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
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ignoring high school JBL type stuff and starting with first "hifi" speakers in College

1979 Kef 104A/B - new $900
1988 Apogee Full Range - used $7500
1996 Wilson Watt Puppy 5.1 - used $9000
2002 AvantGarde Duos G1 - Dealer Demo's - $11000
(60s-70s) Utahs w/horn-loaded tweeters, ~$150
(80s) Acoustat 2+2s, $2250
(90s) Sonus Faber Minuettos, $1500
(90s-10s) Sonus Faber Electa Amators, $4800
(now) Wilson Benesch Curves, $7000 (Minuettos in 2nd system)
Late 1970s college to present
ADS 810
Magnapan MGI
Acoustat Monitor III
Acoustat 1+1
Acoustic Energy AE1 Signature
Martin Logan Aries
Martin Logan CLS IIZ
Martin Logan Request
Martin Logan Summit
Sjofn HiFi Clue (short time)
Ascend Acoustics Sierra 1
Reference 3A Decapo (short time)
Zu Union
Various monitors in mixing room – Yamaha, Tannoy, Genelec, KRK
Starting in 1989, all the following were purchased brand new:
1) B&W DM640
2) Apogee Centaur Majors
3) Vandersteen 2Ce
4) PSB Stratus Gold I
5) Thiel CS6
6) Revel M20
7) Harbeth SLH5
8) Harbeth M40.1

I've had the M40.1 speakers for a year now and I'm completely satisfied. I listen to music more now than I have at any point in my past 25 years of owning high end equipment. I have a large listening room that is well suited for the big Harbeths. By far the most enjoyable speaker that I have ever owned.
Ok here we go:

1) Realistic bookshelf speakers--$25 at a garage sale
2) Bose 401 (the triangular ones made to go in a corner--perfect for my college apartment)
3) Infinitis of some sort from the late 1980s
4) Klipsch from early 1990s (maybe RF-25s?)
5) Definitive Technology BP 2000TL (a little boomy maybe, but they made some serious music when I was a little younger and wilder)
6) Vandersteen 1C (loved the middle and high end on those--so open and transparent)
7) Kef XQ-40 (wonderful taught, powerful bass and nice full sound, but the tweeter was not my favorite)
8) Merlin VSM-MMi - my current speakers. Loving them dearly right now.

So the question now, is 8 really enough?