Personal speaker evolution

Sylvania bookshelf speakers- four for $100 (1972)
ESS AMT-1- $660 / pair (1976)
Magnepan Tympani- $900/ pair used (1979)
Magnepan 3.3 $1,800 used (1998)
Magnepan 3.7 $5,500 new (2012)

Since my last post, things have changed. Here was my last post:

11-20-03: Thesaint519
Okay. Here is a list of the speakers that I have owned starting with the current set:

- Revel Salons
- Legacy Audio Focus
- Legacy Audio Studio Monitors
- Polk M5's & M3's

Over the last two years my system has completely changed four times.

With the Salons:

- Levinson 390S
- Levinson 33H's

With the Legacy Audio Focus:

- Meridian 561 pre/pro
- Meridian 596 dvd/cd player

With the Legacy Audio Studio Monitors:

- Meridian 502
- Meridian 506.24

With the Polk Audio Speakers:

- Yahama DSPA-3090 pre/pro & 7 channel amp

And I am still evolving. However, the speakers are forever remaining. I would ultimately like to end up with a dual purpose system where both music and movies are enjoyed. That'd bring me full circle.

**Since then, the Salons were replaced with Wilson Watt/Puppy 8's, which were subsequently replaced with Wilson Sashas. The Front end is a DCS Purcell/Delius stack, which doubles as my preamp. The front end runs direct to my Lamm M1.2 Reference mono amps. Richard Gray Power Company 1200S feeds the system, while a ReQuest Media server supplies all the music and movies. Transparent Audio Reference cabling strings everything together. The sound is pure bliss. Future upgrades:

- Replace the Grand Prix Audio Monaco Rack with an HRS/SXR rack
- Lamm L2 Refernce preamp
- Upgrade all cabling to XLMM2.

RADIO SHACK 2 WAYS,PARENTHIAN{ KEITH JOHNSON] 2 WAYS, INFINITY Q A1, MAGNEPAN MG1, MAGNEPAN MG2, TYMPANI 1B,MG3A,VERTEK THEATER SPEAKERS-UNIQUE, TYMPANI 4,MG3.3,[OVER FORTY YEARS]

Originally had Magnepan 1C's, but got out of the hobby for many years. When I started back did DCM' time windows, then Vandersteens 2ci, then Snell type C, then Snell type C IV. Now playing with the Snell E II. Love the vintage Snell speakers. Snells blow the Magnepans out of the water from what I remember of them.

1971 - Sansui SP3500 or something. I clearly remember they were 4-way, 7 driver, with woofer size of 15". This was when I used to judge speakers by the driver count. They had nice cabinets with the lattice wood grills.

1973 - AR 3AX. Blew the tweeters overdriving or clipping with the Marantz 2270.

1975 - Speakerlab 7 home built kits. Ugly, and not that good sounding on looking back.

1988 - Bose RM3000 satellite/passive sub system. This began a dark chapter, and resulting low point as I went into early AV surround sound.

2008 - Epos M12.2 standmounts, with a couple M&K subwoofers left over from the AV period.

2012 - Revel F208. These are the first speakers I've purchased without the thought that they were an interim step. I'm thinking these will be my last pair, more because of age and health than anything else. Course if I had extra cash, I could see getting a pair of Vandersteen Quatros.