Personal speaker evolution


OK, so here is a thread I haven't ever seen here: What speakers have you owned? starting with the earliest, price paid, new/used, and perhaps the models that really impressed you (for the price) in CAPS.

Rat Shack Something or others, $120, new
Fisher Something or others, $280, new
ADS L710's, $550, new
Snell A2i's, $1100, used
BEVERIDGE SYSTEM 3'S, $1000, used
Martin Logan CLS, $1400, used
MARTIN LOGAN SL3'S, $2300, used
pmwoodward
2 pilfered drive-in-movie speakers ( I believe the statute of limitations is up) hung on either end of my bed board.

K-Mart "Mid"-Fi ( Paid for)

Thiel, first model the Bro.'s came up with

Kochel KS 300 Horns

Avalon Eidolon

Piega P-10

Rockport Antares


Main sys

1968 AR 4x new $?
I heard bass that my parents Magnavox couldn’t play
1970 Grundig ? demo $?
probably the best looking I ever had
1970 Bozak ? demo $?
a huge bookshelf speaker
1972 Bozak ? used $?
a large cube w/ woofer, mid,& two tweeters
1991 Polk RTA15tl new $1,400
These served me well in main sys and later in HT
1998 POLK SDA SRS used $?
they were huge and I wish I'd tried with better amps
2000 HALES REV 3 used $1,600
very nice I may hold these awhile


Other sys

1998 BOSTON ACCOUSTICS A 7 used $100
plus $116 to recone, very nice bedroom sys
1999 jpw ML810 demo $500
Office system but needed smaller
2001 PSB IMAGE 1t new $300
Office system very nice
1973 ? ? used $50
Originally bought all four for $100 from a friend
who bought a Quad system (remember four channel)
All he wanted was the subwoofer and let me have
the satalites cheap. I've had them so long I forgot
details. Still used in bedroom as rears.
I too had the Bose, but that was before I knew there was such a thing as high end.
Advents- 1978
Bose 901-1979
Norman Labs-1984 Still have in the bedroom system
Carver ALS- 1991
Soundlab A2x-1992
Soundlab Aura 1996
Quadrature 4a 1998
Soundlav Aura 2001
Large Advent $204 new
ADS L-810 $600 new
Double Advent $500 new
Dahlquist DQ-10 $800 new
FMI 80 $200 new
FMI J-Modular $2000 new
Spendor LS3/5A 15 ohm $400 new
Spendor LS3/5A 11 ohm $600 new
Spendor S3/5 $575 used
Spendor SP-1 $465 used
If it looks like I am getting poorer, it's probably true.
AR-3a ($225, owned for many years)
Vandersteen 2C ($1100, owned for 15 years)
Vandersteen 3A ($2500, owned for 5 years)
Vandersteen 3A Sigs. ($700 upgrade, owned for 1 year)
Coincident Super Eclipse ($3000 used, owned for 3 months)
Silverline Sonata II ($4000, still have)
Spica TC-60 ($500 used, still have)
ProAc Response 2 ($1000 used, still have)
Sierra-Brooks 32" Horns/TAD 4001 ($4500 used, still have) with TAD 1602 15" drivers in bass cabinet ($3000, still have)