Personal speaker evolution

Any speakers are good speakers if you know what your doing, or even if you're just lucky, most lower end brand names can be underrated,and if they are bad enough to have overrated power handling, then you don't have to worry about throwing away good speakers after they blow up.
the system setup I have is pretty messy, with a 4 channel Technics SA-250 running (on the low end and main channel):two 8' surplus 6 ohm sony mystery speakers in a sealed...sideways drawer from a dresser and two old wooden single filing cabinets sporting more surplus speakers, this time of unknown make,10' and 7 ohms impedance.
On the higher frequencies, a set of Candle "concerto" speakers from the late 70's with another set of the 10' mystery speakers and 5' tweeters (peaking in volume at around 1khz*shudder*), these however are balanced out by the mostly Realistic home made 3 way boxes {2'x3' horn tweeters,6' midranges and 10' woofers}, the oddest and most recent addition to the overworked amplifier's payload is a single well sealed home-made box measuring 5' deep and 11'x11' which holds two SURPLUS!..computer subwoofers with two 3/4' AC-Delco tweeters.
it's surprising that the sound only distorts just after ear-splitting and nothing stays on top of the speaker boxes for long at half of that, just goes to prove what $15 here and there can buy!

spanning the time period from 1973 to present

TDC1 (transducer development corp)
Bose 301
Bose 501
KEF Q15 (I still have and use a s studio monitors)
Paradigm 100
Thiel 7
Dynaudio 3.0
Thiel 6

EPI-70(new) $70.00 each (World of Sound of Marin)1977
Bose 901 (new) $800/pr.(mail order, NYC)1983
JBL150A (used) $600/pr (Bay area)1994
Martin Logan Ascent (New) B-day gift(Magnolia HiFi) 2002

1984-88 - Spendor LS 3/5
(Rega Planar 3 + British Integrated)

1988-97 - Spendor SP1
(Linn LP12)

1997-02 - PSB Silver-i + PSB Gold-i
(Went to CD and bi-amp)

2002-Present - Tyler Taylo Reference Monitor (modified) + HSU VTF3 Sub
(did away with large full range speakers)

1) 1975 - Janzen's with electrostatic tweeters (6-month loan from a friend of my parents, no way could I afford something like this, but the bug bit me hard!)

2) 1977 - Pioneer R-700. Big, impressive looking midrange horn and a tweeter that never seemed to produce any output...I swear it was just for looks! These were my "college freshman" speakers....hot stuff for a dorm room in those days, especially driven by a Phase Linear 4000 preamp and a Marantz amp with cool blue meters!

3) 1978 - ‘Phake Linears.” Home built knock-off of the original Phase Linear loudspeaker, built by a friend of mine. Very dynamic, and surprisingly good imaging. My sophomore speakers – the hit of my fraternity house!

4) 1979- Magnaplaner MG-1. Got these my junior year. Awesome imaging. You never forget your first Maggies!

5) 1980 - Dahlquist DQ-10. My first step into a serious high-end speaker. Did the mirror-image mod, of course. They lasted until 1986, when I bought…

6) 1985 - Apogee Calipers. Oh, that ribbon sound! Very transparent and quick, and one heck of a conversation piece for non-audiophiles who’d never seen speakers anything like them! Kept the Apogees for the next 12 years.

7) 1997 - Thiel 1.5. When the high-end bug bit again, it was time to downsize a little in preparation for a move to Europe. The 1.5s (I still own them, though they are on loan to a friend) were a perfect fit….small footprint with an incredibly well focused image and very tight bass.

8) 2001 - Thiel 2.3 When I returned from Europe, it was time to move up a notch to the 2.3s…same characteristic Thiel sound, but with a more solid foundation on the low end.

It’s been an interesting trip…and it’s not over yet!