Personal speaker evolution

Infinity Juniors $400
Magnepan MG-1 $500
DCM TF 700 $550
Acoustat 1 + 1 $1100
Polk SDA (my brain fart) $1150
Magnepan MG-IIIa $1800
Alon IV $2000
Proac 2.5 $2800
Avalon Ascents $5500
Legacy Whisper $11900
AV Reality 1.3P $1200

1976 - Philips something... (new, gift from dad)
1979 - Radio Shack (new, $200)
1984 - Marrants with components from Amex (new, $1000/system)

1985 - ProAc Studio-2 with stands (used, $700) -- still have them, they're great speakers. Currently being used as lamp stands (one blown woofer).

2001 - Tyler Acoustics Ref. Monitor with premium finish (new, $1680 @ auction, retails @ $2700) - Sold after 4 months @ $1200.

2002 - Kharma CE 2.2 - (new, $8000 but MSRP is $13000 I believe). FYI, I'm the first owner of this model in entire USA -- yeh!

See you all in 10 year...

Monitor audio silver 5i- $850 new.
Newform Research r645's- $1800 factory blems
Piega p10s- $8600 new
Newforms are in the ht. Piega's in the main rig. Sold the monitors.

Some Canadian brand "X" - 1982
Magnepan SMG-a - 1986
Acoustat Spectra 11 - 1989
Audio then became very low on priority list for about 10yrs
Magnepan 1.5 - 2000,still own but will sell 1 of these days
Tyler Reference Monitors - 2002

Like others I started with Fisher

Fisher system $140
Boston Acoustic A150 $550
Apogee Stage speakers $1300
Apogee Duetta Signatures $1600

And that's it. In the mid eighties while owning the Bostons I heard Apogee Scintillas and that left an indelible impression. If I find Apogee Divas at a reasonable price, I'll change, otherwise not.