Personal speaker evolution


OK, so here is a thread I haven't ever seen here: What speakers have you owned? starting with the earliest, price paid, new/used, and perhaps the models that really impressed you (for the price) in CAPS.

Rat Shack Something or others, $120, new
Fisher Something or others, $280, new
ADS L710's, $550, new
Snell A2i's, $1100, used
BEVERIDGE SYSTEM 3'S, $1000, used
Martin Logan CLS, $1400, used
MARTIN LOGAN SL3'S, $2300, used
pmwoodward
I too had the Bose, but that was before I knew there was such a thing as high end.
Advents- 1978
Bose 901-1979
Norman Labs-1984 Still have in the bedroom system
Carver ALS- 1991
Soundlab A2x-1992
Soundlab Aura 1996
Quadrature 4a 1998
Soundlav Aura 2001
Large Advent $204 new
ADS L-810 $600 new
Double Advent $500 new
Dahlquist DQ-10 $800 new
FMI 80 $200 new
FMI J-Modular $2000 new
Spendor LS3/5A 15 ohm $400 new
Spendor LS3/5A 11 ohm $600 new
Spendor S3/5 $575 used
Spendor SP-1 $465 used
If it looks like I am getting poorer, it's probably true.
AR-3a ($225, owned for many years)
Vandersteen 2C ($1100, owned for 15 years)
Vandersteen 3A ($2500, owned for 5 years)
Vandersteen 3A Sigs. ($700 upgrade, owned for 1 year)
Coincident Super Eclipse ($3000 used, owned for 3 months)
Silverline Sonata II ($4000, still have)
Spica TC-60 ($500 used, still have)
ProAc Response 2 ($1000 used, still have)
Sierra-Brooks 32" Horns/TAD 4001 ($4500 used, still have) with TAD 1602 15" drivers in bass cabinet ($3000, still have)
Looking back its clear that I've made my contribution to B&W. Most of the B&Ws were from the same dealer who offered a full price trade up program.

Two pairs of homemade speakers – college/post college era
Allison CD 1 – new 350
Allison CD 3 – new 800
B&W DM620 – new ~600
B&W DM640 – new 1200**
B&W Matrix 804 – new ~1900
ACI Sapphire III/Sub 1 – new ~1800
B&W Matrix 802 S3 – new 3100**
B&W Matrix HTM – new ~640
B&W CDM2 – new ~700
B&W Matrix 805 – new ~1450**
Thiel CS7.2* - used ~7000**
Thiel MCS1 – new ~1900
Boston Acoustics Micro 90 surround* – new ~850
Paradigm 60v2, Ref CC, Ref ADP* - used ~1900
Aerial CC3B* – new 1350**
Aerial LR3s – new 2750**
B&W 601 S2 – new 370
B&W 602.5 S3* – new 620

*Still own and use in various systems
**Favorites
Jensen model?? (1975)
B&O model?? (tried to address time linearity) (1977)
Mission 770s (~1982)
NHT 2.5i (~1997)
Magnepan 1.6QR (1999)
Dunlavy SM-1 (2001) + REL Q150 (2002)
Dunlavy SC-VII (2005)