Personal speaker evolution

1973 Acoustic Research bookshelf monitors $150 new
1976 ESS AMT 1-A's floorstanders $1000 new
1981-84 Bose 301's loaner from a friend while in law school
1985 B&W DM100's large monitors w/stands $800 new
1987 Spendor BC3's floorstanders $2500 dealer demo
1988 B&W narrow floorstanders $1500 new
1988 B&W Matrix 801 Series II $5500 new
1995 Genesis 500's $11,000 new
Have stopped w/these and have changed out amps and preamps and cables incessantly instead. Got a system that works now, though, and hope to keep it intact for a while.
Putting together this list was fun! A walk down memory lane. i can still see each of the rooms and apartments I had these systems in, including my college dorm room, my little law school cottage, and various other abodes for the last 30 years. WOW! i've been at this a LONG time.

Here goes:
Brands Mart Inc. $150 1973
Ohm E $120 1974
KLH? $200 1975
Micro Acoustics $300 1976
Altec Voice of the Theater 1977-1978 $0
Yamaha? girlfriends 1982-1986
B&W 110's $300 1986-1989
Snell J11 $600 1989-1990
Snell Q's $650 1990-present
NHT's various models 1994-1998
Celestion 3 $150 1996-present
JM Lab Micron Carats $350 1996-present
JM Lab Daline's $1,300 1998-present (for sale)
Spica TC-60 $400 1996-2000
B&W 602's $200 1998-2000
Energy C-2 $300 1998-2000
Mission 753 $1,100 1994-2000
Linn Keilidh $750 1998-Present (for sale)
Mission 750le $200 1998-present
Spendor Sp23 $1,200 2001-present
What lies ahead???

Genesis II (late 70's)
Wharfedale E-70 (early 80's)
B&W DM110 (graduate school pauper)
Energy Pro Monitor 22 (early 90's)
Vandersteen 2ci (for a long time)
Aerial 10T (maybe forever)

A trip down memory lane. You know, I loved them all. Next thread: girlfriends.

DLK passive sub/sattelite system (new ~$300)
Carver AL III (new ~$2K)
VSR VR-4 (new~$4K)Amazing conventional driver speaker
INNERSOUND EROS (NEW~$5k +$1200 amp/xover upgrade) 'STATS! I may never go back to boxes.

Regards to all,

Nice idea for a thread!
I'm sure the thread will help others make informed speaker purchases.Prices in CDN $

Microsoft Sattelite Computer speakers with Subwoofer $140
Paradigm (2nd from the bottom) $1000 for surround package
B&W 601S2 Monitors $500 (I preferred these to the 603S2's)
B&W 603S2 Full Range $1500

CLIFFHANGER AUDIO CHS-2 W2 $5750

(One of the reviewers at Soundstage uses these Cliffhangers for almost all his reviews, these are definitely one of the best speakers I've heard in that price range)