Speakers to hang on to for LIFE


After 9 years with my Proac Response 3s, I recently decided to change speakers. As you can tell, I'm not an upgrade fever patient. I want something I can live with for years & I think the best advice I'm gonna get will be from those who have & are still living with their speakers for an extended period of time. Please tell me why too. Thanks.Bob.
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I have a pair of B&W 801 matrix 2 speakers since 1997.
Unfortunately, I'm moving to a place that is too small for these speakers.
What price should I ask for? I judge them a 10.
Try the Coincident Pure Reference Speakers and tell me they're not either the best or among the best .
gentlemen, i have owned and/or listened to many of the great speakers over the last 30 years or so. after a fair amount of research, i recently purchased a pair of montana KAS speakers from an agon member. these are, without question, the finest speakers i have ever heard. i cannot go into everything they do correctly-- if you can find a pair and have the $$, go for it!!
Speakers to hang onto for life is impossible...but a couple that got away or will get away soon:

1. Mission 70's mkII
2. ProAc Studio 1 (orig. version)
3. Tannoy D90
4. Omega Grande 8

No matter how good they are, you have to try different things - that's what makes this hobby fun as the list of "I should have never sold that" gets longer and longer.
* KEF 104/2: Owned these for over 15 years and still love them (well the memory of them). Smooth highs, detailed midrange, unique port loaded bass. Image like 2 ways, solid sound staging, and most importantly: they play MUSIC.

* Gallo Ref 3.1: To soon to tell as I've only owned these for a few months. They share many of the same qualities of the KEFs with a larger sweet spot and even better imaging. I think these will last me another 15 years but I don't want to make any rash judgments. I'll post again in 10 years and let you know if they measure up :)