Personal speaker evolution

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.

If you wonder where all those old Bose speakers went well.... I got em (they are much better stacked!) In a moment...the rest of the story.

Sincerely, I remain

Handful of inexpensive generic shelf and floor-standers

First real speaker of any quality:
JBL Monitors

Bose- curved model fitted on dedicated stands
Kef 102- bought as demo. Thought they were the ultimate.
Kef 104
EHS Tenors- speaker I regret having parted with.
ProAc III
Watt/Puppy III for all of three days.
Avalon Ascent
Genesis II.5
Genesis 200
Aerial 6- my father became ill. I re-adressed my priorities
Aerial 7b- thought I was done
Avalon Eidelon - heard them properly set-up...I was bitten.

As second set-up Proac 1.5.

It's been an adventure...maybe the Diamonds?

To the best my flagging memory (ones I enjoyed most in CAPS):

1) Philips TT w/ detachable 2way speakers
2) Home-made, Philips drivers
3) Kef ?
4) Tdl II
5) SPENDOR LS3/5A
6) Harbeth ?
7) Spendor III (? the 3wire ones, anyway)
8) Apogee Caliper
9) Apogee DUETTA
10)Quad 63
11)AUDIOEXKLUSIV 3A active stats
12)Audio Physics (AP) MEDEA + the above
13)AP VIRGO
14)AP libra
15)AP AVANTI
16)MODIFIED GENESIS V

This inanely long list doesn't include speakers in transit (audioning, etc).
I'm still in quest of tonal balance & phase -- but I don't really fret: I simply CANNOT afford Albert's U1, Detlof's speaker wall, Sean's multi-amplified system, Kharmas, big Avalons, Lumenwhite (sp?), etc. So, why worry? Cheers!