Speakers to hang on to for LIFE

MERLIN EXL-4....had them since 1996, dont think i will ever sell them. i also have the vsm's

My Apogee Duetta Signatures for sure! I have yet to hear anything that presents music like these do. There is just so much that's right, and so little to complain about. Plus, they are impressive to look at!

I've had the same speakers for nearly 20 years.

They are the Klipsch Forte'. I bought them back in '86. I've always enjoyed them.

I wasn't into HiFi when I bought these. I was just into music. I had a Pioneer rack system and a new job making more money than I knew what to do with ($6.00/hr).:-) So I went to the local stereo shop to find new speakers and these were recomended.

Since getting into HiFi about two years ago I've been able to put together a great system with tube/SET amplification. They can be bright in the wrong set up but with the right amplification (tubes) they can sing. They have wonderful low level resolution. They are transparent, they will let you know every move you make with your system. They are dynamic at low volume and will shake the rafters when you crank them up. The soundstage is wide and fairly deep and they throw the music into them room filling it up (22x20x10.5). In fact they do so much so well I've had a hard time finding the right speaker to upgrade to. Even when I do these will always be somewhere in the house making music. I will not give them up.

Cheers

Vandersteen 2CE signatures. I have gone through five preamps and three amps this year and settled down to the McCormack DNA-1's which I will be upgrading and the new Tube Audio Design -150. Each piece change was an improvement for the Vandersteens.

Eagleman

On Prinicple, I will not hang on to any stereo component for life; Stereos just aren't that important. :)
Regarding whether I believe I will still have the same speakers ten or even five years from now, it's unlikely. With the rapid changes in technology, it seems to me very short sighted to think that audioholics would turn a blind eye to new toys/technology in favor of the "good 'ol" speakers they own.
I'm sure that in the past 20 years I've been in this, I've gone through at least a dozen different main speakers. And if, God willing, I get to play with electronics another 20 years, I hope I see the advent of an entirely new technology that blows away anything we currently conceive as good sound.
So, here's to ingenuity and consumer curiosity; long may they live.
Having said, this, I currently use Magnepan 1.6QR's and they seem to have plenty of surprises left in them.