Speakers to hang on to for LIFE

COUNTERPOINT CLEARFIELD METROPOLITANS
Just picked up a thoroughly operational, albeit mildly cosmetically challenged pair of these from a fellow A'gon and "other" site member for $1050. Getting them out of his house and into my house was something of an adventure since they weigh 150 pounds apiece. During this transit the base of one speaker popped off without any damage to be concerned about, so I simply elected to remove the other one as well. I measured how high the bases supported the columns and simply replaced them with isolation blocks. "Nuff said...
As reviewed and as discussed on various inter-web sites, these are truly a remarkable pair of loudspeakers. (25hz - 25khz response and 90db efficient.) Currently I am driving them with a pair of Musical Fidelity M1 PWR amps through an Audio Research LS preamp, and I have been impressed every time I listen. (The MF M1 PWRs are 200 into 4 ohms) I also have a Pass Labs X150.5 which I will be swapping in this weekend.
My fave speakers through the years, and still to this day, have been Thiels and Magnepans. Now these. These are similar in many respects to either, but with better resolution at low listening levels. If you come across them anywhere, buy them.

Agree Jd_df, I sometimes miss the ADS L810s I lived with for 20 years. They were my first and worst trade on the "upgrade path."

Of course not long after I acquired my Triton 1s and posted here I moved cross country into a condo to be with sweet pea.

Has a big room, but of course neighbors. Ergo...now I'm on the prowl for something smaller. Thinking Dali. Or Dyn. My local audio shop has a used pair of Davone Rays that look amazing. Haven't heard them yet though.

Wow I can't believe I never saw this thread before! Anyway I picked up my current speakers, the original version of the JMlabs Micro-Utopia back in 2006. We had just bought our condo and it was quite smaller than our previous place so I traded a guy my Alon Lotus's for these monitors. I have to say in my very small space, driven by all tubes these speakers really sing. Good imaging and transparency and just nice musicality with enough bass for my tastes. Considering how much I would have to spend to replace and only possibly improve these, well 9 years and counting and maybe 9 more after this.

Been LOVING my Vandersteen Treo's for a few months now. The system is finally cooking with the new Ayre AX5 Twenty and Empirical Audio OSDE SE. I hear a huge difference in my high res stuff now. I still want the Vandersteen Quatro's as the bass can be tuned to the room and that will make a huge difference. I'm just sold on this line. Richard Vandersteen just makes music as a fair price in todays market. NO listener fatigue. My wife even mentioned that tonight and she doesn't even understand what she's saying, lol. Just said she can't believe she's been listening with me for hours and no headaches. She rarely listens so this was interesting to hear. I think the former speakers gave her headaches. I know I couldn't listen for more than an hour at a time.