Personal speaker evolution

1) OHM H (think about $400 pair but don't remember) around 1977(?)
2) Large Advent (also don't remember but less than the OHMs) around 1978)
3) Dahlquist DQ-6, $500s for pair, plus stands, 1992
4) Aurum Cantus Leisure 2 (Chinese ribbon tweeter monitor), 2004

This thread was too humorous to pass up.

1) Technic 8" 2-ways
2) Some cheap 3-way with a 12" woofer - loud though
3) Genesis IIs - had these a long time
4) Mission 707s - had these the shortest time
5) Profile 2s - JSE clone
6) Profile 3s - JSE clone
7) Soliloquy 6.3s

B&O - forgot what model but the system looked really cool.
Dahlquist DQ-10 - one of the best speakers I have ever heard. Even today. Great stage presence.
EPI Model 100 - had to downsize (decided to go to college)
Dahlquist DQ-10 - again
Little Bose pieces of crap (Lifestyle 10 or something like that). I know, but I had to downsize, again, and wanted HT. They looked like a good idea but sit in front of them for about 20 minutes and they grate on you like crazy.
PSB Stratus Bronze (fronts). Fit budget and fits listening room. And sound pretty nice for HT and music.

Great idea for this thread.
Jack

1. Long ago - $100.00 stereo tuner & 2 speakers from
Five and Dime (SS Kres??????)

2. 16 yrs. ago - Huge used old Kenwood with jumbo Radio
Shack speakers.

3. 12 yrs. ago - Denon DRA345R receiver & matching DCM 340
carousel CD player.

4. Am now considering 2 channel, maybe monos and a couple
speakers with a foreign name because I have been very
happy with my Lexus LS.

Speakers have changed least often so they can be remembered.
I'll start with smaller Advents although there were some no name jobs in my very first system. Then came the larger Advents...I thought the smallers were better with more tuneful bass. Next was my speaker epiphany when an audio salesman told me to go with speakers that could "keep up" with upgraded electronics down the road. I chose the Harbeth Monitor Mk3's which I hung onto for about 16 years relegating them to generally more musical secondary systems after they were done in the main setup.

For the main system I went with Apogee Duetta II's. Looking for a little more transparency and air I then moved on to the Martin Logan CLS II's which I used for several years with and without subs by Entec. A change of listening environments prompted the move to Wilson Watt2/Puppy 1's which was one of the few dynamic speakers that could keep an electrostatic lover happy. Current speakers are the more refined Wilson Sophias.

In the other system, the Harbeths were eventually replaced by ATC SCM 10's. Now I am using Sonus Faber Guarneris.