I love these threads! :-D
The first speakers I had were Fisher crappitycraps from Monkey Ward's. My dad had (and I now have) Fisher products from the middle '60s (tube tuner and SS integrated). I didn't realize at the time that Fisher wasn't The Fisher anymore... I've no idea how much money I got ripped on those. They were tall and had many drivers, but they definitely sucked.
Those were replaced by Pinnacle PN-7s. Great sound, too small, insufficient power capacity. (POP!)
Then Mirage M-490s for $550. They were the largest Mirages that weren't bipolar and I could afford them (just). (I think it's weird that I never liked the bipolar Mirages but I love dipolar ESLs.) Other speakers I was looking at were Kappa 6 or 7 or Acoustat hybrids for at least double the price.
Then I got my MartinLogan Sequels. I'll not say what I paid for them as I don't want to have a negative effect on the used ML market! :-D Suffice to say that they were reasonably priced, in wonderful condition (I honestly don't think they were ever played loud enough to break them in!), and they're mine and will continue to be probably even after I get another set of MLs or Magnepans or Acoustats or Vandersteens or whatever else. If I ever get something else... what I need right now is an amp. Anyone have a couple hundred Watts per channel of tube sound on the cheap? :) |
A pair of Q force portable speakers
A pair of Casio fullrange surround speakers (tinny sound)
A apair of lloyds one way fullrange speakers (lack of bass)
A pair of GPX one way bass reflex bookshelf speakers (similar driver but richer and bassier sound)still have em
A pair of 2-way RCA bookhelf speakers (a bit dull sounding but oh well)
A pair of 3 foot tall one-way soundesign speakers (they have bass, and sound just as good as a pair of Decent 2-way bookshelf speakers) I had to put them on the shelf with the stereo because my dog is an diot and might chew on the speakers and ruin the wood./VARNISH WHICH IS TOO SHOCKING!!!
or worse chew away the foam grill and eat the paper driver!
My dog barks at the speakers whenever I turn it up.
posted by Raymond, |
1. Generic 12"3-way 1974-77
2. ESS AMT-4 1977-1982
3. ESS AMT-1AM 1982-1989
4. Infinity Kappa 8 1989-1994
5. The above Infinities with reworked wiring,cabinets, and crossovers 1994-1997
6. Infinity IRS-1b 1997-2007 -would still have if not for moving to smaller room.
7. JM Lab 937Be 2006-2007 Also amazing-wouldn't work in smaller room.
8. Maggie 3.6R with mye stands and dual JM Lab 800S subs 2007-still too big for room but easier to work with.
9. Above maggies with upgraded wire, posts, crossovers. 2007-3. Closing in on the 1bs... |
Polk Audio SDA 1B
Polk Audio SDA SRS
Polk Audio SDA SRS 1.2 TL
Carver AL-III
Polk Audio SDA SRS 3.1 TL
Tyler Acoustics Linbrook Signature System
Have had a few monitors on the side also, with the Von S. VR-1 being the best I've had. |
1975 - AR-3a
1985 - JSE Model 1
1998 - Coincident Conquest
2000 - B&W SCM-1
2003 - B&W Nautilus 804
2003 - Coincident Total Victory
2005 - Fab Audio Model 1
2007 - Quad ESL-57
After 30 years of upgrading I finally upgraded to a 50 year old speaker. It's the one I should have started with. |
From oldest to current: Radio Shack $60.00, Klipsch KG2 $300.00, Celestion SL6S $800.00, Quad ESL 63 $1200.00. I still have the Quads and nothing I have heard since has made me want anything different. |
Interaudio by Bose XL 4000
Bose 601 III series
ESB 706/II
Dynaudio Special One with Dynaudio Stands
Martin Logan Sequel II
Rogers LS3/5
Monitor Audio Monitor One
Clements RT7 Reference
Audio Physic Step SLE With SLE Stands
Avalon Monitor with Avalon Stands
At this time I use a pair of
Avalon Monitor with Avalon Stands and Clements RT7 Reference |
Boston Acoustics BA 70s
Boston Acoustics Subsat II
CSW Tower IIs
Next??
(I'm getting ready for a new two-channel setup. So, on deck possibly Revel, B&W, Paradigm) |
DCM Timewindows; Mission 770's; Martin Logan Quest Z's; Martin Logan Prodigys; Dynaudio Evidence Temptations... |
sorry for my spelling error in the above post |
epi-small bookshelf
advent 5012
bose 901
boston acoustic vr 30
boston acoustic vrm 60
boston acoustic vrm 90
very recently i bought a cary sli 80 integrated amplifier from my local dealer in northwest pennsylvania and i have been wanting to try something that is more tube friendly than my boston vrm 90's,there is not much in my area to audition so i will most likely have to plan a trip to buffalo/pissburgh/cleveland and visit some other shops to hear what they have |
First real speaker in 1977: Klipsch Heresy. Then it goes: Acoustat 2 (1981); Acoustat 1+1 (1986); Martin Logan CLS original (1988), then updated to CLS II (1989-lost some magic); Magnepan 3.3R (1990); Magnepan 3.6R (2000) w/Mye stands. Toying with the idea of Wilson Sophia 2's next. But giving up that ribbon tweeter would be tough... |
polk r20- $60
technics- gift from uncle who said they were too big. gave to little brother upon...
ESS 1b bookshelf- free, but had to refoam them (loving the heil)
probably will keep the ESS's for quite a while. |
1)Infinity's RS 2?? Not too sure of the model number,but they where my first serious leap into this crazy venture.They where book shelf speaker as a matter of fact it was the first time I heard that term!(BOOK SHELF)
I remain an infinity fan and jump into their Power speaker line, the 2)Overture 1's the cc3,and the quads rear! I was Like this is it!
Nope a few years later I purchased a pair of 3)Intermezzo,with the smaller surrounds can't remember the name,but every once in while they show up here for sale.
Nice sound but grown tiered of the power tower thing.
So got a pair of 4)Def tech Mythos 1 for the bedroom,and a pair of 5)Energy Veritas v2 4i for the living room which sound great & clean,very transparent indeed!
So at the moment the Veritas are in the process of being sold to be replace by a pair of 6)MYTHOS ST that I preorder they are more for aesthetic reasons you know the old WAF.I've always played it safe with the choices of brand,and mainstream sound.What a roller coaster it has be,lets see what over the horizon?
Daniel(aka Tav) |
Fisher towers w/ 12" woofers 3 yrs
Pinnicle mini monitors 1 yr
cambridge soundworks ensemble 2 2 yrs
Vandersteen 2ce 5 yrs
Talon Audio Khorus 1 yr
Wilson Watt Puppy 5.1 5years and going for the record |
those who i remember...
teenager:
MULIDINE accord
MAGNEPAN MG
MARTIN LOGAN Aerius
MARTIN LOGAN QUEST
adult:
GENESIS 6.1
GENESIS II.V
now since 5 Years:
CELLO Serafin Active Speaker. |
Klipsch chorus II, what kind of shipping are we talking about? finish? condition? and what is your location?
Vic
701-223-6315 |
Here goes:
o Altec 604C in Klipsch-designed Empire Electrovoice enclosure; then built a second identical enclosure from plans and equipped it with a 604E ($275, plus $70 for materials)
o KEF 101s WITH AUDIO PRO SUBWOOFER ($1,100)
o KEF 104/2s with Velodyne 15" subwoofer ($3,700)
o APOGEE DUETTA SIGNATURES ($3,700)
o B&W 801 SERIES 3s ($5,500)
o MAGNEPAN 3.5Rs WITH VANDERSTEEN 2WQ SUBWOOFERS ($5,900) |
speakers de la ed:
1. mission 70 (w/ some akai receiver) - circa 1984 ....college starts
2a. mission 700 Leading Edge (the same akai receiver) - approx 1988
2b. mission 700 Leading Edge (new NAD integrated amp) - circa 1999
3. celestion F1 (with the NAD integrated amp) circa 2001
4. tetra 120U (with Denon AVR4306 in a 5.1 system - 3 120Us as L/C/R) starting 2006
/fancy eh?/
/it's been good listening for me/ |
1. Some old drivers I tore out of an RCA console stereo from the 1950's and put into homemade boxes
2. A pair of Merlins (forget the model number, but entry level) from the late 1980's
3. Merlin Signature 4 Bi-wires (still have them on 'passive display') from the late 1980's
4. Merlin VSM-Milleniums
5. Merlin VSM-MX with the superBAM
6. Peak Consult Incognito X |
KLH 20,
Advent,
Thiel 03a,
Vandersteen 2C,
Audio Physic Virgo II,
Vandersteen Quatro |
Great question!
All speaker replacing took place for room related or financial reasons.
1. Sennheiser HD40 headphones -$90-(Shoestring budget)
2. Acoustic Research AR5 -----$200-(A bargain !)
3. JBL homemade TL 15-inch ---$400-(High efficiency !)
4. Altec Lansing model 19 --$1,000-(Tangerine, aaaah !)
5. ADS L-400 mini-monitors ---$400-(Moved to small house)
6. Canton Plus 3-piece set ---$200-(Moved to bedroom)
7. Acoustic Research AR3a ----$300-(Old darling)
8. Marantz Imperial 8 --------$200-(Teen age memories)
9. Advent (Original large ----$200-(Couldn't resist)
10. B&W CM-120 In-wall --------$200-(Just curious)
11. Quad 988 w/Seas pipe Sub $4,000-(Large listening area)
All speakers except ADS were used and needed repair. All bad components where replaced with better quality. Quads needed no repair and only mod was upgrade with new cardas speaker terminals.
Happy holidays to all!
Jotam |
Definitive Tech. BP 10
very early Soliloquy monitor
Soliloquy 2 1/2 way floorstander
JM Labs Mini-Utopia
Avantgarde Duo(5 years)
DeVore Fidelity Super Gibbon(?)
Ocellia Celia Silver
(All purchased new,except for S. monitor)
Ocellia SMOKES 'em ALL (on music,not subways and sound effects) |
My first speaker purchase was a pair of JBL 4301B monitors which I purchased new from an audio retailer for $235.
Fifteen years later, I obtained a pair of Dahlquist DQ10s which I bought at auction for $299. They needed extensive refurbishment but sounded great.
Currently running a pair of factory rebuilt Magneplanar SMGs which I purchased at auction for $275 |
Definitive Technology BP-10
Magnepan 3.5R
Martin Logan SL3
Martin Logan Prodigy
VMPS RM40
SP Technology Continuum A.D.
Vandersteen 5As
Evolution Acoustics MM Three (Done) |
Rat Shack Criterion two-ways
KLH Model 5
DIY LS3 5a - KEF T27 and B110
Acoustat Model 2
Vandersteen 2Ce
Quad ESL63 w/ Janus W2 subs, Dalhquist DQLP-1 crossover
KEF 104/2
Green Mountain Europa w/ Vandy 2Wq
Merlin TSM-MM w/ Vandy 2Wq |
diy about $120 for parts / new
RECTILINEAR 3 $350 / NEW
bose 901 series IV $600 / new
infinity tower II $400 / new
klipsch heresy $700 / new
KLIPSCH LA SCALA $1600 / NEW
LEGACY FOCUS 20/20 $6300 / NEW |
Mid 50's Magnavox floor cabinet mono system w/Garard t/t.Very early 60's Janzen 130's w/a 10"Janzen woofers in homemade cabinets.Dynakits mk3 & I forget the Dynakit pre#Dynakit tuner,Fairchild 130B-T/T. SME tonearm V15 cartridge.Late 60's home built JBL's same e/t.70'sBose 901's w/Kenwood int.amp/pre.&tuner,Miracord tt.80's,Snell type A imp.Kenwood LO-M7's,Forte 44 pre.Rega tt/goldring cart.Panasonic CD player (ugh).90'sAcoustat 2+2,NYAL Moscode 600,Klyne SK6 pre. a better cd player,Sony #?.2002 & on NHT VT2.4 w/surrounds & Sub1,Bel Canto Evo 200.2 still have the LO=M7's.Sony 9000es pre/proc.Sony dvp 999es.Sorry 'philes,no more tt.Got the big screen Sony but I'm looking to get back to stereo & now on the hunt for speakers(large). |
Canton Nestors
Boston Acoustics vr3
Justin Olson
Jolson@mail.roosevelt.edu
Trumpet
Gaudete Brass
www.GaudeteBrass.com |
OK, I'm doing this for the therapeutic value as I have not confronted the problem...
I. No longer have:
1. Home made 3-way acoustic suspension
2. Cerwin-Vega D-3, great when I primarily listened to rock
II. Still have:
1. SoundSource (Cuthbert, GA 1983) dMa, approx. $300 new
2. Advent Laureate, used $75
3. Klipsch kg2, used, $100
4. Klipsch KG 3.5, used, $185
5. KLIPSCH CHORUS II, used, $750
6. Spica TC-50, used, $100
7. SPICA TC-60, used, $375
8. SPICA ANGELUS, used, $305
9. JBL L166 Horizon, used, factory surround replacement, $450
10. JBL S109 AQUARIUS IV, TWO PAIR, total $610
11. Harman/Kardon HK50, used, $50
12. SNELL J SERIES II, used, $350 plus new surrounds
13. SNELL E SERIES II, used, $200 plus new surrounds
14. B&W DM601 S2, new, $440
15. Spendor S6e, demo, $1,400
I have a tolerant wife, the finished, windowless basement is mine, and I tend to have several vintage systems that I don't get rid of (an Arcam/Rega system bi-amping the Spendors in the living room is the exception). I am a public and college radio junkie, so several vintage tuners simultaneously running and spread throughout the house explains the need for the large number of mediocre boxes (that and my love for tung oil and steel wool sessions). I wish I had traded up sonically, but I suppose that would come if I moved or downsized. The Aquarius IV's (running off the A+B of a Kenwood KA-8300) got me into omnidirectional sound, and I imagine that my next pair will be ordered from Ohm new or purchased here on Audiogon. Always wanted a pair of Thiels, perhaps after I divest of all this old lumber and buy some modern monoblocks to drive the Ohms... She swallwoed the spider to catch the fly... |
Wow, lets seeif I can remember.
*Design Acoustics DA-10 Sub/Sat System, mid-80's & college.
*Calibration Standard Instruments, (Ed Long Designed) MDM-TA3 near field studio monitors late 80's, mid 90's.
*Monitor Audio Silver 4i's, late 90's
*JM Labs Cobalt 826's Current
***COMING SOON... Totem Acoustic, Wind's*** |
Scott S-17 1972 $40 pair
EPI Microtowers 1975 $60 pair
B&O S45 1978 $300 pair
CHARTWELL LS3/5a 1980 $375 pair
Large Advent 1986 $125 pair
MAGNEPAN SMG1 1986 $475 pair
Theil CS2 1990 $750 pair
LINN KAN 2 1993 $400 pair
Cambridge Soundworks 1996 $500 pair
SOUND DYNAMICS 300 TI 1997 $525 pair
Paradigm Monitor 5 v2 2001 $400 pair
Von Schweikert VR1 2003 $899 pair
SPENDOR SP1/2 2003 $1000 pair
Overall favorites: LS3/5a and Magnepans.
Second tier: Spendor SP1/2, Linn Kan, Sound Dynamics
And a few others that we either HT oriented or short lived. |
I started in 1976 with some speakers from Team electronics. I think the brand was Atlantis? I was 16 and within 6 months I had went through every speaker they sold and ended up with with Bose 901s the best thing they had. I had the stands but eventually hung them from chains from my ceiling and when I crakned AC/DC they would swing because of the massive amounts of air coming from the ports in the back. I thought they sounded great and they went pretty loud. I had those for about 2 years and then I built a huge pair of speakers using Gauss 15" woofers in 6 cubic foot ported boxes. For mids I used JBL wooden horns hooked up to JBL 2461 midrange drivers and JBL2405 slot tweeters in their own seperate boxes. Now I had the same speakers that the bands were using to make the music. They were bi-amped with a yamaha power amp for the bass and a NAD integrated for the high end all running through passive and electronic crossovers. I was 18 and didn't have a car but EVERYBODY partied at my house!! LOL. With only 35 more watts per channel than with the bose I now had concert level decibles and I realized how bad the bose not only sucked watts but how bad they sounded. Then came marriage, kids, and the big speakers went in to storage. B&W 601 for years, then Totem Sttaf, and now I have JMR Offrandes, but I have the bug and I have been looking for some floorstanders that will get down to the low 20's. P.S. I sold the Bose for what I paid for them after owning them for 2 years and I just sold all of the individual components to the speakers I built in 1976 on Ebay.
Russ |
SRL 4.4 (clueless bliss, my first purchase)
Original Carver Amazing loudspeaker (still have but, unused, plan to carve up into satellite sys with active crossover)
DCM Time Frame 1000
JBL L80t (still have but, unused)
JBL L100t3 (still have but, unused)
JBL 4410 monitors (current Garage system with ss)
VMPS towers, 240lb beasts (current Family room system with ss)
AR TWS-910 (still have but carving up for a project)
Original AR9 (current primary with tubes)
JBL L250ti (current Master bedroom system with ss)
Cambridge Soundworks M80 (just purchased for an office system with tubes) |
panasonic 2 ways $100 new
quadraflex $250 used
b&w dm110i's $400 new
silverline sr16's $850 used
dynaudio 1.3 mkII's $1200 used
TOTEM MODEL 1 SIGNATUR's $1700 new |
Large Advents
DCM Time Windows
Definitive Tech BP8s
Totem Model 1 signatures
B&W Nautilus 804s
B&W Nautilus 802s |
Update: When I last left this thread (8/02) I had owned Thiel CS 2.3's. Since then I owned VR-4JR's for three years. Now, I own a pair of single driver speakers from commonsenseaudio.com: Lowther 2.8 Ambience. |
Just sold my Hales Sig 2's after having loved them for 16 years. Before that Acoustats and before those Maggie 1c's.
The Hales were wonderful, but after all that time the tweeter began to bug me.
Replaced with a new pair of Sonus Faber Guarneri Homage. In my small room with vault ceilings, these are magical.
By far the best speaker I have ever heard with my set up, and I have heard many other speakers in the last 25 years. |
When I first began this hobby almost 20 years ago, I started with a pair of Magnepan 1.5's. I then went back and forth between this level of Maggies and a pair of Snell Type J's and Fried speakers. But had Maggie 1.5 QR for most of the time. Then two years ago on this thread I wrote,
"I have evolved a couple times since I last posted. From the Thiel 2.3 I went to the Vonschweikert VR2 (1 yr.) and then the Vonschweikert VR4JR. I think I am done evolving for a while. I can't afford to anymore. I love these jr's though!"
Since I wrote that I have sold my JR's and now have a pair of Lowther 2.8 Ambience speakers. These are single driver speakers -- very high efficiency. Love em! |
Panasonic shelf-system speakers,Superscope bookshelves ($90),
Frazier Monitors($280), EPI 100($100 used), OHM C2 ($275?),
KEF Chorale ($220), POLK SDA-2($1,200, still own), Boston HD9($340),
Paradigm Atom (v1, $160) |
Genesis 44
Bose 901
B&W 320i
Vandersteen 2CE Signature
Vandersteen Quatro |
Radioshack am/fm radio
Panasonic Boombox
Maganov CD player boombox
Fisher (hand me down from Dad)
Aiwa (cheapies that came with my bookshelf system)
Sony (for a while I was playing music through my TV speakers...sad)
Bose (I know I know...)
B&W 601 s3
B&W 805S
B&W 804S
B&W 802D
I am done for a while. The next upgrade I do will be to something extravagant and in the silly price range like Von Schiwkerts, Wilsons, Dynaudio, etc. |
Advent (original large version)
JBL L200 (I think that was the model #, or maybe L100?)
Carver Amazing Silver(still have these and still pretty amazing)
Dynaudio Confidence C4 (great speakers)
Dynaudio Temptation (Wow!, describes these best)
No more speakers for me! |
Acoustic Research bookshelves
Cerwin Vega floorstanders (forgot the model)
Canton floorstanders (again forgot the model)
B&W 603 S2
Dynaudio Contour 1.8 mkII
Von Schweikert Audio VR 4jr
Von Schweikert Audio DB99 SE
I think I've found THE SPEAKER for me. It's very versatile and room friendly, not to mention they sound awesome. I can also amp roll to my hearts content. From as little as 3 watts of SET power, to a whatever you got SS, I just love em. Next thing on my list is the matching ribbon tweeter module. |
First was a Wharfdale. Don't remember model but had a (wow) 15" woofer. Then:
AR3a
B&W DM6
Theil 3.5
Vandersteen 3a
B&W 801 series II
Apogee Duetta Sig
Maggie 1.6 in my office for awhile
Currently:
Maggie 3.6
Omega Super 3r
Cain Super Abby
Omega A8
I enjoy the Maggies in one room and the single driver/SET in the other. |
Small Ohm book shelf speakers, I can't remember the model number. These were actually my step dad's but I used them all of the time growing up.
JVC- Boom box- in college
First pair- I purchased my self
Essence Super Gems in 1993- Sold in 2005 Very good speaker for the money- rare and hard to find now. In the last year I have experimented with the list of speakers below:
Surrounds: Monitor Audio 2.5s, Klipsch, Triad, RBH 66-SEs and 44-SEs,
Centers: Several models of Monitor Audio, Aerial Acoustics CC-3, Intuitive Design Pinnacle power Centered Channel- scary good speaker.
Subs- HSU VTF-2, REL Storm III, Triad Gold, Triad Silver, Atlantic Technology SB12, and various RBH subs. I liked the REL first and the Triad Gold second, although the Gold is better for movies. It's pretty good for music too, but not as good as the REL.
Stereo:
Super Gems
Triad Bronze LCRs
RBH 770s
RBH 1266s
Triad Gold LCRs
NHT Absolute Zeros-- cool little speaker for only $400 retail. These will impress you.
James Loudspeakers S62s book shelfs
Intuitive Design Summits- 8/06 Although I really enjoyed almost all of the speakers above, the Summits are in a totally different league. With these speakers I finally feel like I have a pair of very high end speakers. Which I guess now I do. |
back in the day, eltravoice 3 way, infinity holosonic 1 till mid 90s thats almost twenty five years, had them reconed several times, they had transmission line for the bass and man they rumbled, got into ht and had a bose 25 system, and in early 2005 made my living room a ht and left the bose in the den and in the new ht room onix rocket rs 1000, rs 550, rsc200, with ufw 10 bass unit, hurricane katrina took them and every thing else i owned with fifteen feet of water in my home, but i am alive and well with tyler signature system one piece and man they rock, no more ht for me back to good old fashioned hi fi stereo, mike |
1976 Radio Shack Realistic Nova 7B
1999 Energy Connoisseur C-4 (4 as part of a 5.1 system)
1999 Energy Microstar 12.1 Powered Sub with Athena Digital
Amp (http://www.cinenow-trailers.com/p/energy_micro-star-sub_bro2_us.pdf)
1999 Energy AC-300 Center channel
(the week link in the system)
1999 Energy Take-2 for 7.1 special effects (Yamaha 2090) |
17 years= Infinity RS3
17 years= Onkyo THX Sys 2 F1
18 years= Onkyo THX Ultra Sys1
19 years= Magnepan MG 0.5
19 years= Magnepan MG 1.6
20 years= Magnepan MG 3.6
20 years= Second MG 3.6
21 years= Apogee Scintilla
22 years= Apogee DIVA
23 years= Apogee GRAND :-) :-) :-) |
Just another word, after 30years the Monteverdi system is still playing 8-track and all in my dads street rod shop.
I'm not sure it doesn't sound any worse. But then I'm not sure it could sound any worse. |
