Personal speaker evolution

Marantz something (new) $100 (late 70s)
Leak something (new) $150 (late 70s / early 80s
ESS Heil AMT1 (used) $700 1980s
Martin Logan Quest (used) $3,000 1990s
Thiel CS 3.6 used ($1,500) Early 2000s
Martin Logan Ascent used ($1,100) 2012

VANDERSTEEN 2Ce w/dedicated stands(new) $1400.00
Avalon Monitors (new) $2700.00
w/dedicated Sound Anchor stands
LEGACY AUDIO VICTORIA LE 20th ANNIVERSARY MONITORS
w/Sanus UF22 stands (new) $4000.00

started by cobbling anythig that was free. But did buy a realistic solo 103 raw speaker to play with. Also a pair of Utah 8 0r 10 shortly thereafter.
Next, 3 way with a Lafayette 12 woofer, University CM8 (?) midrange & a Lafayette 3x9 (?) horn tweeter.

Next (1969) the keeper, Altec 511b/802d (later upgraded to 808-8a)& 2 416a in a somewhat large infinite baffle.

Also along the way: Onkyo 25, Altec 834a (dual woofers & horn tweeter) JBL L100 (with vertical layout, not staggered) Jensen TF 3B with ratty enclosures, Bozak Ba 199c(?) finally a (project) Altec (late model) with 2 8" carbon fiber woofers
(bad surrounds) All of the above get occasional use.

1. Home made speakers, probably $50/pair.
2. Advents, probably $300/pair.
3. Boston Acoustics, probably $650/pair.
3. Canton LE900, probably $1200/pair.
4. B&W 602's, probably $600/pair.
5. B&W 685's, probably $650/pair.
6. B&W CM5's, $1500/pair.
7. Totem Element Fire's, $6000 pair.

Going back from the present:

Gershman Acoustics Sonogram
Wilson Witt II
Meadowlark Audio Osprey
JBL 4312
This goes back about 8 or nine years. There were probably 15 to 20 others prior to this. While at Sound World in Appleton, Wi. waiting for my freshly repaired Marantz 1250 amplifier to be brought out to me, I was seated in front of a $45K system that blew me away. That was when I owned the JBL 4312's and realized that they were now seriously lacking and nowhere near where I wanted to be. Same went for the rest of my system. Ended up changing out everything.