Speakers to hang on to for LIFE

I couldn't have said better myself, Shadorne!

For the last 30 years I have owned and loved my Rogers LS 3/5a's with a pair of Satterberg subs. Many preamps, head amps and amplifiers have come and gone there way but these have remained. Only recently did I decide to sell those and buy a new set of speakers. I have picked those out and will not look back probably for another 30 years. Buy well my old speakers sold for 3 times what I purchesed them for. My new ones will do the same.

I owned a pair of Cerwin-Vegas for about 7 years before I sold them to a friend who was obsessed with them (he is a real basshead and CV fanatic). I do regret selling them, and if he ever sells them again, I'll take them back. They are incredible speakers. For the money there is nothing else like them (at least in the UK). Perhaps in the US JBL sold something similar? It's still my dream to bi-amp a pair of 1515s with Graaf OTL200 poweramps =)

Speakers I'd never let go of would include B&W Nautiluses, N800Ds, Sony APM-8s, Sony GR-1s, Sony SR-R10s, Yamaha NSX-10000s, Yamaha GR-1s, Technics SBM1/3s, Technics SBM10000s. You get the picture - statement speakers that are probably impossible to find yet are good enough to give a lifetime of pleasure. Now, if I had to choose from that list...

KEF 104.2
Paid $1700CDN brand new back in '85
(Wish they were the bi-wireable version but such is life)

I have owned a pair of Bud Fried tweaked TLS80's since 1978. I have never grown tired of listening to them. They require nominal power and they sound great with very ordinary power supply. Transmission line bass is like nothing else available. I use them in my home theater set up and have absolutely no need for a sub woofer.
I recently acquired a pair of old JR149 9"x15" cylinder type speakers with a matching JR sub-woofer, amp, and crossover. The JR's use similar drivers as the TLS80's - Kef 110's and a 127 tweeter. JR's are often compared to BBC designed mini monitors like the Rogers LS3/5 because they incorporate the identical drivers to the JR's. I think they sound better. I guess I prefer British sound theory - and older is sometimes surprising better.