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
5" full-range infinite baffle mono ($3?) 1960
Home-made 8" triaxial Jensens in a 90 lb clay sewer pipe! $100 parts 1969
Kirksaeter M50 and M70 ($90-110) closeouts 1975
DIY Peerless/Phillips 6.5" 2-ways ($150 parts) 1992
VERITY AUDIO PARSIFAL ENCORES! ($8000 used) 2000
Home Theater: Spendor SP3/1p fronts ($800 used) + SC3 new ($500) + Bostoan Acoustic V-MX surrounds ($350 open carton) and Boston PV1000 active sub ($550 open box) 2002
Other impressive speaker values: Thiel 1.6 (new $2k 2002),
Revel Performa F30 ($3600 new 2000), Thiel 2.3 (2000).
Fisher 2way 1972 (60.00)
Pioneer 2way 1974 (150.00)
Boston Acoustics A100 ($?)1979
Klipsch KG2 1983
Magnepan SMGa 1987
Magnepan MGIc 1990
Magnepan MGIIIa 1994 (still own these babies!)
Magnepan MMG 2000 (used as rear channels in HT)
Magnepan MGI 2002 (bought for 50.00/pair, in process of rewiring the panels)

Any upgrades may be to move up to some Kharmas or Wilson Watt/Puppy (But don't tell my wife)
1) merlin vsm..?$...new
2) aliante pininfarina model one--$5k
3) von schweikert vr-5 hse...7$--new
4) piega p-10...$12k...new
5) piega c-8ltd...$13k..new...should arrive in 1-2 weeks
Advents
Magnapan
Bose 901
B&W DM12
B&W DM 7mk2
Quad 57
MourdauntShort MS100
Epos 11
Celestion SL6
RadioShack Linneum modified
Hornshoppe
zHorn with Jordan jx92s
EPI (Inhereted from dear old dad)
Bose
Klipsch
Currently at a 7+ year old set of Mirage Bipolars (I hear that they are not for everyone, but I sure like them).