Speakers to hang on to for LIFE

Vandersteen 2Ce Signatures.....IMO still the best bang for the buck. You get waaaaay more speaker than you payed for in the under $2k category. I'm running mine off of a $5k Mac integrated and hve no desire to upgrade any time soon.

Dave

I've enjoyed Apogee Duetta Signatures for years (17?) with a pair of Hsu Research subs carefully placed to fill out the bottom end. Hard to beat sound, but a pair of B&W DM600's set up with the same Hsu subs comes incredibly close with my same upstream electronics. It is amazing how good well designed, simple, inexpensive 2-way monitors can sound driven with quality electronics! They were less than a tenth the cost of the Duettas with about 90% of the sound quality at moderately loud volumes.

After many auditions it's looking like my first good pair of speakers, EgglestonWorks Fontaines, are staying. Just cannot dethrone them.

Hi for me it's Acoustat's have been with them since the early 80s Spectra 22s - Spectra 33s - 2+2s - and three pairs of my favorite the 1+1s i now own a pair that are very highly modified by my friend Jocelyn he REVIVES the OLD to a standard that puts to shame speakers that cost three times the price.

For the past 15 years my Mirage M3si's have brought a smile to my face. They don't sound like speakers; they sound like music.