Sold speakers you really enjoyed?... But why?

After several years of owning the Dynaudio C1 and C1 signature (honestly thought I would never sell or trade them) I did for the Raidho D1. I often thought what would it take for me to move on to something else. When I first heard the D1's I wasn't all that impressed. But they were brand new and being under driven for break in purposes. Then I found out the cost and said no way. Later that day I went and listened to the D3's. Wow!! Blacker background - better imaging and soundstage. Sound quality that rivaled electrostatics with better dynamics and without the size. That got me thinking more about the D1's but price was still a barrier. About 5 months later my dealer made me a killer offer including a 3 day in home demo. The in home demo was the deal breaker. They sounded so much better in my room with my electronics. Only took about an hour to decide the D1's were not leaving. Better clarity and more detail without being analytical or sterile sounding. The only part of the sound that wasn't as good was the bass. The D1's don't go as low as the C1's but for as low as they go it is a much tighter/clearer sounding bass. I would have to move up to the D2's to equal the bass of the C1's and D3's to better it. That said the D3's are way to big for my room. D2's maybe - someday

Joined Audiogon more than ten years ago and started "churning" equipment. I would not be exaggerating if I said I've owned 50 different speaker models over the last fifteen years. The one speaker I sold and wished I hadn't is the Revel M20.

Why did I sell them? The answer is in the first sentence of my reply. There are several speakers I have sold and later bought the same model because I missed them and couldn't resist a good deal. At some point I'll probably buy another pair of M20s. Just waiting for a nice pair within pickup distance.

One of these days I'll compile a list of the speakers I've owned and post it to the thread titled "personal speaker evolution." Probably not.

I sold my Gershman Acoustics Avant Garde RX-20 because I got into tube/SET amplifiers and they were just too difficult to drive. I now own Von Schweikert dB99 speakers paired with a 2 watt Yamamoto A-08S. That amp would struggle with the Avant Gardes.

I've owned hundreds and hundreds of different speakers, (that's what happens when you're in the high-end business for as long as I was).

I had a guy that worked for me many moons ago that had the philosophy that you should find electronics that you really like, that tend to work with a wide(r) range of speakers, then own 10 or 12 different speakers. That would allow you to listen to whatever suits your certain mood at the time. I always thought that was kinda weird, but after so many years, he was right.

I have well over 15 pairs of speakers right now in my house. Not all of them are hooked up, but I have a choice.

The only pair of speakers that I really wish I still had were the Infinity Betas. Had to sell them because I needed the money. What a GLORIOUS speaker system, (if you have the room for it). I guess that I should also add the Acoustat Model Sixes. Sold those because I moved and just couldn't take those behemoths with me.