Personal speaker evolution

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,

Nice idea for a thread!
I'm sure the thread will help others make informed speaker purchases.Prices in CDN $

Microsoft Sattelite Computer speakers with Subwoofer $140
Paradigm (2nd from the bottom) $1000 for surround package
B&W 601S2 Monitors $500 (I preferred these to the 603S2's)
B&W 603S2 Full Range $1500

CLIFFHANGER AUDIO CHS-2 W2 $5750

(One of the reviewers at Soundstage uses these Cliffhangers for almost all his reviews, these are definitely one of the best speakers I've heard in that price range)

Infinity Qa $250 new;
Magnepan MG-1 Imp. $700 new;
Martin Logan Sequels $1900 new;
Revel Ultima Salons $16k demo
I've tended to keep speakers longer than other components, in part because its just harder to keep "extras" around because of size, but in part because I believe they are the easiest way to give expression to your preferences in a system, and budget tends to change quicker than preferences do.

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 5 mo and counting

I think I'll keep the Wilsons for the long haul > 3yrs
I feel that the best way to judge speakers is based on how long people own them. I'll bet the average ownership period for vandersteens is over 5 years.

You will not believe this:
1. Homemade after the Pioneer HPM100 - My father still has them. made in 1975
2. BES 100 - $250
3. Bose 901 - $1400
4. Apogee Slant 6 - $1500
5. Martin Logan Aerius - $1600 - just sold
6. Martin Logan Quest Z - $3700
7. Wilson Witt I $5000 w/ ML trade
8.Legacy Illusion - Don't remember $ -traded the Witts
9. Legacy Whispers - Didn't like the Illusion so traded for these
10. Dantax Albatross 3 $2800 Still have - bedroom syst
11. Eggleston Andras $8800 Still have - HT setup
12. Quad 989 $7000
13. Gershamn Acoustic Avant Garde RX 20 $2750 Still have - office system
14. Martin Logan Odyssey -Traded the Quads - still have - house system
15. VMPS RM 40 $3850 still have - house main system
16. Magnepan MMG - $500 - Sold long ago
17. Newform Research 840 (forget exact number - In my wife's music classroom
18. Legacy Studio Monitors - $750 - still own - rear channels in HT system
19. NHT 2.5i - Office system - sold a year ago - $1100
20. Klipsch RP Floorstanders - Office system - sold
21. Wilson Watt3/Puppy 2 - $4500 - Sold a year ago
22. Mirage OM6 - Sold - had in HT - Do not remember price
23. also owned Boston Acoustics, Paradigm Atom and Titan, Polk surrounds, Klipsch surrounds, Bose AM 5's and 3's for computer.
24. others I forget!

I started in order but lost track when thinking about this.