Although it will usually be the case that the best that someone has owned will be the current speakers owned, there will be exceptions, as when people have sold equipment because they needed the money, or it was too big or otherwise too much trouble to live with them, or they were damaged or deteriorated with age, and so something else took its place, etc. I am somewhat concerned that if something happens to one of the bass panels of my Apogee Stage speakers, that no replacement will be possible, and I will have to get either another used pair, or go to something else. I purchased my current ones used, and have kept an eye out for more of them from various places online (like eBay), but it is pretty rare to find them in the excellent condition that mine are in. The bass panels look almost like new, with no dings or dents at all. Most of the ones I have seen for sale have quite noticeable visible issues with the bass panels, though whether they affect the sound or not is hard to tell from looking at pictures online.
I don't really want a "best we have ever heard" thread, because then we will likely get mostly crazy expensive models and not as much variety, and there will be little regard for value for one's money, which, however, will be an issue for most people when we are dealing with speakers that people have owned.
