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How many pair of speakers do you own?

Since I am a self proclaimed speaker nut, I was trying to justify to my wife that having 5 pair of speakers is normal for an audiophilic addict. Curious also about what type, Dynamic, Planar, Single Driver etc; If you are member of this sight, you probably have a mania towards some component or other. Mine is Loudspeakers, which I learned early are 70% of your system. To me they may be >> 80%

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bbchem
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shadorne
7,333 posts
 
Counting stuff in storage as well (but not PC or car systems), 13 pairs of speakers. 1 set is Bose and should not really count but the rest are B&W or better...
westborn
101 posts
 
About 9 pair. Most boxed away. I tell my wife I'm more of a 'collector' now. :-) Still doesn't really work.
muzcal
66 posts
 
7 not counting my old JBL's.
semi
646 posts
 
5 pairs at one point, only 3 pairs now if you count the pair I gave to my parents.

Sonus Faber Amati
Sonus Faber Cremona
Usher X-718

If I can, I will own the whole entire Homage line of Sonus Faber just because. But life is more fun with more varieties, I am going to own something very differnt.

I asked a friend why he had 7 turntables, he asked me back why I had 5 pairs of speakers. I was speechless... Now I am thinking about picking up a 2nd turntable.
bdgregory
1,580 posts
 
Why? there are probably 2 basic reasons -
1) There are multiple rooms in my house (plus a vacation house) that I want to be in at various times and don't want to be without music.
2) I enjoy the contrasting qualities of different speakers/systems - I guess I'm just a hardware geek.
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