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
Rectilinear 11 A;s - traded for a Fender Bassman/Showman Combo
SAE - cant recall model number 350.00
Dynaco 25 XL's used as a back channel to SAE's 125.00
B&W DM2 200.00
DIY KEF Transmission Lines using T27 B110 and B139 - 400.00???
Burhoe Blue Speakers 125.00
Large Advents used 100.00
Kef 105's 1000.00
Dalquist 10's with dedicated subwoofers and electronic crossovers - 1400.00
Acoustat Model One's (large) 1000.00
NHT 1.3 - 300.00
EPOS 14 800 including stands
Shahinian Obelisks 1300.00
Currently dealing on a pair of PSB Synchrony Ones.....
mono DIY 8" 2 way built by my father
Webcor with Philips full range-$10 garage sale
homemade 6" 2way. - DIY with my father
ESS 10" 2 way with Heil tweeter - used
Mission 700.2 - New, $200
Nuance 8" 2 way - New (big mistake)
Magnepan MG-3.3 - used
Vandersteen 2ce - used
Klipsch Heresy - used
Klipsch Forte II - used
DIY horn/hybrid 4 way system
-- with: Edgarhorn, Klangfilm, RCA, Altec, Faital, and JBL bits
4-year-old VSA VR-7s have been upgraded in the past 6 months to "Mk 2" status, meaning new bypass caps on the crossovers, totally new Delphi internal wiring and new high-performance mid-ranges. The urge for new speakers (to match my new VAC Statement 450 monos)has come and gone, as what I have got a whole lot better. Also, now up to Velo DD-15+.

Recently added an office system driven by SET Melody 845. Using Angel City Audio's Trinity speakers with upgraded crossovers. Imaging is just ridiculous - approaching and exceeding "jaw-dropping" at times. Amazing below-the-radar speaker due to minimal advertising. Betters speakers 5x its price, which is very reasonable.
My first Woofers were a pair of 18" Eminence replacement type drivers. The first thing I did was mount them free-air in the trunk of my 1986 0lds Cutlass Supreme 2Dr. I sealed it all up and used a Hi-Fonics Hercules amp to drive them. My god the chaos I inflicted on the poor residents of Suffolk County, L.I. Still I was only 18 and that was the coolest thing I have ever owned up to that point. Aw, I can hear Pink Floyd thumping away like it was yesterday.

Andrew
Synesthesia Studios