Speakers to hang on to for LIFE

Don't hang on to speakers for LIFE.
Spoil yourself.
New speakers may not necessarily perform better in any particular area than your otherwise excellent ProAcs, but you do get tired of looking at the same old two boxes day in and day out.
I recently switched from slow and dated [looking] Meadowlark Shearwaters to fast and sexy [looking] System-Audio Mantra 50s and have not regretted this move.

@Ctspooner I've never heard the extremas but, have always lusted after them. My acupuncturist had supertowers and I always thought they had an uncanny rightness about them - even when laying on a table!

I forgot about B&W 800's - very impressive but, who would have the right space to make them sing? I've also been very impressed by song big Ushers - can't recall the model - something Dancer. Furthermore, I'd add the MBL 101 Radialstrahler.

The speaker I'd most like to hear is the Dali Megaline. Nothing sexier than a huge ribbon tweeter.

I have gone through an embarrassing # of speakers in my search. I was in the hobby for 20 years before selling almost everything and focusing on family and career. Now, back into it again.
First go round I owned Kef, Audes, Duevel, Totem, Usher, Talon, B&W, Anthony Gallo, Meadowlark, Aerial Acoustics, Von Schweikert, Omega, Thiel, Polk, Martin Logan, NHT, Verity Audio, Rethm and a few others I don't even remember....
Before I sold 8 years ago, I had a pair of Firebird Talon's that I loved (although they sounded better with the original ceramic tweeter then the diamond tweeter I upgraded to). I sold those but kept my Aerial Acoustics 10T's for my HT system. I still have the 10T's in my family room, and they still sound amazing!
My new 2 channel system will be using Vienna Acoustics The Muzik speakers, which I have yet to pass judgement on. But my Aerial Acoustics 10T's do fit the thread title; I will keep them forever. Even considering all the others I have listed, the 10T is a revolution in performance; especially considering their current going rate here on Audiogon.

I have loved the Supertowers for years and love them all over again since I hooked up the Ayre integrated. I get my new DAC/cable this week and can't wait to burn it in. I bet it's going to sound that much better. That said, I'm selling them off (let me know if interested) along with my other two sets of proacs so that I can afford the Vandy Treo's. I love the rightness of the Treo's, but I will be fine with the Proacs until I can sell them, that's for sure.

As for tired of looking at something, I'm past that part of my life. Maybe in a car, but not in a speaker. The tall, slim, teak Proacs are attractive to me and always have been. I've never been a B&W guy at all. Way to hot on the top end for me. The new diamond series are the first ones I can listen to that don't make my ears bleed. Again, I realize how popular they are and when I say that about their sound, I'm talking the top level ones since the 800's came out years ago. Just not for me, but many swear by them.

I just love vintage infinity's. Had RS 6b when I was young and just bought them again as backspeakers in my surround set up. They still sound beautiful and are perfect for smaller rooms. In my living room I have used Infinity renaissance 90 for the last 5-6 years. I love them. But having just moved to a new home with a different and larger living room I had problems getting the sound I wanted. I now know that it was largely due to setup and speaker placement challenges, but I still bought myself a set of infinity IRS Betas. Anyway I will never sell my renaissance speakers.