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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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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).
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