Speakers to hang on to for LIFE

@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.

None because the electronics in active speakers will fail in 2 decades or so and the in passive speakers you will have to replace the capacitors within 15 years or so.