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What is your speaker ownership history since 1995?

Used audio market is not the same again since on-line marketplace was born in 1995 (Fleabay).   What is your speaker *ownership* history since then?   

(showroom / friend's house / loaner don't count .. must be owner of them)

Let me start with mine's, from 1998 to current (*):

(oldest to current)
Misc Wharfedale (thanks to uBid hype!!!)
Newform Research R645
Magneplan MMG
Magneplan 3.3R
NHT ???
SOTA Panorama with Time Domain bass module
Rogers LS3/5A
Infinity ??? (first time I realize 'reference' in the model name means absolutely nothing)
Klipsch Klipschorn
Tyler Acoustics Taylo Reference Monitors
Tyler Acoustics Reference 1
Wilson Watt Puppy 5.0
JMLab Chorus 7??
B&W Matrix 805
B&W Matrix 801 Series II
Revel M20
Revel F30
Alon I
Alon V
Tangent R4
Loth X BS1
Odeon Double Six
Silverline Sonata I
Meridian DSP5000
Paragon Acoustics Regent
??? Some Audio Physics DIY clone
Legacy Audio Classic
Duntech Princess
Sansui SP5000
Altec 604E w/ mastering lab (The Big Red)
Tube ? Lab ??? (it is the sorry B&W Nautilus 805 clone)
Epicure ??? (its the one with an eyeball kinda tweeter)
Celestion SL600si
Avalon Symbol
Vienna Acoustics Mahler 
Quest for Sound SQ10
??? White van speakers, can't remember the name, $80 a pair
Talon Audio Peregrine X
Fostex backloaded horns (DIY)
Counterpoint Clearfield
KR Audio (limited production specials, no model name)
Avalon Eclipse Classic
Apogee Centaur Major
Ohm Model I
Dynaco A25
Oris Horn 250
Egglestonworks Rosa
Legend Audio Reference Monitors (now known as Von Gaylord ROTL Mk II)
*Nearfield Acoustics Pipedreams 930
*Wilson Watt Puppy 3/2
*Kharma CRM 3.2 FE


Pretty purpose-less, focus-less timeline, I must confess.




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inna
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Michael Green Audio Revolution 80i  since 1999. Custom made by someone before that.
Yeah, some people got quite a list. I would understand upgrading or just trying something different when it comes to electronics every couple of years or so but speakers no.
inna
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roxy54,
Looking at it from this angle, you are certainly right. Of all things, even with solid funds, buying speakers would probably be for me the most difficult undertaking. Not only within audio. Well, another thing may be good furniture. I like to keep speakers for a long time. I think, many good speakers are capable of much more than they seem. Just give them the right input. My speakers sound incomparably better than ten and even five years ago because of changes in source, amplification and cabling. Give your speakers a chance.
inna
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I do plan to upgrade the speakers within the next five-seven years. What would it be? Don't know.  But I just might ask Michael Green to make me custom or semi-custom speakers. I don't think I would be able to afford, say, even used Lansche or Kharma or something like that. But for now I am alright with what I have.
inna
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Yeah, I used to be that beginner. Fortunately, I didn't make big mistakes, in part thanks to Audiogon people.
inna
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No Lansche, Classic Audio, big Kharma, big MBL, big bloody horns, Gryphon, Focal Grand Utopia, Venture etc. anyone?
Most true audiophiles are relatively poor, I know.
inna
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I'd rather have one near perfect system than thirteen but that's me. Ideally, I think I would have two or maybe three very different systems. 
When you buy used or even new unheard you might have to try many different speakers until you find the right ones. Still, changing speakers every year would be too much work for me, you also often have to change electronics and cables when you change speakers or at least make upgrades. So no, not every year, but every five years - yeah, why not? Especially if each time you actually move forward not sideways.
inna
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Right. Many audiophiles are musicians not to have happened.
If I were a guitar player I would need one acoustic, one electro-acoustic and one electric guitar. I would have no problem of choosing. Custom Conde Hermanos would do for acoustic - incredible instrument, I heard it live.
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