Speakers to hang on to for LIFE

Infinity QLS I bought them in 1978 or 79 they were in my system until 2011 I still have them but not hooked up. They are a great speaker if you have enough clean power to drive them. Replaced them with Martin Logan CLX if you ever find a pair of qls the Ayre mono blocks work well with them I would love to hear them with 4 ayre mono blocks bi amped.

The Mark&Daniel Apollo II's that I have with custom external crossovers is not too shabby at all. Definitley a keeper.

Merlin Master VSM's. The crowning achievement of 16 years of design work, free of the usual marketing crap and planned obsolescence. just persistent research and development by a company devoted to the craft. Unless I move into a very large room some time in the future (not likely), these will be with me for life.

Had a pair of Aerial Acoustic 10T's since 1995. Just sold them a few months ago and picked up a pair of lightly used Wilson Audio Watt/Puppy System 8 speakers. I expect them to last just as long in my system, if not longer.

I bought Ohm Walsh 4 used back in the late 80s'. Ohm makes replacement cans but before I upgraded I visited the local high end store. The only system I liked cost as much as a new BMW. So I upgraded the Ohms to Mk 200. I like the transparent sound. Before the Ohms I had Mags Typani. I liked the transparent sound but the Ohms added the missing base. Recently I shifted to passive preamp and am blown away by the detail and purity of the sound. I use to live near Soundex Willowgrove Pa. and took many amps and decks home to trial. Saves a lot of bad purchases. Perhaps we should make a library of electronic equipment then rent a trial before buying.