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What is your speaker ownership history since 1995?

Used audio market is not the same again since on-line marketplace was born in 1995 (Fleabay).   What is your speaker *ownership* history since then?   

(showroom / friend's house / loaner don't count .. must be owner of them)

Let me start with mine's, from 1998 to current (*):

(oldest to current)
Misc Wharfedale (thanks to uBid hype!!!)
Newform Research R645
Magneplan MMG
Magneplan 3.3R
NHT ???
SOTA Panorama with Time Domain bass module
Rogers LS3/5A
Infinity ??? (first time I realize 'reference' in the model name means absolutely nothing)
Klipsch Klipschorn
Tyler Acoustics Taylo Reference Monitors
Tyler Acoustics Reference 1
Wilson Watt Puppy 5.0
JMLab Chorus 7??
B&W Matrix 805
B&W Matrix 801 Series II
Revel M20
Revel F30
Alon I
Alon V
Tangent R4
Loth X BS1
Odeon Double Six
Silverline Sonata I
Meridian DSP5000
Paragon Acoustics Regent
??? Some Audio Physics DIY clone
Legacy Audio Classic
Duntech Princess
Sansui SP5000
Altec 604E w/ mastering lab (The Big Red)
Tube ? Lab ??? (it is the sorry B&W Nautilus 805 clone)
Epicure ??? (its the one with an eyeball kinda tweeter)
Celestion SL600si
Avalon Symbol
Vienna Acoustics Mahler 
Quest for Sound SQ10
??? White van speakers, can't remember the name, $80 a pair
Talon Audio Peregrine X
Fostex backloaded horns (DIY)
Counterpoint Clearfield
KR Audio (limited production specials, no model name)
Avalon Eclipse Classic
Apogee Centaur Major
Ohm Model I
Dynaco A25
Oris Horn 250
Egglestonworks Rosa
Legend Audio Reference Monitors (now known as Von Gaylord ROTL Mk II)
*Nearfield Acoustics Pipedreams 930
*Wilson Watt Puppy 3/2
*Kharma CRM 3.2 FE


Pretty purpose-less, focus-less timeline, I must confess.




bsimpson
mofojo
2,184 posts
 
Cerwin Vega "vs" or something like that
polk bookshelves
 B&w 683
paradigm Studio 100 V2
Klipsch RF7
Paradigm S4 V1
Swan floorstanders 
Dynaudio Focus 160
Usher BE 718
Kef 201/2
Paradigm S2 V.3
Paradigm S4 V2
Guru QM 10 2
Merlin TSM MMm
Golden Ear Triton 1 
Revel F30
Klipsch Chorus 2 with some upgrades
Tekton Double Impact





azbrd
102 posts
 
1970s - Radio Shack - first system
1980 - Pioneer HPM-40, Yamaha NS590 
1986 - Magnepan MGIII main system
            Bedroom Paradigm Monitor 3
2010 - Magnepan 3.7 main system
            Bedroom Paradigm In walls
2015 - Magnepan 20.7s main system
            Bedroom Dynaudio Focus 160
2017 - Magnepan 20.7s main system
            Bedroom Dynaudio Contour 20
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gammajo
844 posts
 
I go back further
Bose 501
Bose 901
Polk SDA 2.3
Von Schweikert VR4 Sr
Von Schweikert VR5 Anniversary
Von Schweikert VR 55 Aktive
Doubt from now on that I will leave the Von Schweikert family - most wonderful!
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wspohn
579 posts
 
Some of you guys seem indecisive as heck - changing speakers every year or so......

I've used (in my systems with asterisks on speakers I still own and use) :

Spica Angelus
Energy Reference Connoisseurs
Vandersteen 4A*
Martin Logan CLS*
Wilson Maxx 2*

I've listened to  a ton of speakers but those are the only ones that had the imaging qualities and clarity I was after.  I would change speakers only when I heard some that not just equalled but surpassed what I had, without losing anything in the process (e.g. having better imaging but tossing out a bass octave or two didn't qualify them  for inclusion in my systems).
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