Personal speaker evolution

Good thread!
AR-14 ($200 in 1976 -- reconed once, still own, in son's room)
Thiel CS 2.3 -- traded in for
Thiel CS 6 -- still own, can't bring myself to sell them though I have to
Montana KAS -- Bound for Sound review pair
Paradigm 100 v2 (w matched center & rear -- home theater)
Infinity 10" subwoofer ($150?)
Plus, lots of home demos -- B&W, Klipsch, Definitive Tech...
Plus, several inexpensive small bookshelves: not Bose ;-)
As you can tell, I was an audiophile wannabe for a long time but didn't hit it hard until about 5 years ago.
Cheers.

Hmm- of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. Prices have completely disappeared, but I bet I've got a pretty good handle on the speakers.
1. Rat Shack 2 ways 1 yr.
2. Rectilinear Mini 3s 2 yrs.
3. Small Advents
4. Large Advents
5. Infinity RSb (still sitting in my basement after 15 years).
6. Vandersteen 2cis 12 years
7. Vandesteen 3Asigs 1 month

various homemade
a few that I can't remember their names
New Large Advents
JBL 100 something or another
Bose 901
another pair of 901, stacked them up
homemade sub with 18 inch JBL 2245H
(450 watts into the 901's and 2000 for the JBL, loud and proud until I got married and, well, you know)
AR sub/satellite 660
Alon Petite with woofer
Magnepan 1.5 with 2 Vandersteen 2W subs
B&W 801 matrix III
Wilson Witt II
Soliloquy 8.2 (still have, see my ad (shameless plug))
Lamhorn 1.8, present system with MBL 201 sub, Ahhhhhhhhh

I was impressed with all of them at the time I bought them. Yes, even the 901's.

Very impressive lists for some of you folks.

I'll have to shamefully admit that i too have owned Blose: 301's, 501's, 601's and 901's. Had my first component system when i was 13 and that included the 301's. It only got worse from there until i finally saw the light. That is, the lights that they use in some of their crossovers. YES, they do use lightbulbs in some of the older models. That and some of the worst wiring you'll ever see. Sean
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Home made-$300 estimate
Sansui-$50 (Don't recall model name-does it matter?,but had 10 " chrome-frame woofers)
Cerwin Vega AT-15-paid $800.00 full list price, and was proud of it, still in garage. Some day...
DUNLAVY V-$9500 (demo pair) currently in main system
DUNLAVY II- $1200 (used) Bought for bedroom system, but now using as rear surrounds

I basically went from worst to great (IMO)speakers. No inbetween.