Personal speaker evolution


OK, so here is a thread I haven't ever seen here: What speakers have you owned? starting with the earliest, price paid, new/used, and perhaps the models that really impressed you (for the price) in CAPS.

Rat Shack Something or others, $120, new
Fisher Something or others, $280, new
ADS L710's, $550, new
Snell A2i's, $1100, used
BEVERIDGE SYSTEM 3'S, $1000, used
Martin Logan CLS, $1400, used
MARTIN LOGAN SL3'S, $2300, used
pmwoodward
AR-3a ($225, owned for many years)
Vandersteen 2C ($1100, owned for 15 years)
Vandersteen 3A ($2500, owned for 5 years)
Vandersteen 3A Sigs. ($700 upgrade, owned for 1 year)
Coincident Super Eclipse ($3000 used, owned for 3 months)
Silverline Sonata II ($4000, still have)
Spica TC-60 ($500 used, still have)
ProAc Response 2 ($1000 used, still have)
Sierra-Brooks 32" Horns/TAD 4001 ($4500 used, still have) with TAD 1602 15" drivers in bass cabinet ($3000, still have)
Looking back its clear that I've made my contribution to B&W. Most of the B&Ws were from the same dealer who offered a full price trade up program.

Two pairs of homemade speakers – college/post college era
Allison CD 1 – new 350
Allison CD 3 – new 800
B&W DM620 – new ~600
B&W DM640 – new 1200**
B&W Matrix 804 – new ~1900
ACI Sapphire III/Sub 1 – new ~1800
B&W Matrix 802 S3 – new 3100**
B&W Matrix HTM – new ~640
B&W CDM2 – new ~700
B&W Matrix 805 – new ~1450**
Thiel CS7.2* - used ~7000**
Thiel MCS1 – new ~1900
Boston Acoustics Micro 90 surround* – new ~850
Paradigm 60v2, Ref CC, Ref ADP* - used ~1900
Aerial CC3B* – new 1350**
Aerial LR3s – new 2750**
B&W 601 S2 – new 370
B&W 602.5 S3* – new 620

*Still own and use in various systems
**Favorites
Jensen model?? (1975)
B&O model?? (tried to address time linearity) (1977)
Mission 770s (~1982)
NHT 2.5i (~1997)
Magnepan 1.6QR (1999)
Dunlavy SM-1 (2001) + REL Q150 (2002)
Dunlavy SC-VII (2005)
I am gonna have to show this thread to my wife. ..to get approval for the next bedroom speaker pair...
1) an all-muppets system (gift) - which IMHO came with hands-down the best turntable ever to bear an imprint of Kermit the Frog
2) Polk 3-way (free)
3) APOGEE Slant 8 ($4,000)
4) Avalon Opus - were to be Avalon Eidolon Diamonds before the recent unpleasantness with my now-ex... (for the speakers, not the ex)

... and to the best of my knowledge, the muppets system was not made by Bose in spite of wiring quality similarities

=)