Personal speaker evolution

1) Paradigm Titans
2) Paradigm Titans with Paradigm sub.
3) Paradigm Phantoms
4) Paradigm 9 SE MK II
5) Paradigm 20's V-1
6) Paradigm 60's V-1
7) Paradigm 80's V-1
8) Thiel 3.5's :~)

Gosh Dave that's funny I thought I saw a patern developing, guess that show's you what I know :-p

Hi Tim!
The shop I bought my first Paradigms from has a 1 year, 100% trade up policy.
I guess I became a victim of being stuck with that brand until I lost track of time.I was going to go all the way to the 100 V-2's but my 1 year came and went while I was dreaming of Thiels!

In sum:

Marantz somethings - shitty vinyl veneer, box like a hollow drum, .50 cent drivers, Driven by a Sansui receiver and a BSR? turntable, I think -- my first stereo system!!! It rocked!!!

Electrovoice Sentry 100 pro monitor - really good and efficient. Very live sound, maybe a little hard on the ears.

Phase Research Little D's - a forgotten (if it was ever known) gem. Time/phase coherent, ribbon tweeter/mid, transmission line. Unique at the time.

Polk 5's - a step down from the Phase R's, but smaller for my college dorm.

Epos 14's -- wow, this is what music sounds like. I grew up on live blues. The boogie is back.

Epos ES25's -- more bass than above and more transparent. Still love the Epos sound, gets your blood pumping.

Waveform Mach Solos -- Even more transparent and dynamic than above. Built like a tank. Unique, a very talented designers statement on what accurate and real is.

Thought I was going to go to smaller speakers, but broke the bank and this has to be journey's end as kid #1 is on the way and I'm out of $$.

VMPS RM40's -- hope to be blown away when they arrive next month.

My speaker evolution/de-evolution are as follows:
Micro-acoustics model? (high school)
Bose 301's-they were small and cranked at the boarding school.
Ohm Model H's-nice sound but kept blowing the drivers REPEATEDLY.

B&W DM330 or DM100 (can't remember)College-small monitors for a dorm room. Nice lower end but too congested up top. Highs sounded muffled.
ADSL710-Nice on Jazz and vocals but to jazzy on rock.
Camber LS7-laid back canadian sound on a beer budget.

Paradigm Monitor 3 v2 (new apartment)-good budget speaker before I got a sub
Vandersteen 2ci-great on jazz and vocals as well as acoustic stuff but somehow not good with the Metallica/Creed thing.
Paradigm Studio 80's v2-My new thing that handles most of what I listen to.

I have been all over the place with the speaker set ups. I can only listen to speakers for about 3 years max and then really look forward to moving on to something else. Figure I will hang with the studio's then either make a move to Revel F30's or Odyssey Legato/Lorelei's. But that will be awhile as I just got the 80's