DLK passive sub/sattelite system (new ~$300)
Carver AL III (new ~$2K)
VSR VR-4 (new~$4K)Amazing conventional driver speaker
INNERSOUND EROS (NEW~$5k +$1200 amp/xover upgrade) 'STATS! I may never go back to boxes.
Regards to all, |
Genesis II (late 70's)
Wharfedale E-70 (early 80's)
B&W DM110 (graduate school pauper)
Energy Pro Monitor 22 (early 90's)
Vandersteen 2ci (for a long time)
Aerial 10T (maybe forever)
A trip down memory lane. You know, I loved them all. Next thread: girlfriends. |
Here goes:
Brands Mart Inc. $150 1973
Ohm E $120 1974
KLH? $200 1975
Micro Acoustics $300 1976
Altec Voice of the Theater 1977-1978 $0
Yamaha? girlfriends 1982-1986
B&W 110's $300 1986-1989
Snell J11 $600 1989-1990
Snell Q's $650 1990-present
NHT's various models 1994-1998
Celestion 3 $150 1996-present
JM Lab Micron Carats $350 1996-present
JM Lab Daline's $1,300 1998-present (for sale)
Spica TC-60 $400 1996-2000
B&W 602's $200 1998-2000
Energy C-2 $300 1998-2000
Mission 753 $1,100 1994-2000
Linn Keilidh $750 1998-Present (for sale)
Mission 750le $200 1998-present
Spendor Sp23 $1,200 2001-present
What lies ahead??? |
1973 Acoustic Research bookshelf monitors $150 new
1976 ESS AMT 1-A's floorstanders $1000 new
1981-84 Bose 301's loaner from a friend while in law school
1985 B&W DM100's large monitors w/stands $800 new
1987 Spendor BC3's floorstanders $2500 dealer demo
1988 B&W narrow floorstanders $1500 new
1988 B&W Matrix 801 Series II $5500 new
1995 Genesis 500's $11,000 new
Have stopped w/these and have changed out amps and preamps and cables incessantly instead. Got a system that works now, though, and hope to keep it intact for a while.
Putting together this list was fun! A walk down memory lane. i can still see each of the rooms and apartments I had these systems in, including my college dorm room, my little law school cottage, and various other abodes for the last 30 years. WOW! i've been at this a LONG time. |
Soundesign system
Cerwin Vega D5's
Polk SDA-B2's
Spica Angeles with Kenergetics 200 subwoofers, rewired Spica's with Cardas cable with Muse 18 sub.
Mirage M1 Si again with Kenergetics 800 subwoofer system rewired with XLO signature wire
Dunlavy SC-V with Cardas rhodium posts
Dunlavy SC-IV with Cardas rhodium posts |
Paradigm Monitor 3 - $345
Polk LS-70 - $500
Paradigm Studio 20 v.1 - $550
Paradigm Monitor 7 - $650
Carver AL III - $900
Paradigm Studio 20 v2 - $900
B&W CM-2 -$900
Paradigm Studio 20 v.2 - $900
B&W CDM 1NT - $1200
I know I listed the studio 20's twice, that's cause I had them twice. Actually, it was the same pair. I gave them back to the dealer to buy someting else, and then months later went back and bought the same pair. I like the CDM 1's the best out of all them, except the carvers, but I couldn't keep those because the smoke smell was too much to handle. (Got them used)
BTW, this was all in a matter of about two years. I have a bad habit of trading speakers very often........ |
Cool thread idea-
Bose 4.2s (~250 new)
PARADIGM ESPRIT BIPOLARs (~1250 new)
Audiostatic ES100 electrostats (1000 used)
REVEL PERFORMA F30s (~3100 new)
The 4.2s are now my HT rears with the Esprits as the mains
(added a reference CC also; maybe I'll add the reference
surrounds and Servo 15 eventually :). The Revels recently
replaced the ES100s in my 2Ch setup and I am no longer using
the stats. Actually, if anyone wants em (for a small amount
of cash or a cool trade), let me know :). |
How come those Boses weren't in your post under the Best System You've Ever Built thread, Craig? Same reason as my Fishers? |
Cheap JVC's
Polk jr+'s
B+W CM2(Concept 90)
B+W 802 Series 2
Merlin VSM/SE
Merlin Millenium |
Bose 501; about $500. new-- (late 60's).
JBL 700LX; about $700. new.
VANDERSTEEN 2Ce; (two pairs) about $1100. each pair, new.
VANDERSTEEN 3A; about $2240. new (annual sale).
VANDERSTEEN 3Asig.; up-grade of 3A was $700. new.
Boston Acoustics (model?) for HT; about $350. new.
PSB STRATUS MINI; for HT; about $700. new.
VANDERSTEEN 5; (annual dealer sale), $9200. ($11.5K MSRP) |
First I had my EARS(free by God)
Than I had one-box tube radiola(record-player, tuner, amp and speakers)
Than I had S50 monitors(made in Russia and designed in Germany) don't know price in dollars.
Than I had S90 monitors(also made in Russia and designed in Germany)
The two of above stated have capital letters by default.
Vandersteen 1c -- $700
TOTEM FOREST new $2200 |
Radio Shack Minimus - less than $100, new
Fisher of some sort--$120, new
Genesis (not Arnie Nudell's) 10s--$250, new
3D ACOUSTICS three-piece system--$500, new
Thiel CS3--$700, used
DUNTECH PRINCESSES--$6400, new (demos)
SFORZANDO JL-1--new (still not yet in full production-list price projected to be in the $12,500 range).
I'm shocked that I can remember about what I paid for the prior speakers! If you amortize out what I paid for the Duntechs over the 11+ years I owned them, I figure they were a good deal. |
