Personal speaker evolution

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.

Wow! What a trip down memory lane. Here goes:

AR2 (first mono system, 1958, $89 in unfinished pine)
AR2a (first stereo speakers, circa 1960)
KLH Seven
KLH Five
McIntosh ML1C
ESS AMT 1 (loved those Heil tweeters, but sloppy bass)
ESS AMT 4
Mission 770 (still own these; can't bear to part with them)
Quad ESL 63 (great speaker, but way too fragile)
Goldmund Prologue with Entec SW10 subwoofer
Metaphor Five (still own these; very good speaker from a
company that had too brief an existence)
Aerial 10T (current speakers)

I liked all these speakers, but if I had to choose just one to take to the desert island with me, it would be the Mission 770. It is a lovely sounding, friendly speaker that honors the music.

It's been quite a ride!