How many pair of speakers do you own?

Three pairs and one in the process of being completed.

I say music needs to be in every room.

Counting subwoofers, a total of 20 speakers. And I just sold 2 pairs. When you have 2 home theaters and a couple of stereo systems, it adds up. Luckily most of them are small.

5 pairs at one point, only 3 pairs now if you count the pair I gave to my parents.

Sonus Faber Amati
Sonus Faber Cremona
Usher X-718

If I can, I will own the whole entire Homage line of Sonus Faber just because. But life is more fun with more varieties, I am going to own something very differnt.

I asked a friend why he had 7 turntables, he asked me back why I had 5 pairs of speakers. I was speechless... Now I am thinking about picking up a 2nd turntable.

You have no idea how useful this thread, but just one question first, where on earth do you keep them? To answer the question, I have 1 pair only, obviously not a serious audiophile then. My wife insists I am being extravagant when I bought some Acoustic Zen Adagios recently(and sold my Living Voice Avatars). When she next criticises me, I can wave the print out of this thread at her and prove how frugal I am. Seriously, I would have nowhere to keep more than 1 pair.

why you would own more than 2 pairs of speakers

More than one place to live - nonlocal entanglement.

1) 1 pair Cain Abby (main speakers)
2) 2 Mission 731i, 70C, Sony Surrounds ("Home theater")
3) Tivoli Model One
4) maybe a pair of Quad ELS57

Total 8-10 speakers sitting around.

7 not counting my old JBL's.

To answer your second question, none of your suggested answers applies.

In my case, (1) when I upgrade, I don't get rid of the old equipment -- they usually just get reallocated to other rooms; and (2) I think it's nice to be able to listen to good music reproduction in different rooms especially when it is also consistent with the decor. Do you have children? Are they into music? Should they have their own stereos, too?

Of my 8 pairs + 1, 2 pairs + 1 center channel are in my main system, which is both my best stereo and home theater system, and 4 pairs are in stereo systems in other rooms. (2 pairs are in storage.)

at last count 7...reason? for fun. listed by size:
JBL L-200
JBL L-166
AR 11
Epicure 10
Spica TC-50
Chario Academy 1
Ensemble Animata

About 9 pair. Most boxed away. I tell my wife I'm more of a 'collector' now. :-) Still doesn't really work.

8 pairs. One pair of floorstanders, the rest are monitors. All are in use at various times.
Another pair on the way.

Thanks you so much for the quick respnses, my next question would be why you would own more than 2 pairs of speakers such as one for Stereo and one for HomeTheater (5 or 6)

1) Because you feel the urge to keep hearing others
2) You are still looking for Audio Nirvana
3) You have a large sum of money
4) You write reviews and get them free
5) They are very good for furniture

Counting stuff in storage as well (but not PC or car systems), 13 pairs of speakers. 1 set is Bose and should not really count but the rest are B&W or better...

6 pairs. MBL 101E, Talon Khorus, Talon Peregrine, Newform Research R645, Martin Logan Aerius, Magnepan MG1.

Actually, I've got 5 of the Talon Peregrines, used in a 7.1 system.

1 Pair for living room Silverline Audio, 1 pair for mstr bed room ( Fostex full range ), 1 pair for guest room ( Spica TC-50 ) and 5.1 for family room. Total 5 1/2 pairs :-)

9 pairs at the moment - within a week or two it will be more

I have 4 sets of speakers... all PSB. One pair in the living room, one pair in the bedroom, and one 5 channel set-up in the den. Also a back up pair I am presently not using.
john

2 pairs that matter.
Other ones are stragglers packed away in boxes.

5 pairs, 3 electrostatics, 2 of the electrostatics backups in garage

Eight pairs + one center channel. Of these, six pairs plus the center channel are in service in various rooms of the house. In addition, I have five subwoofers. (Not to mention incidental stuff like computer speakers.)

4 pair for 2 channel(Canton Karat M-70,JM Lab 816s(soon to be for sale),Revel F-30,and Soliloquy 6.3i(arriving this week).In addition we have 5 home theater set-ups(3 in bedrooms,one in my wife's sitting room and one in the family room).These feature Canton,Mirage Omni,MB Quart and Boston Acoustics speaker systems.I stopped playing with Electrostats and planars a long time ago.I prefer full range speakers without subs for theater and 2 channel,although;we use very small satelites and subs in 3 of the theaters.I have owned far too many pair of speakers to remember them all(I'm 49 and have been involved in this insane hobby since I was 17. Hope this makes you feel better!

Larry

6 pairs that matter. There's a bunch of stragglers around here that aren't worth talking about, and eventually will be liquidated.

Four pairs,two pairs are build by myself.
Only listen to one pair at a time.