Personal speaker evolution

I bet I can win the prize for the weirdest starting point. At age 12, after reading about the new "acoustic suspension" speakers (yes, your prelate is revealing his age), I got two very heavy wide-mouthed five gallon jugs and two 4" drivers from an old Telefunken short wave receiver. I glued the drivers onto the necks of the jugs (with Duco Cement, anyone remember that evil stuff?), making sure I got a nice, air tight seal.

You can imagine the sound....

Come to think of it, I should have drilled holes in the bottoms of the jugs. Then I could have sued Michael Barnes over at nOrh for theft of intellectual property.

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A pair or Ultralinears. Anyone remember? I knew they must be good because they were big, three way with 12 inch woofers.

Was Ultralinear the Pacific Stereo house brand?

Magnavox (gift from parents)
Rectilinear 3's - $300 used
Large Advents - $300
Definitive Technologies DR7 Bookshelves - $550, surprisingly good speakers.
Paradigm Mini MK3 - $300
LINN TUKANS - $895 - excellent speakers
MEADOWLARK AUDIO HOTROD KESTRALS - $1250(retail $1695, got a really good deal) Currently use these in my home theater.
EPOS ACOUSTICS M12s - $895 retail. These speakers never miss a beat, they are quite fabulous. Currently use in my listening room.
Mirage 190i - $150 used (almost forgot these, use them in my office with NAD reciever, sound pretty good for the $)

Great thread. OK here goes:

Panasonic "Thrusters" $120
JBL L19's $225
JBL 4320 Studio Monitors $425
Klipsch Heresy $600
KEF Corellis $650
Martin Logan Sequels $2200
B&W 802 III's $3700