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
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Showing 2 responses by gregm

To the best my flagging memory (ones I enjoyed most in CAPS):

1) Philips TT w/ detachable 2way speakers
2) Home-made, Philips drivers
3) Kef ?
4) Tdl II
5) SPENDOR LS3/5A
6) Harbeth ?
7) Spendor III (? the 3wire ones, anyway)
8) Apogee Caliper
9) Apogee DUETTA
10)Quad 63
11)AUDIOEXKLUSIV 3A active stats
12)Audio Physics (AP) MEDEA + the above
13)AP VIRGO
14)AP libra
15)AP AVANTI
16)MODIFIED GENESIS V

This inanely long list doesn't include speakers in transit (audioning, etc).
I'm still in quest of tonal balance & phase -- but I don't really fret: I simply CANNOT afford Albert's U1, Detlof's speaker wall, Sean's multi-amplified system, Kharmas, big Avalons, Lumenwhite (sp?), etc. So, why worry? Cheers!
Pbb sez:
Wonder what an SE version of these speakers, using a stiffer panel structure (by incorporating something rigid à la Mye stands in the design) and better quality components all around (including the connectors and, most certainly, the x-overs, would be like?

I listened to a pair of 3.5 with an allegedly hotrodded x-over (I have no idea as to the schematics). Improvement in the low end, some improvement -- low level detail became more evident -- in the tweet section (without an attenuator). However, I speculate that bi-amping would do the trick famously. Also, rather than changing connectors, one could hard wire cables to the x-over?