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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
loose
239 posts
 
Energy ESM 4
NHT 1.3
NHT II
NHT 1.3A
NHT 2.5i
Studiolab Reference 1
Neat Mystique II
NHT 1.5
Rega Ara
Epos ES14
blueskyy
7 posts
 
...first set of "real" stereo speakers for me was Cerwin Vega circa 1984, can't recall model but they were top of the line for them, huge floor monsters. then Bose 901's in 1993, my 3rd set and last purchase Energy RC-10 bookshelf speakers, believe it or not the cheapest by far and best sounding of the 3, not to mention smallest by a mile!
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milpai
2,365 posts
 
Bose AM-5 Series II 1994 to 2001.
Walkman/Discman with cheap headphones from 2002-2004, since I moved to the US and started off from zero.
Quad 21L 2005 till date.
listener614
26 posts
 
The old standard route: Advents, Double Advents, Magneplanars. I've stayed with the Maggies (3 sets to date).
hooper_ke
37 posts
 
I started in junior high with some Bose bookshelf speakers, KLH with passive sub, first fullrange ($80 still compares with some $1000 fullrange, Klipsch Synergy Klipsch Reference 7's (modified) $1100 new, then to another class of speakers
DALI HELICON 800 mk I $2800 used
AVALON AVATAR used
KRELL RESOLUTION III $1700 used
ZU ESSENCE $2500 new
EMERALD PHYSICS CS 2.3 $3600 used
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