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
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1. Fisher's in 1976 89.00/pr
2. B & O S35's 320.00/pr
3. Klipsch Heresy 1000.00/pr
4. NHT 2.5i 1200.00/pr
5. B & W 601 with Velodyne sub 1500.00
6. B & W 805 with velodyne DD12 4000.00
7. B & W 804S with DD12 5500.00
8. Downsized to B & W CM7 and velodyne Spl1200r 2800.00
These have been my main speaker systems over the past 30 years or so.

- Olson 8” 2-ways, maybe $60 new one of their warehouse sales. Those were the days.
- Fisher ST460’s(?), about $400 new. Big mothers w/15” woofers and cast metal horn tweets.
- DCM Time Window 1A’s, $660 new. Quite a step up.
- Added Sontek subs built from plans in Speakerbuilder. Used Becker 15’s
- Martin-Logan Sequel 2’s, $500 new. Bought at Roadway salvage store.
- Custom B-G RD75 system using 24 SFI Dynapleats per side for midwoofs. Total cost about $1,400.
- *Shahinian Diapason’s, $1,750 used. I’ll proably die with these.

Here are a few significant others that I have owned, or currently own but were never really primary systems.

- *Shahinian Obelisks (early (80’s), used $500.
- Infinity RS-2.5’s, used $450.
- Bose 901 III’s, used $150.
- *Eosone ??, used $50. Big floor standers.
- *Innotech D-24’s, used $200.
- *Altec Corona’s, used. Got these in trade for some Mac gear.
- *VMPS RM-1’s, used $400.
- EV Centurions, used $600.
- JBL C40’s, used $500.
- Signet SL-260’s, used $5.
- *Def Tech ??, used $300. HT setup, 2 towers, CC, surrounds and 15” sub.
- *Vero Soundwave ??, used $265. Big 5-sided 8” 2 ways with wide dispersion.
- *Shahinian Hawk woofers w/Super Elf’s, used $700.
- *Shahinian Elf’s, used $275.

I still own those with an asterisk.

Plus a plethora of others with varying pedigree.
Well let's see..........

1.Epos
2.Green Mountain Audio
3.Thiel 1.2, 3.6
4.Martin Logan
5.ProAc
6.Audio Physic Virgo II and III
7.SF Cremona
8.SF Guaneri Memento (Current and an "exit" product for me)

May have missed some, but that is what I recall atm....
Ohm L 1982
Ohm Walsh 2 1985
Ohm Walsh 3XO 1988
Paradigm Titan 1995
Mirage M5si 1995
NHT SuperOnes 1997