Chronology of Speakers you've owned?

These are what I have stuck with the longest as my main speakers, I've had many other pairs but they never got much playback time, and still some in storage that I just can't let go of. Not sure of order but something like this:

1992 - Realistic Nova 16's that I took to college wanted Cerwin vegas but cost too much, and by this time I'd already been banned by Future shop for returning too much stuff.
AEGIS 3 towers
Speakerlab 3's
JBL 4312
Sony SS7400
Carver Amazings (both versions)
AR Classic 30's (these I should never have parted with, want them back still)
IMF The Studio
Chapman 250 Monitors (desktop system)
TDL Reference Standards
Surprised to see another Chapman user. Mine have new tweeters and are also on desktop duty
 
Fluance AVHTB+
Fluance XL7F
Fluance SX-6
Fluance DB150 SW
KEF Q100
KEF Q600c
KEF R300
KEF R500
KEF R400b sub x 2
KEF R200C
KEF R900


Bolded is what I still have... Not really ventured outside of these brands, though I've listened to many, many others. Fluance is where I went when I was broke (and loved it)... KEF is where I went when less broke (Love it even more).
 
Going to finish with my final list, updated. I've been through way too many speakers but at least am finishing with some of my all time favorites. Currrent speakers are: Klipsch Klipschorn, Tannoy DC8 ti, KEF 107/2, B&W 801 Matrix Anniversary Edition and KEF 104 (original version). Speakers I've owned more than once is designated by an X)

Acoustic Research AR-9
Acoustat Spectra 11
ADS L-590
Advent (stacked)
Alon Model IV X2
Altec (Onken build) Horn Speakers
Aperion Verus Grand Bookshelf
Apogee Centaur
Artistic Audio Mobius
Atlantic Technology 8200 SR
Atlantic Technology AT-1
Audio Nirvana Super 8
Audio Nirvana 15 Single Driver
AV123 Mini Strata
AV123 X-Static
Axiom Audio M80
B&W 801 Matrix Anniversary Edition
BG Radia 520i
Bose 501
Bose 901s X2
Boston Acoustics E-100
Boston Acoustics A5
Cardersound Horns
Carver ALS III
Carver Amazing Platinum X2
Carver Amazing Silver
Castle Howard S3
Cerwin Vega CLS-215
Cerwin Vega D8E
Clue Bookshelf
Dahlquist DQ-10
Definitive Technology 8060
Definitive Technology 8080
Definitive Technology BP 2000 X2
Definitive Technology BP 3000
Definitive Technology Mythos
Design Acoustics PS-10a.
Digital Phase AP-2
Digital Phase AP-4
Dunlavy SC-IV
Emerald Physics CS 2.3
Emerald Physics CS3
Eminent Technoloy LFT-VIII (a giant killer for the price- incredible)
Emotiva 8.3
Energy Veritas 2.3ci
Focal Chorus 706
Gallo A'Diva ti
Gallo Nucleus Reference 3.1
Golden Ear Triton 2
HTD Level 3's
Infinity IL-50s
Infinity IL-60
Infinity Kappa 8
Infinity Kappa 9 X2
Infinity Modulus
Infinity RSb (3 ways with Emit Ribbon Tweeter)
JTR Triple 8's
Kef Reference Model One
Kef 104
KEF C55
Kef 104.2 X2
Kef 105
KEF 105.2s
Kef 107
Kef 107/2
KEF Reference 3
KLH Model 6V (Virtuouso),
Klipsch Belles X2
Klipsch Chorus X3
Klipsch Cornwall X4
Klipsch Epic CF4 X2
Klipsch Forte II
Klipsch Forte X2
Klipsch Heresy
Klipsch KLF-20
Klipsch Klipschorns X3
Klipsch LaScala X3
Klipsch LaScala X3
Klipsch Quartet
Klipsch RF-7s
Legacy Focus (my first truly full range speaker 18Hz-30Khz)
Legacy Studio Monitors
LSA-1 Statement
LSA-2 Towers
M-Audio powered bookshelf
M&K S1B X2
M&K S2
Magnepan MG IIIA X2
Magnepan 1.7 QR
Magnepan 3.5
Magnepan MMG
Magnepan MG 12
Magnepan Model 2167 (their first model model #, I think)
Manepan 1.6QRs
Marantz HD 770s (surprising sound, very well balanced)
Martin Spectrum Slope
Martin Logan CLS
Martin Logan Sequel
Martin Logan SL3
McIntosh XR-5
Merlin Audio TSM MME
Mirage M1
Mirage M3
Mirage OMD 28
Mirage OM 7
Monitor Audio M301
NHT 2.9
Norh Prism 5.2
Norh SM 6.1
Norman Labs Model 10
Ohm Walsh 2s (I prefered the 2's to the 4's actually)
Ohm Walsh 3X0
Ohm Walsh 4s
Ohm Walsh 5
Onix Rocket 850
Pioneer HPM 100 X2
Pioneer HPM 150
Pioneer HPM-1500
PMC DB-1
Polk Monitor 10
Polk Monitor 12
Polk Lsi-15
Polk LSI-25
Polk LSiM 707
Polk SDA 1B
Polk SDA- 1C
Polk SDA SRS X2
Quad Bookshelf
RCA Linaeum Dipole
Realistic Mach II
Reference 3A De Cappo
Roksan Rok 1
Sansui SP-2500
Silverline Minuet
Silverline Prelude
Snell Type D
Sonus Faber Toy Towers
Spica Angelus X2 (with Velodyne ULD-15 sub)
Spica TC-50
Spica TC-60
Swans Diva 4.1
Sunfire CRM-2 Bookshelf
SVS Ulta Towers
Tannoy DC8 ti
Tang Band Single Driver
Tekton Pendragon
Thiel CS2 (my first taste of 'high end')
Thiel CS5i
Usher 8211
Usher 8871
VAL M20 MKIII
Vandersteen 1C
Vandersteen 2Ci
Von Schweikert VR4
Von Schweikert VR4 Jr
Von Schweikert VR5
Yamaha NS-1000
Zu Essence
Zu Omen
Zu Soul Superfly

LOL, you should have just listed all the speakers you haven't owned, be much shorter.
 
KLH Model 6
JBL L100
Dynaco A25
Magnepan (don't remember the model, but it was in 1980)
Magnepan
PSB Stratus Mini
Mirage
B&W 805 Nautilus
KEF LS50
Magnepan 1.7

I'm sure there are some I've forgotten

Next on the agenda, Magnepan 3.7i, after I move.
 
I don't turn them over.
JBL Lancer 44 (1972) driven by Altec Lancing 911 receiver/Garard SL95 tt combo.
Ohm C2 (1977) still have , upgraded.
ADS L880 (1985) still have. Added second pair, stacked (2016)
New Large Advents and Ones stacked (2015) still have.
Boston Accoustics A100 (2015) still have.
Sansui SP-1200 (2015) still have.
Canton Karat 200
 
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Realistic Nova 6 - sold
Pioneer HPM-900 - sold
ADS L710 (in my den)
Bose 901 Series II (in my woodshop)
ADS L200
Polk Monitor 10 (traded for Magnepan MG-1)
ADS 910 (in the basement)
ADS L300 (one pair in the bedroom, one pair at work)
Magnepan MG-1 (traded for Dahlquist DQ-10)
Dahlquist DQ-10 (in the basement)
Magnepan MG-IIIc (in the basement)
ADS L1290 (in the basement)

Huh, that was harder than I thought it would be
 
Thought I had already posted my "list" here...this sure feels a lot like listing ex-girlfriends...but here goes:

Cassy
Robyn
Caitlin...
....

Oh wait, speakers...

I started really getting into this hobby around July 2013, starting with the KEF 103.2's.

** = still have

Various childhood boomboxes and low-level speakers and receivers from the '70's
Bose Wave Radio - thought I had "made it" - early college
White Van Speakers - Theater Research - actually were not terrible, but they had to go once I found out what they were
Klipsch SF-3 - to get the "white van" taste out of my mouth - later college - kicked ass at house parties!
**KEF 103.2** - pawn shop score!!! These got me into hi-fi. For the first time, I heard what good speakers should sound like...will never forget it! Currently awaiting a re-cap.
Wharfedale Diamond 9.6 - too dark. Did not like them compared to the KEF's.
Magnepan 2.7QR - very nice! But too big for the wife
**KEF 107** - my "dream" speakers; replaced the Magnepan 2.7QR's...better WAF
Synergistics S42A or something like that...they were cheap...sounded pretty darn good though! Should have kept them for garage speakers...donated them to a local charity.
Pioneer SP-BS22-LR - did not do much for me
Apogee Centaur - liked them a lot. Sold them right before a move
Bozak B-305 - really nice, too big for my small office
KEF LS50's - really nice! Had to buy to please the wife (new rule: only small speakers in her living room), then had to sell to please the wife (you're buying too much, something has to go!)
**Quad ESL 57** - listening to them right now! Had to hear the speakers with supposedly the best midrange on the planet (or at least "up there" with the best)
 
Some Readers Digest 8" full range jobs with a Cyclophonic Stereo.
Marantz imperial 5, then frankenspeakered 5.
Celestion Ditton 442
ADS 810/2
Meridian M10 with full modular preamp.
Thiel CS-3
Epicure model 20
Ohm F
Infinity Kappa 6
AR-9
Snell type A
JSE or Joseph speakers, had. 10" clear poly woofer, 4" poly midrange and a 1" dome tweet in oak veneer. About 2' tall and 50 lbs. can't remember the exact name or model.
Pyramid Metranome 3 with stands
Respons Grand
NHT 3.3, satin black
Shahinian Obelisk
Shahinian Arc
Princeton Acoustics PA-1 with Jordan drivers
Snell E-III
JBL L-110
Sony APM-6 with stands
B&W 801 series 80
B&W 802 S3
Linn Keltik
Custom made 2 box speakers based on Focal drivers. Big.
Genesis V
Celestion SL6Si
Celestion 100
Klipsch RB-75
Onkyo Monitor 500
Quad 12L
Platinum Audio Solo
Spendor S 3/5
Escalante Juniper
FJ Acoustics Musix
Sony APM-4
Mach 1 Acoustics DM-10 SE
ElitE (TAD) TZ-9
ElitE (TAD) TZ-9LTD X2
Onkyo Scepter 5001
Phase Tech PC 3.1 Mk II (terrible)
PMC IB-1S
Diatone 2S-305
Lowther PM-4
SONAB OA-5 mk2
Sony SS-G777ES
Victor SX-1000 Laboratory
Sony APM-8.
That's all I can think of for now.
 
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MidiLand MLi-150s... a 2.1 computer speaker set.
Sanyo SX-680s -- circa 1979, bought from the local university's scrap-shop operators, who were selling some of their own crap along with the schools.
Polk T15s -- first new speakers, bought as a gift... then add a PSW10 subwoofer and use them with a bunch of thrift-store AVRs.
Swapped the T15s for Pioneer FS52s. I could try and set them up as a B channel now, but I'm not sure they'd add much to the experience.
 
Well, for the main system (once it became serious):
Klipsch B20s
Boston Acoustics CR85s
Boston Acoustics VR40s
Eosone RSF600s
 
Main system:
Unmatched bargain bin raw speakers
Baby Advents
Infinity Qa
VMPS Super Tower 2R
Aerial Acoustics Model 7
 
ADS 520- sold
Bose 901, series 2-have
Vandersteen 5-sold
Snell Type 1-sold
Dahlquist DQ-10-have
Dahlquist DQ-1 Sub (4)-have
Dahlquist DQ-20-sold
Ohm Walsh 2-sold
Ohm Walsh 5-have
Beovox MS150.2-sold
ADS 1230-have
ADS 910-have
ADS 1530-have
 
BIC Formula 4
Lafayette 2 way 10" woof with upgraded Peerless soft dome tweeters.
Advent Mini
Wharfedale Valdus 500
Martin Logan Aerius
Pinnacle Classic Gold Towers, presently in storage
VMPS RM1
VMPS 626R, present mains in my best system.
Bohlender Graebner Z7, HT mains.
JBL Control one
Michaura for rears.
Infinity RS 3000 in the shop system
Pioneer sp21-bsr-LR in my computer system.
 
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Crapplastic built in on a craplastic portable turntable (1970s)
Bose 301 Series I (1980s)
Mini Advent (Late 80s)
Boston ? (mid 90s)
Pinnacle? (mid 90s)
Klipsch? (2000)
Klipsh RF42 II 5.1 set---still in use (mid 2000- )
Advent Smaller--still in use (2014- )
EPOS Elan 15 with 2 SVS sealed SB-1000 subs--still in use (2015- )

All dates approximate.

Want to add Paradigm 75F and SVS SB16 ultra.
 
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forty years;
klipsch Heresy for maybe 6 months
klipsch Lascala for about 2 years
klipsch Corner horns for another 1.5 years
Infinity 4.5 for 35 years
infinity rs1b for 1 year.
 
Not as many as most have listed, but here goes. I still have all except those with an asterisk. As you can see, I've been bitten by the Audio bug in the last couple years!

Realistic Nova 8Bs (Dad's speakers. Currently at my brothers home). (1970s)
Mirage M-490 (1995)
Bose 901 series v (1995)
Polk Audio Monitor 7 (2016)
Polk Audio Monitor 10* (2016)
Polk Audio SDA 2A (2017). Gift from my brother.
KLH Model 6 (2017)
 
Wow! Interesting lists!
As others have done, I won't list the short time loaners...
In chronological order;
1. Realistic Minimus 7
2. DCM QED
3. Klipsch La Scala
4. Fried C3L
5. The Swan IV Speaker System
6. Wharfedale 510.2
7 Magnepan 1.6QR
8. Rogers JR149
9. Kef Q35.2
10. Linkwitz Pluto
11. Fulton FMI-80 (still have)
12. Hartley Concertmaster VI
13. Revel F208
14. JBL 4367 (still have)
 
1. Pioneer CS-99
2. Advent Large (2 pair, stacked)
3. AR Legacy
4. Ohm F
5. Bose 601 (still have)
6. Bose 301 (still have)
7. Pioneer HPM-40
8. Pioneer HPM-100 (still have)
 
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