Personal speaker evolution

Of course I started with Spica TC-50 like any college kids who just got into stereo. Here is the long list of my speaker evolution:

Spica TC-50
KEF Reference 3
Sonus Faber Electa Amator I
Merlin VSM III
Genesis V
Sonus Faber Extrema
Wilson Audio Watt/Puppy 5.1
Dynaudio Confidence 5
Acoustic Energy AE1 Signature
Dynaudio Confidence 5
B&W 802 Nautilus
Sonus Faber Cremona
Dynaudio Confidence 5

The reason there are so many Dynaudio Confidence 5 in the list is I kept going back to them. I wanted to try something different, but I could not find anything better sounding, period! Not the big Revel, ProAc, Martin Logan, Dunlavy, or Aerial. Nothing. Not even the Temptation. C5 has that charming midrange I have not heard on any other speakers on earth. So why did I want to sell them? They are hard to drive and I miss tubes. But if you are a solid state guy, you owe it to yourself for not trying the C5.

Started out with a full on PYE system from Holland,then:
Magneplanar 1 imp
Acoustat 3c's
Hales system 2 sig's (still own)

ESS Tempest 8- ~$170
Infinity Qa-~200 (used)
Dahquist DQM-7 monitor ~400
PARADIGM 3 MINI MK II~$250
B&W SM520 (They sucked)~?
Paradigm 7se Mk III~ $500
PARADIGM REFERENCE STUDIO 60 v2-~1300

I didn't realize I've gone through as many speakers as I have. Oh well, what a long strange trip its been.

Altec-Lansing Model 12?, Legacy 2+, Legacy 1's, Legacy Classics, Vienna Acoustic Beethovens.

1977-Infinity Qa (parents using them now, still sound great)
1984-ADS L1290 (destined for the basement system after remodeling)
2001-Soliloquy 6.5

Bought them all new. It took a long time to beat the ADS's but the Soliloquys finally did it.