Personal speaker evolution

Hmm,

Radio Shack Bookshelves
Realistic
Pioneer
Wharf dale Diamond Bookshelves (great little speaker)
Vandersteen 1C
Vandersteen 2C
Snell
Mirage (good bass and midrange)
Vienna Acoustic Hayden (just a killer speaker)
Dali 300s (another killer book shelve speaker with a ribbon tweeter)

Future Speaker: Avalon Indra or Quad 2805? Jsut not sure at the moment.

Well...It all started when I was about 15 yrs old. My dad and I built a pair of speakers from some scraps of plywood left over from the new garage he had just finished.
Next came my first real quality speakers...Acoustic Research AR-12 circa 1977...kept those until about 1986 when I fell in love with some Polk Monitor 10B's a friend of mine was wanting to sell.Kept those for a few years-Then I upgraded in the Polk line-up to SDA1 (really liked the imaging of those). Next came my first real hi-end speakers....Dunlavy SCIII....next...Legacy Focus (to much bass- was a constant sruggle to get them to sound right). Then, I went vintage and bought a real nice pair of upgraded Bozak B-4000 Symphony's in 2004, which I am using now.
My next speaker is being built for me, as I write this..Tyler Acoustics Woodmere...Probably wont need to upgrade for quite some time with these in my system. Here's a link to a pic , if your interested...
http://www.tyleracoustics.com/woodmere.html

Great thread....

Kef C-40s(1985)(music not yet a hobby, plus never home; currently in my basement, along w/Yamaha processor of the same era), then Def Tech Towers(1997)(still watching mostly movies), then Legacy Focus(2000) (starting to listen to 2-channel music with amp and preamp(Adcom)), then Legacy FOcus 20/20(2003) (getting a little more serious; now are the rears in my 2-channel/movie setup), then Legacy Whispers(2005) (2 channel system upgraded drastically once I got these - listening critically at this point - system has quickly outgrown the speakers); FINALLY - Von Schweickert VR-7SE's (due in a few days). Don't imagine I'll be "upgrading" these anytime soon.....

As the song goes, what a LONG, strange trip its been.........dates are approximate. Have also upgraded through 3 Velodyne subs(for movies), now with DD-15.

This may be nonlinear in spots, as sometimes I had several speakers at once (Hello everyone, my name is Chris - "Hi Chris" - and I'm an audio addict)

Boston Acoustics Sub Sat Six
Magnepan MG-2B
SOTA Panorama
Acoustic Energy AE1 Mk. II
Joseph Audio RM7 Signature
Audiostatic ES300RS
Entech (forgot the name - 2-way floorstanders)
Sonus Faber Electa Amator
Sonus Faber Guarneri Homage
Wilson Watt/Puppy 5.1
Avalon Ascent Mk. II
Sonus Faber Extrema
Gallo Nucleus
Gallo Nucleus Micro
Gallo A'Diva
Gallo Reference 3.0
Peak Consult Princess System
Peak Consult Princess Floorstander
Peak Consult InCognito-X
Peak Consult El Diablo
German Physiks HRS-120 Carbon/Titanium DDD
German Physiks "The Carbon" Mk. III/Titanium DDD
German Physiks "The Carbon" Mk. IV/Carbon DDD
German Physiks PQS-202 Carbon/Carbon DDD

... and coming soon: Lansche 4.1

From Peak Consult through Lansche - these are speakers that I owned or now own (or am about to own) as the distributor for these brands.

Lastly - these are just the commercially available speakers that I've had. I've built a bunch, as well ... and that may best tell the tale of why I've stuck to distributing! ;-)

Chris

Dynaco A 25's
ADS's
Bose 301,501,901
JBL century 100's
Altec valencias
DCM time windows
Dalquist DQ 10 & sub
Quad electrostatics
numerous polks
roger Ls3 5a's
Kef 105's
Thiel CS 3.5's