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What is your speaker ownership history since 1995?

Used audio market is not the same again since on-line marketplace was born in 1995 (Fleabay).   What is your speaker *ownership* history since then?   

(showroom / friend's house / loaner don't count .. must be owner of them)

Let me start with mine's, from 1998 to current (*):

(oldest to current)
Misc Wharfedale (thanks to uBid hype!!!)
Newform Research R645
Magneplan MMG
Magneplan 3.3R
NHT ???
SOTA Panorama with Time Domain bass module
Rogers LS3/5A
Infinity ??? (first time I realize 'reference' in the model name means absolutely nothing)
Klipsch Klipschorn
Tyler Acoustics Taylo Reference Monitors
Tyler Acoustics Reference 1
Wilson Watt Puppy 5.0
JMLab Chorus 7??
B&W Matrix 805
B&W Matrix 801 Series II
Revel M20
Revel F30
Alon I
Alon V
Tangent R4
Loth X BS1
Odeon Double Six
Silverline Sonata I
Meridian DSP5000
Paragon Acoustics Regent
??? Some Audio Physics DIY clone
Legacy Audio Classic
Duntech Princess
Sansui SP5000
Altec 604E w/ mastering lab (The Big Red)
Tube ? Lab ??? (it is the sorry B&W Nautilus 805 clone)
Epicure ??? (its the one with an eyeball kinda tweeter)
Celestion SL600si
Avalon Symbol
Vienna Acoustics Mahler 
Quest for Sound SQ10
??? White van speakers, can't remember the name, $80 a pair
Talon Audio Peregrine X
Fostex backloaded horns (DIY)
Counterpoint Clearfield
KR Audio (limited production specials, no model name)
Avalon Eclipse Classic
Apogee Centaur Major
Ohm Model I
Dynaco A25
Oris Horn 250
Egglestonworks Rosa
Legend Audio Reference Monitors (now known as Von Gaylord ROTL Mk II)
*Nearfield Acoustics Pipedreams 930
*Wilson Watt Puppy 3/2
*Kharma CRM 3.2 FE


Pretty purpose-less, focus-less timeline, I must confess.




bsimpson
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dweller
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Gosh, I feel like a slacker! Since I started reading the rags in 1990:

-CJ Synthesis two-way monitors w/ Velodyne 12" sub
-D’Appolito Towers commissioned from Van L. Speakerworks, Chicago The crossovers used M.I.T. caps as big as your fist!
-Hales Transcendence 2 w/concrete bafflels (I miss ’em)
-Audio Artistry Dvorak towers w/two sub cabinets (awesome!)
-KEF Reference 3 w/blonde curly maple finish (gorgeous!)
-KEF Ref 201 (currently using in an all KEF HT system)
-Proac 3.8 (Killer but couldn’t crank ’em in my apartment)
-Thiel 1.6 (excellent in the nearfield) w/B&W ASW650 sub
-Thiel 2.4SE (to hear is to love) w/sub
-Klipsch La Scalla II (current -Great but forget noisy tube amps)

Bucket list? -The Magico M6!
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groland
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KEF 104aB
PSB Stratus Golds
Klipschorns (including extensive mods)
Magnepan 1.6 QR (2 pair at different times)
Altec Model 19 (2 pair at different times)
Thiel Cs 3.6
B&W Matrix 801 Series II with Sound Anchors and North Creek Crossovers
Quad ESL-63 (2 pair at different times, once with Gradient SW-63 subs)
PSB Stratus Minis (second system)
The last three pair currently in use.
In the past, also owned B&O S-60
Bose 901
Klipsch Cornwalls

sqlsavior
46 posts
 
In my main system only...
DIY two-ways
Magneplanar MMGs
Magneplanar 1.7s
Quad ESLs (57)

For my tastes, I know that I will never do any better, so the Quads will stay until I cannot fix them.
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andolink
12 posts
 
Just these three:

Kef C75 (1984-2001)
PSB Imagine T (2007-2016)
Dynaudio Confidence C1 MkII (2016- )
danabunner
12 posts
 
Since 1996

Von Schweikert VR-4
Von Schweikert VR-4 (above) upgraded to VR-7

I’ve listened to dozens of speakers along the way, some over $20,000/pr. While I really liked many of them,I still have not heard one for which I would trade my modified VR-7s. I think they may be my speakers for life.
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