I started with a pair of
1.Kenwood 8" 2 ways, they were about $A130 pair in 1976. I was 17 at the time and I worked weekends at a garage.....
2.Then a pair of Studiocraft 440s,1978, which were the direct-firing versions of Bose 501s. Maybe $A400 pr, can't remember.
3.Rogers Export Monitors, around $A900 pr in 1980 or so.
4.Custom-built speakers using JBL 12", B&W 802 kevlar mids and modified Peerless soft-domes in 1984. Had these a while, they worked pretty well.
5.Maggie 2.6Rs, bought as store demonstrator stock for $A2500 in 1998.
6.This year I acquired a pair of Silverline Sonata IIIs. I think I will keep these a VERY long time. Wonderful things.