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
Home-made Altec Lan Voice of the Theater
Pioneer 3 ways (H65?)
DCM Time Windows
Bose 901 II's....two pairs
Maggie II's
Accoustat 4's
Infinity Beta's.....still own
Totally forgot the AR model 9 s . I owned two pairs and had to replace the whoofers twice because of rot. Great speaker though.
1967 Infinity Servo-Statik I $1800 (eventually broke down - discarded)
Got Married
1982 Magnepan SMG $400 demo (still in my attic - any interest?)
Current System
1995 Magnepan 0.6QR $550 used
1998 Augmented by DefTech PF15 $400 used
2004 Augmented by Magnepan MMG W and MMG C for surround sound $600
2004 Added Adcom 5802 to power the 0.6QR and offload the Denon 3803. That is what the Maggies have been waiting for - begging for- for so many years. Now I have a room filled with the most glorious sounds. You fellow panel heads out there will know what I mean. You cone heads will have to use your imaginations. :-D Any fellow Maggie afficionados, if they aren't already singing to your complete satisfaction, get the highest-output mosfet amp you can afford. Maggies love it. I recommend 5802 <$900 used.
Pioneer somethings - free
JBL somethings - $120 new
SIGNET SL280EXB - $900 new
SUNFIRE TRUE 10 SUB - $1300 new
SONUS FABER SOLO HOME - $600 new
VANDERSTEEN 2CE - $1080 new
Definative Bp2 - $250 used

1993 ALR Nummer 3 stand speakers (DM1600 = $1000)

I bough my first speakers from money I have earned during summer job (working in a moving company for 6 weeks). The speaker were ALR Nummer 3 stand speakers in D'Appolito configurationfrom a small German company. They were not even that great for the Rock music that I listened to at the time.

1998 Mission 751 freedom monitors

I started loving these speakers back in 1993 when I first heard them at a dealer in Germany. Somehow could not convince myself to go "back" from a stand speaker to a smaller bookshelf. After a move in 1998 I finally had the excuse to get them. I have been going through several changes in the surrounding equipment, I have never regreted these though. Probably the best bookshelfs Mission has ever made. These are the reason for me becoming an audiophile in first place.