Personal speaker evolution

1. Generic 12"3-way 1974-77
2. ESS AMT-4 1977-1982
3. ESS AMT-1AM 1982-1989
4. Infinity Kappa 8 1989-1994
5. The above Infinities with reworked wiring,cabinets, and crossovers 1994-1997
6. Infinity IRS-1b 1997-2007 -would still have if not for moving to smaller room.
7. JM Lab 937Be 2006-2007 Also amazing-wouldn't work in smaller room.
8. Maggie 3.6R with mye stands and dual JM Lab 800S subs 2007-still too big for room but easier to work with.
9. Above maggies with upgraded wire, posts, crossovers. 2007-3. Closing in on the 1bs...

A pair of Q force portable speakers
A pair of Casio fullrange surround speakers (tinny sound)
A apair of lloyds one way fullrange speakers (lack of bass)
A pair of GPX one way bass reflex bookshelf speakers (similar driver but richer and bassier sound)still have em
A pair of 2-way RCA bookhelf speakers (a bit dull sounding but oh well)
A pair of 3 foot tall one-way soundesign speakers (they have bass, and sound just as good as a pair of Decent 2-way bookshelf speakers) I had to put them on the shelf with the stereo because my dog is an diot and might chew on the speakers and ruin the wood./VARNISH WHICH IS TOO SHOCKING!!!

or worse chew away the foam grill and eat the paper driver!
My dog barks at the speakers whenever I turn it up.

posted by Raymond,

I love these threads! :-D

The first speakers I had were Fisher crappitycraps from Monkey Ward's. My dad had (and I now have) Fisher products from the middle '60s (tube tuner and SS integrated). I didn't realize at the time that Fisher wasn't The Fisher anymore... I've no idea how much money I got ripped on those. They were tall and had many drivers, but they definitely sucked.

Those were replaced by Pinnacle PN-7s. Great sound, too small, insufficient power capacity. (POP!)

Then Mirage M-490s for $550. They were the largest Mirages that weren't bipolar and I could afford them (just). (I think it's weird that I never liked the bipolar Mirages but I love dipolar ESLs.) Other speakers I was looking at were Kappa 6 or 7 or Acoustat hybrids for at least double the price.

Then I got my MartinLogan Sequels. I'll not say what I paid for them as I don't want to have a negative effect on the used ML market! :-D Suffice to say that they were reasonably priced, in wonderful condition (I honestly don't think they were ever played loud enough to break them in!), and they're mine and will continue to be probably even after I get another set of MLs or Magnepans or Acoustats or Vandersteens or whatever else. If I ever get something else... what I need right now is an amp. Anyone have a couple hundred Watts per channel of tube sound on the cheap? :)

1. Fresh out of college (1989) - Yamaha NS10M monitors
2. B&W 300 series surround system w/Atlantic Tech sub
3. Dynaudio Audience surround system w/Velodyne sub
4. Soliloquy 6.2 floorstanding monitors
5. Silverline Sonata II floorstanders
6. Dynaudio 1.3SE monitors w/REL Storm III sub
7. Dynaudio Confidence C2 floorstanders w/REL Storm III sub

1. Fisher's in 1976 89.00/pr
2. B & O S35's 320.00/pr
3. Klipsch Heresy 1000.00/pr
4. NHT 2.5i 1200.00/pr
5. B & W 601 with Velodyne sub 1500.00
6. B & W 805 with velodyne DD12 4000.00
7. B & W 804S with DD12 5500.00
8. Downsized to B & W CM7 and velodyne Spl1200r 2800.00