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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
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jpharris
41 posts
 
1.Homemade speakers from a friend of my hippy sister 1976

2.JBL L110 from my brother in USAF 1980-present (An evil HT speaker, We don't need no steenking sub) Returning to my brother after refoaming the surrounds on the woofers.

3. Wharfdale Delta 50 1986-present Nice sealed enclosure. In basement system.

4. Dynaudio Contour 1.8 II w/ Center and Audience 42 W surrounds 2000-present. My current big system.

5. Totem Rokks 2000-present Was in bedroom system, great dynamics, but I changed the room and they didn't work as well. Selling soon.

6. Quad 11L 2002-present. New bedroom speakers, sound great, not as punchy as the Rokks, but much smoother. Better than the dynaudio audiences, and they are also gorgeous.

hemholtz
1 posts
 
b.i.c. tpi venturi 12 1980 $300 new (wish i could go back)
a/d/s/ 1230 1985 $1200 new
added velodyne uld 15 1986 $2000 new
trade up to a/d/s/ 910 1990 even swap for 1230
a/d/s/ 1590 $800 used 2000 to replace 910 (lateral move)
add second velodyne uld 15 used $800 2001
magnepan mg3.5r used $2000 2002
musiqlovr
54 posts
 
I am only 26, but here goes

Pioneer- Crap under $100
Cerwin Vega- Wanted bass $400
Mirage M5- Here is where I got bit by the bug
Sonus Faber Concertino
Sonus Faber Concerto
Sonus Faber Concerto Grand Piano- Current speaker, But tomorrow who knows!
jonathanb3478
15 posts
 
Pioneer 3-ways w/12s - $200 - new - 1990 (I was 12)
Polk S6 - $300 - new - 1992
Paradigm Titan - $165 - new - 1994
B&W CDM 2SE - $550 - new - 2001 (moved to rears)
B&W CDM 1NT - $1050 - new - 2003
hammergjh
157 posts
 
First post here on Audiogon. Been a lurker for awhile. So here goes.

A pair of old AR bookshelves. I think AR 2's or 3's. Late 60's. Couple hundred.
A pair of Ohm L bookshelves. 1978. Couple hundred. College graduation present.
A pair of Polk Monitor 10's. 1980. $350. Got a deal 'cause my buddy worked at Eardrum in Cambridge, MA.
Upgraded to 10B's by replacing a blown tweeter w/ the newer version in Late 80's.
A pair of Klipsch SB-1 bookshelves. 2002. $250. Got 'em to augment the sound of my TV. Not really for HT.
A pair of B&W CDM9NT's. 2002 (got 'em a month ago). $2400. Stereo listening only. Sound great.
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