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
1970 Acoustic Research AR-3a
1976 Advent
1981 Advent Legacy
1985 Bose 901
2002 B & W Nautilus 805
2003 B & W Nautilus 804

This seems to be alphabetical???
Short list starting with:
Bose 901 - thought they were it but then came
Klipsch Cornwall II
Genesis APM-1
Magnepan 1.6
all of them great at the time
but then came the
B&W N802s - best speaker I've ever owned by far, but
next up
Sonus Faber Amati Homage
probably next year
from there who knows
Best Regards,
geoh
1962 - Magnavox stereo console.
1964 - Portable Maganvox stereo.
1971 - Zenith mini-stereo - poor Navy man.
1976 - 2-way monitors with inverted dome tweeter - can't remember the name.
1979 - Polk 2-way with passive radiator.
1982 - Yamaha NS-100 Be dome tweeter. Better technology than sound.
1985 - Mission Argonauts. Great 2-way floor stander for R&R.
1995 - Paradigm Studio 20v1.
1997 - Paradigm Studio 60v2.
1998 - Aerial Acoustic Model 6. Just couldn't make these work for me once I got them home.
1999 - Paradigm Studio 40v2.
2000 - Soliloquy 5.0s - wonderful monitors. Just terrific.
2003 - Audio Physic Tempo III - a worthy replacement for the 5.0s.
Future - Quad 988.
1975 - AR-3a
1985 - JSE Model 1
1998 - Coincident Conquest
2003 - B&W Nautilus 804
2003 - Coincident Total Victory

All were bought new. The JSEs and the Coincident TVs have impressed me the most

The JSEs are still in service - gave 'em to my brother-in-law - and the TVs are so good I'm not sure where I'd go from here.
Spica TC-50 Excellent!

Ohm Walsh 1 OK
Ohm Walsh 3 OK+

Spica TC-50 with 10" Velodyne sub - Excellent!

Dahlquist DQ-10 Garage sale find, pretty good but overrated without modifications.

Dahlquist DQ-20 A great budget used speaker! Smooth, unfatiguing, reasonably accurate, good lows and attractive looking. Needed refoaming. Added a Velodyne ULDB-15 which needs a custom crossover because the DQ's go way too low for the ULD's original 85hz.

Next - Will be moving the Dahlquists into the bedroom when I put together a beautiful horn/tube system.