Personal speaker evolution

You will not believe this:
1. Homemade after the Pioneer HPM100 - My father still has them. made in 1975
2. BES 100 - $250
3. Bose 901 - $1400
4. Apogee Slant 6 - $1500
5. Martin Logan Aerius - $1600 - just sold
6. Martin Logan Quest Z - $3700
7. Wilson Witt I $5000 w/ ML trade
8.Legacy Illusion - Don't remember $ -traded the Witts
9. Legacy Whispers - Didn't like the Illusion so traded for these
10. Dantax Albatross 3 $2800 Still have - bedroom syst
11. Eggleston Andras $8800 Still have - HT setup
12. Quad 989 $7000
13. Gershamn Acoustic Avant Garde RX 20 $2750 Still have - office system
14. Martin Logan Odyssey -Traded the Quads - still have - house system
15. VMPS RM 40 $3850 still have - house main system
16. Magnepan MMG - $500 - Sold long ago
17. Newform Research 840 (forget exact number - In my wife's music classroom
18. Legacy Studio Monitors - $750 - still own - rear channels in HT system
19. NHT 2.5i - Office system - sold a year ago - $1100
20. Klipsch RP Floorstanders - Office system - sold
21. Wilson Watt3/Puppy 2 - $4500 - Sold a year ago
22. Mirage OM6 - Sold - had in HT - Do not remember price
23. also owned Boston Acoustics, Paradigm Atom and Titan, Polk surrounds, Klipsch surrounds, Bose AM 5's and 3's for computer.
24. others I forget!

I started in order but lost track when thinking about this.

Hi Rc; yep, a little embarassing to admit owning the Bose 501s-- but good for the hunility I guess. Of course those Bose were supposed to fire toward the rear wall and reflect sound out into the listening area. But of course what it really did was create a big, diffuse, incoherent "cloud of sound". At the time, the Bose were supposed to be "the best"-- Geez. Well, they WERE best at advertising. A valuable lesson? Cheers. Craig

Fisher somethings?-100
Infiniti SM82-160
JBL control5 plus-250
Bose 501(old stlye)-400
Klipsch KG3.5-500
Mordaunt-Short MS30i-600w/stands
Mordaunt-Short MS25iPearls-500(demo)
Mordaunt-Short MS30iClassics-550(used)
Soliloquy 6.3 -1500(used)

I've tended to hang on to speakers for a fair amount of time, and have only submerged myself into the audio pursuit in the last couple of years, but here's what I remember..1) Sears brand plastic turntable with supplied plastic cube speakers; owned as child. Speakers now long gone after having bit the dust when, as a teenager, I hooked up my high-wattage amplifier to them and cranked it 'til they started smoking (literally). Good fun!2) Pioneer (?) generic speakers for first hi-fi in high school days.3) Two pairs (for pre-HT 'surround sound') of Altec Lansing speakers through one of my dads trade deals. The model name escapes me. Loud, clean sound that impressed me at the time. Don't know what I'd think about them now.4) Allison floorstanders (forgot the model); nicely finished - upwards firing driver. Great sound! My first foray into the audiophile waters.5) KEF 103/3 Reference series...owned for many years until my more recent acquisition.6) Castle Acoustics Howard S2

Not that this was to become a contest, but it seems that Ljgj is the clear winner so far! So Ljgj, how much are tickets to your audio museum? This has been an interesting thread with no "right" or "wrong" opinions. Speakers, like other gear when upgraded created such a incredible revelation as to how much better audio can get, especially when fired up for the first time. For the record, I bought my "FINAL" speakers 6 pairs ago. At least I didn't buy any Bose along the way.

cheers, Paul