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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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mwheelerk
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Boy this is interesting and embarassing (my memory) but here goes.

1971 - Pioneer speakers bought in Korea while in the Air Force
1976 - Karns (local Michigan manufacture)
1979 - ADS 400
1981ish - Celestion
1982 - MacIntosh
1983 - E..something electrostatics
1987 - Polk bookshelf
1989 - Polk floorstanders
1995 - Paradigm Monitor 7
1998 - Paradigm Studio 60s
2005 - (SOON) B&W 704

There have been several subs (Polk, Paradigm, M&K and now REL) and surrounds (Polk, Paradigm, M&K and soon B&W)and centers (Paradigm (2) and soon B&W) starting in 1987 or whenever I first got a Dolby Surround or Pro Logic receiver
mwheelerk
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I last posted in this thread in 2005 and man have I been in a whirlwind of speakers the past 6 years. Not necessarily in order but speakers have included:

B&W 703
Monitor Audio RS6, RS1 and Center
Focal Sib XXL and XL
Focal Chorus 806
Magnepan MMG
Mordaunt Short Aviano 2(very short lived)
Dynaudio Excite X12
Dynaudio Excite X32
and again Magnepan MMG

along with

REL T3 Sub
REL T7 Sub
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