Personal speaker evolution

Monitor audio silver 5i- $850 new.
Newform Research r645's- $1800 factory blems
Piega p10s- $8600 new
Newforms are in the ht. Piega's in the main rig. Sold the monitors.

Some Canadian brand "X" - 1982
Magnepan SMG-a - 1986
Acoustat Spectra 11 - 1989
Audio then became very low on priority list for about 10yrs
Magnepan 1.5 - 2000,still own but will sell 1 of these days
Tyler Reference Monitors - 2002

Like others I started with Fisher

Fisher system $140
Boston Acoustic A150 $550
Apogee Stage speakers $1300
Apogee Duetta Signatures $1600

And that's it. In the mid eighties while owning the Bostons I heard Apogee Scintillas and that left an indelible impression. If I find Apogee Divas at a reasonable price, I'll change, otherwise not.

If you wonder where all those old Bose speakers went well.... I got em (they are much better stacked!) In a moment...the rest of the story.

Sincerely, I remain

Handful of inexpensive generic shelf and floor-standers

First real speaker of any quality:
JBL Monitors

Bose- curved model fitted on dedicated stands
Kef 102- bought as demo. Thought they were the ultimate.
Kef 104
EHS Tenors- speaker I regret having parted with.
ProAc III
Watt/Puppy III for all of three days.
Avalon Ascent
Genesis II.5
Genesis 200
Aerial 6- my father became ill. I re-adressed my priorities
Aerial 7b- thought I was done
Avalon Eidelon - heard them properly set-up...I was bitten.

As second set-up Proac 1.5.

It's been an adventure...maybe the Diamonds?