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
pmwoodward
I started in 1979 with Celestion Ditton 15XRs - died in the late 1980s
1981 Mordaunt Arundel (old british speaker 1960s Decca Kelly horns with 10 inch paper cone) - still got them
1984 Meridian M3 active speakers with 101B preamp - sold in 1993
2001 LS3/5a Stirling Broadcast with Rogers AB1s - still got them
2003 Avantgarde Duos - can't see myself getting rid of these
Mid 70's started out with a pair of bookshelf Infinities that I traded shortly therafter for a pair of floorstanding JBLs. Those served me well for a few years till I traded them in for my first Polk Audio Model 10s.The 10s were very quickly replaced by the POLK RTA 11t's. After a few years I traded up to Carver Amazing Loudspeakers (Platinum). These were only with me briefly and were readily replaced by a pair of Magnepan MG3as. The Maggies were with me for quite a few years until after much reservation I traded the in for a pair of Martin Logan Quests. The MLs are fine speakers but I truly miss my Maggies and I'm sure the Magnepans are in my not to distant future.
updating mine,,,

I went from Wharfedale 8.2'a i think they were,,,
Platinum Audio 808's,,,great speakers.
Mission 773e
Mission 774
Pinnacle Classic Gold Aerogel (best of them all)
JBL L-96
Electrovoice 12 TRXB's most natural sound
waiting for some Tannoy System 12 DMT's to arrive
...when the money for my work travel expenses started coming in:

Boston Acoustics A120, new (for several years)
Dahlquist DQ-20, used (for more than several years, still have)
Magnepan MGMC1 + Onix Rocket UFW-10 sub (2 months, current)
Boy this is interesting and embarassing (my memory) but here goes.

1971 - Pioneer speakers bought in Korea while in the Air Force
1976 - Karns (local Michigan manufacture)
1979 - ADS 400
1981ish - Celestion
1982 - MacIntosh
1983 - E..something electrostatics
1987 - Polk bookshelf
1989 - Polk floorstanders
1995 - Paradigm Monitor 7
1998 - Paradigm Studio 60s
2005 - (SOON) B&W 704

There have been several subs (Polk, Paradigm, M&K and now REL) and surrounds (Polk, Paradigm, M&K and soon B&W)and centers (Paradigm (2) and soon B&W) starting in 1987 or whenever I first got a Dolby Surround or Pro Logic receiver