Personal speaker evolution

I am gonna have to show this thread to my wife. ..to get approval for the next bedroom speaker pair...

1) an all-muppets system (gift) - which IMHO came with hands-down the best turntable ever to bear an imprint of Kermit the Frog
2) Polk 3-way (free)
3) APOGEE Slant 8 ($4,000)
4) Avalon Opus - were to be Avalon Eidolon Diamonds before the recent unpleasantness with my now-ex... (for the speakers, not the ex)

... and to the best of my knowledge, the muppets system was not made by Bose in spite of wiring quality similarities

=)

This is a little off-topic, but with all of the *ahem*
comments on Bose, I though it might give everyone a chuckle. This week I had a real estate agent over to look at my townhouse in order to put it on the market; she sees my spare pair of Audiostatic ES100 panels and asks "what are those?". I told her they were loudspeakers and explained how they work, to which she replied "Oh, so are they like Bose? I've heard of those". I didn't want to hurt her feelings, so I replied "I don't think Bose makes this kind of speaker, but yeah, kind of".

And after all, who am I to talk- I've still got that pair of
4.2s pulling rear channel duty in my HT ;).

1) OHM WALSH 2 (Hand-me-down from my father - $800)
2) Boston Acoustics T-1020 ($700 "floor model")
3) Magnepan MGIIB ($500 used)
4) PLATINUM AUDIO SOLO* ($1,400 before Platinum went under)
5) Hales Concept 2 (Traded my beloved Solos)
6) Aerial Acoustics Model 5 (Traded the Hales!!)
7) Magnepan MMG ($250 used)
8) MAGNEPAN 1.6QR* ($1,200 used)

You always remember your first love. The Ohm's were an incredible speaker (especially when you're only 12 years old!) and I have fond memories of just sitting in my bedroom and enjoying the music. The Platinums are still the best speakers that I've ever owned and I regret parting with them. There is, however, something that's just "right" about the Magnepans...very musical.

Infinity Juniors $400
Magnepan MG-1 $500
DCM TF 700 $550
Acoustat 1 + 1 $1100
Polk SDA (my brain fart) $1150
Magnepan MG-IIIa $1800
Alon IV $2000
Proac 2.5 $2800
Avalon Ascents $5500
Legacy Whisper $11900
AV Reality 1.3P $1200