Which pair of speakers changed your Hifi life?


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Hopefully one day, someone would say "Mon Acoustic speakers were the turning point in my Hifi life".  😃

My 2ch-audio journey began when my uncle bought his BOSE system at his home (don't even know the model or never really heard it) in early 90s. Bose was rear and expensive in Korea(South) back then. So I started my own system with Bose Cinematics 2.1. Then moved on to Goldenear Triton 3, then to Triton 1. But more utilizing the speakers for AV set ups, not 2 ch stereo.   

When I had my first house, I bought a pair of Revel M105 speakers and I think these are the pair that really changed my audio life. My initial paring with M105 was Yamaha receiver. Then I tried goofie set up with center speaker 3.1 to see if it improves vocal in the songs I liked. We went through many combinations of system set up. I ended up with Chord Electronics set up. 

I still own them. Always struggle time to time, whether to sell them or not due to the number of pairs I own(out of a guilt). I cannot argue how many pairs of shoes my wife owns.  I pair them with NAD M10 (version 1) for my bedroom since my wife likes the warm and well rounded sound, and 80% its white design aspect. 

So what are the speakers that have impacted your life? 

 

128x128monacousticusa

A pair of B&W805s sitting on top of a pair of B&W800ASW subs.  Changed my audio journey trajectory. 

It was 1983 when I purchased a new pair of JBL 4430 monitors. I hooked them up to my Luxman B-12 mono block amps and Luxman CL-32 preamp and WOW! All the lies about horn speakers not imaging and not being high fidelity soon disappeared. My previous speakers were JBL L65 and JBL 4315 monitors. I currently own JBL 4435’s. 😎

Mike

Goldenear Triton’s with those class D subs built in opened my eyes to this to this rabbit hole filled hobby after a 30 year sabbatical…they keep getting better with each component upgrade and tweak. Can only imagine what the GE Ref’s sound like…just getting started 🤔😳

Guy owed me money for carpentry work when I was 20. He paid with with some kef 104/2. That started it for me nearly 34 yrs ago. Too bad I couldn’t afford a proper amp but I loved those speakers.