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
And in addition, some Advents. And a pair of Bose 301. A pair of ADS, too (with a metal cabinet, I believe). I'll stop now, or every few minutes I'll remember another pair of speakers.

It's been a long, fun trip.
I think I have an obvious theme in here somewhere?!?

Kenwood 15" woofer lattice grill spkrs - 1976 - 1978
Infinity 2.5's (didn't realize how good they were till later) 1978 till present
Infinity RS2's - 1998 -2003
PSB Goldi's - 2005
Infinity Kappa 9.1 II's - 2005 - 2006 (What a rocker!)
Infinty Kappa 7.1's - 2005 to present
Infinity RSIIb's - great speaker 2006 - 2007
Infinty 4.5's - 2007 to present (enjoying with tubes on top)
Subs - Klipsch 12" Reference - 1998 - 2006
- SVS Plus/2 - 2006 to present
Center Channel - various and now Paradigm 450 (great center channel spkr)

Speakers done (for now) - on to electronics!
A pair of Small Advents in 1978.
A pair of Koss 1020's in 1982.
A pair of JM Lab's in 1996,to
a pair of Kirksaeter 220 in
2002. Found a pair of Advents
and restored them in 2006. A
pair of LSA 2 speakers in 2007.
I loved the JM Labs, you listin
to them for days! The Advents had
some much power. I think I had
two sub-woofer also. MK and Totem
for the smaller speakers used.
I've just upgraded to what will probably be the last speaker I buy for a long, long time. Vandersteen 3A Signature, in mohogany. Very nice!

Cerwin Vega used
Design Acoustic PS-10 new $300ish
Klipsch Forte new $800
KEF 101's? new $600 w/stands
Linn Keilidh used $1100
Martin-Logan Arieus new $2100
Magnepan 1.5 used $800
Vandersteen 2ce Sig new $1500
Vandersteen 3A used $900
Vandersteen 3A Signature
Bought a few pair and I still have them all except for some Pioneer bookshelfs.

L55 JBL
L200 JBL
ParAcas Sattelites
ParAcas stereo subwoofer
Mission 70 MkII
Paradigms
Velodyne DD18

The JBL's are stored up at my dad's. Some day I move them to my downstairs.