Speakers to hang on to for LIFE


After 9 years with my Proac Response 3s, I recently decided to change speakers. As you can tell, I'm not an upgrade fever patient. I want something I can live with for years & I think the best advice I'm gonna get will be from those who have & are still living with their speakers for an extended period of time. Please tell me why too. Thanks.Bob.
ryllau
Oh well. Two years ago I sold the speakers amp and preamp I posted about on 6/3/06. For the last two plus years I've had a BAT amp and preamp with Hansen Prince speakers. I'm not sure about the BAT gear, but the Hansen's were bought with long term goals in mind. They are the perfect size for the room they are in now. If I eventually down size my home I'm not dealing with 400 pounds of speakers. The Hansen's are the best speakers I've ever heard!
zaikesman...i purchased my last pair of allisons during (what appears to be)their final incarnation. slightly more refined than the late seventies models I owned at the time. it still amazes me that my 3 is my prefered speaker over anything i've heard when it comes to 'putting you in the venue' or 'studio'. the last pair of ones and fours i owned were excellent as well, but like many stereo nuts, i thought moving on was moving up.
For a secondary system, these small speakers are sublime!
Look (glossy black, small and nice proportions) and Sound.
Despite cheap components being used.
The guy who calculated the enclosure and the crossover is a genius.

Yves
In 2004 I posted Canton Karat M70 loudspeakers.
I still have them!!! Every other component in the system(main home theater) has been changed several times over,but the Cantons and their matching center channel speaker are still here!