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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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don_1
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Jackcoke, I to am an avid Maggie owner since 1984 when I purchased my first pair of MG1 Imp. I am thinking about a speaker change in my system which I currently have 1.7i's. I have never owned the more expensive Maggies . The Maggie 20's are out of my price range so I am considering the 3.7 's. , or a totally different speaker manufacture. How would you compare the 3.7s to the 20.7?  My listening is about 60%movies and 40% music, digital and LP's.
ctsooner
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You should look into the Vandersteen's Don.  They give you the advantage of a dynamic speaker, but also the sound of a point source, which is what you are used to with Maggies.  A friend of mine has both and LOVES them both.  He's a jazz drummer and knows his music.  Even teaches at Julliard.  

They are different speakers, but the VAndersteens are a much easier match for electronics.  It's about which ones depending on your budget.  Since you are looking at the 20.7's, you can swing the Quatro Carbon Fiber Tweeters I assume (similar cost).  I just got mine from Audio Connection and they are killer.  Johnny knows how to set up a system and he also sells the Maggies, so he can go over the similarities as well as the differences.  They are in NJ, not sure where you are located.  It's just another option.  I know many of us who enjoy Maggies when set up properly, but want a dynamic, so the Vandersteen's were a natural.  

Keep us posted.
bbarlow690
60 posts
 
Vandersteen 2Ci
Spendor s3/5 (downsized to much smaller room)
Ascend Sierra 1 
Spatial Acoustics M1 Turbo (bigger room now)

Am ruminating on M3 Triode Masters...
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gawdbless
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@roxy54 

Yes, the Impulse H1's are indeed one very fine never to be sold loudspeaker and are the best horn speaker I have heard to date. Same goes for the Oris 150's to a slightly lesser degree than the 1's. The Klipschorn is not as good as the H1's or the Oris 150's, it has the potential to be a truly excellent loudspeaker, but not in its unfettered guise. IMHO. Love all my horns though!..............lol
996cupracer
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Guess I don't like change as much as others here.
1992 Martin Logan Sequel II
2016 Sonus Faber Venere 3.0
2017 Wilson Audio Sasha 2
I am hoping to enjoy the Sashas longer (24 years)  than the ML Sequels!
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