover filter, a speaker in the video, doesn't look very cheap, so to speak::) I would have been curious to listen to those:

audiosciencereview.com

 

[MattHooper]

JBL 4350 studio monitor

...never owned them, sob.

I've seen lots of the articles and videos of Japanese audiophiles and their obsession with such massive old school speakers. Never heard one, but would love to, just to see what the fuss is about (or not).

This video channel has tons of examples of big-assed speakers:

https://www.youtube.com/c/KenrickSound

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

[MattHooper]

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I'm with you on the Focal aesthetic.

While admittedly those two selections wouldn't be my optimal choice, I think their industrial design and finishes are just beautiful. I'm a sucker for a contemporary looking design with a deep wood finish, so these rock my boat: