Personal speaker evolution

mono DIY 8" 2 way built by my father
Webcor with Philips full range-$10 garage sale
homemade 6" 2way. - DIY with my father
ESS 10" 2 way with Heil tweeter - used
Mission 700.2 - New, $200
Nuance 8" 2 way - New (big mistake)
Magnepan MG-3.3 - used
Vandersteen 2ce - used
Klipsch Heresy - used
Klipsch Forte II - used
DIY horn/hybrid 4 way system
-- with: Edgarhorn, Klangfilm, RCA, Altec, Faital, and JBL bits

4-year-old VSA VR-7s have been upgraded in the past 6 months to "Mk 2" status, meaning new bypass caps on the crossovers, totally new Delphi internal wiring and new high-performance mid-ranges. The urge for new speakers (to match my new VAC Statement 450 monos)has come and gone, as what I have got a whole lot better. Also, now up to Velo DD-15+.

Recently added an office system driven by SET Melody 845. Using Angel City Audio's Trinity speakers with upgraded crossovers. Imaging is just ridiculous - approaching and exceeding "jaw-dropping" at times. Amazing below-the-radar speaker due to minimal advertising. Betters speakers 5x its price, which is very reasonable.

My first Woofers were a pair of 18" Eminence replacement type drivers. The first thing I did was mount them free-air in the trunk of my 1986 0lds Cutlass Supreme 2Dr. I sealed it all up and used a Hi-Fonics Hercules amp to drive them. My god the chaos I inflicted on the poor residents of Suffolk County, L.I. Still I was only 18 and that was the coolest thing I have ever owned up to that point. Aw, I can hear Pink Floyd thumping away like it was yesterday.

Andrew
Synesthesia Studios

1972-Fisher 2 or 3 ways
1984-AR 3 ways
1989-Boston bookshelf
1997-Dahlquist DQ20 *
2003-RBH AC5T home theater
2010-Legacy Focus *
2010-Polk RTi10
2011-Magnepan MG3a *
2012-Eminent Technology LFT8
2012-Magnepan 1.6
2012-Eminent Tech. LFT8b *
2012-Eminent Tech. LFT3 *
2012-Zu Omen

* Noteworthy
I never had big $$ to buy speakers so over just the past 5 years I have been finding great deals on CL. This has led me to experiment with different technologies, multi driver (Legacy), planar, and ET push pull. Tried the Zu's due to a move to smaller space. They were nice and easy to drive but I didn't like them as much as the planars or the Legacy or Dahlquist.
The DQ20 has bee my main decent speaker that I have held onto. It does everything so well.

2009 - paradigm esprit bipolar
2009-2010 - B&W Nautilus 804
2010-2011 - B&W Nautilus 802
2011-present - Avantgarde Uno 2.1 with Tact W410 subs