Chronology of Speakers you've owned?

Here's mine...

Quadraflex ST-15 (Pacific Stereo "house" speakers)
Transaudio (another Pacific Stereo "house" speaker)
Polk monitors
Celestion SL6
Vortex Screens (Albert Von Schweikert)
Near 50ME
Genesis IM800
GNP Valkerie
Ascend Acoustics SBM-70
Speaker Art Super Clefs
Scientific Fidelity Crown Joules
Speaker Art Double Odyssey
Apogee Centaur Major
Braun L810
Speaker Art TL
ESP (Esoteric Speaker Products) Concert Grand
 
Ok, I'll Try (mains I've used only):

Pioneer HPM-100's 1979-1986 (left them at a party!)
Cerwin Vega D-7's 1988-2001 (not always used, needed surrounds)
Bose 201's 1997-2000 (Oops, very dumb and very poor)
Axiom M80ti's 2002-2003 (helped me find this site)
Apogee Centaurs 2003-2004 (my only unconventional drivers)
Pioneer HPM-150's 2003-2004 (a brief reliving of my youth)
Tannoy SGM 15's 2004 (only used a month because...)
Tannoy DMT 15 MK II 2004-2005
Vintaqge JBL in Acousti-craft Cabinets Aug 2005-present (one month, soon to morph into an Edgarhorn system)
 
Feel like a pizza delivery guy in a Pinto

but here goes...

always 2-channel, no surround
'68 - Sansui SP-2000's (PX in yokosuka) still in use by a friend
'76 - used pair of AR3-a's (still have as mains)
'79 - used pair of AR-25's (still have in apartment system)
'89 - inherited pair of RS Mnimus 7's (still have in apartment system)
'89 - inherited old Sylvania AS-85's (in line for refoam)

'02 - discover AK, spiral downward into speaker-desire hell of own making...
'03 - learn speakers can be fixed - refoam AR3-a's
'04 - M & K Goliath I passive subwoofer ($20 repair; now in mains w/ AR#-a's)
'04 - Genesis Physics II's (full refoam; now in shop system)

'04 - in repair/refinish mode: AR2-ax's (thanks Army!), ADC 303x's (thanks Charivari!), Bose 301 Series I's (I know, I know)
'05 - 4 Sansui SP-200's, 4 Infinity RS- 4000's

and now the HPM-100's

Someone stop me before I buy 'White Van Kabuki'

Phil T.
 
70's Pioneer 4-way
70's Micro Acoustics
80's Sansui 3-way
(after this, in no particular order):
Energy
A whole mess of Apogees
Acoustat
Magnepan
a lot of NHTs
Paradigm
C-J Sonographe
Klipsch La Scala
lots of Homebrews (mostly d'Appolito variations)
JBL
Altec-Lansing
Bose 501 (worst ever)
Thiel
Spica TC50
Vandersteen 2ce
Jamo Art
Dana Model 1
B&O
Celestion SL600si
RS Minimus-7
Meitner/Museatex panels
Rogers LS3/5a
Avantgarde Uno
Snell
Quad 63
Minipod
Avalon
Rauna Baulder
JMLab
Morel
Hales
Nelson-Reed
I know I'm missing a bunch.

I still want to get my hands on a set of Ohms and those crazy-looking speakers from Ireland that look like aliens.
 
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Main system:
80-85 Sanyo p.o.s
86-97 Jean Marie Reynaud XO - my first real speakers
98-05 KEF Coda 7se (still own)
05-.. Quad ESL-63

Other speakers:
B&O BeoVox RL60
B&O BeoVox x30
Tannoy 603
 
let's see....
Acoustic Research AR4 1970
JBL L100 1974
JBL166 1976
Koss CM1030 1978
AMT-5(?) Rock Monitors 1980
Yamaha NS1000M 1980
Magnepan MGII 1985
Kef 104/2* 1998
Carver ALIII+ 1998
Polk RT2000p* 1998
Magnepan SMG 2000
Polk RTi55* 2002
Polk LSi15* 2003 :thmbsp:
Sony SS-M9* 2005 :thmbsp:

How about amps/receivers?

Sony TA1150 30wpc amp
Sony STR-7065a 65wpc rcvr
Marantz 2325 rcvr
Sony TA4650 amp*
Sony TA8650 amp
Sony STR-7800SD rcvr
Sony STR-V7 rcvr*
Yamaha CR2040 rcvr
Yamaha CR1040 rcvr*
Yamaha CA1010 amp
Yamaha C2/B2 amp
Sony STR-80ES rcvr*
Sony STR-444ES rcvr*
Carver TFM25 amp/CT17 pre
Sony TA-8650 amp* :thmbsp:
Denon 3803 rcvr*
Sony TA-F808ES amp* :thmbsp:
Marantz PM7200 amp*

not too many TT
Dual 1219
Garrard Zero 100
Dual 701
Sony PS-X7
B&O 4002
Garrard Zero 100SB
Sony PS-8750
Yamaha YP801(?)
Sony PS-X7*

Tapes Decks
Sony TC-K160SD
Sony TC-K161SD
Sony TC-K177SD
Teac A360
Sony TC-K75
Sony TC-K81
Sony Tc-K555ES(?)*
Nakamichi 600 II
Nakamichi 700 II

*still here....
duplicates are re-purchases....
 
Yamaha NS 690 (1975 -- 1995; bartered to a friend)
Cambridge Soundworks Ensemble (1995 -- Present; please forgive me)
Yamaha NS 690 (2005 -- the exact same pair I bartered away in 1995)

As soon as we finish a remodel job the Cambridge SW stuff will be incorporated into a HT setup, and I'll have the Yammies all to myself...
 
Main system:

Pioneer R700's - replaced drivers with Jbl's my dad still has them
McIntosh XR1051-traded
Thiel 2.O traded
Thiel 3.6 traded
Thiel 7.0-upgraded
Thile 7.2 still in use!
 
Electrophonic dads garage
Pair of rca sold
Advents sold
New Advents
Sansui-SP-5500 2pairs stolen
JBL-Century L-100 sold
AR TSW-910 sold very big mistake
JBL-L166 2pair
JBL-L-65 2pairs
JBL-L-110 2pairs-gave one pair away as a birthday pres
JBL-L-300
JBL-4301B
Pioneer HPM-100 2pairs
PioneeeHPM-60
Advent Model 2
Yamaha AST-90
 
This one's short and simple. I've auditioned a fair amount of them, but only bought a few...

'84: Phase Research Model R's - Large bookshelf speakers. Great find!

'91: American Acoustics - Large bookshelves for BR. Pretty much "low-fi".

'98: Polk RT16 small towers (Replaced crappy AA's in BR.)

'03: Second pair of PR's from E-Bay. ($38, and just needed refoam!!) Used as surrounds, then in bedroom. Polks now collecting dust.

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Brother starts selling high-end gear again, so I get stuff on the cheap. (Didn't someone mention "speaker desire hell" or something like that? Well, here is my version...)
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'04: B&W 5.1 surround set-up:
4 Nautilus 805's (bookshelf "baby nautili"),
HTM1 center,
some huge 1000W B&W sub. (Don't remember model number)

'05 B&W Nautilus '803's. Just drove 'em back to Denver from Michigan. (1300 hour drive!!) Still in box. Can't wait to check these babies out! Western Michigan / Indiana / Illinois freeways are in REALLY bad shape. Hopefully didn't do any damage.

I'm not sure whether to use the big 803's as the mains in my surround set-up and move the 805's to the BR 2-channel system, or use the 803's in the BR system, which I hope to eventually drive with McIntosh separates. The amps would match the 803's well, but the surround room has much better acoustics. On the other hand, my 5.1 controller and amps are all Rotel, which is decent, but not ideal for B&W's, IMO.
 
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70's 8' full range RS home built
80"s 3 way 12 inch home built
90's Mach 1 and 2's
00's JBL l-150's stacked JBL l-112 center channel stacked. JBL L-112 Rear surround, JBL 2245's home built sub enclosures.
I take audio more seriously now. :D

Jim
 
If I'm going to think about it, might as well do it right, from childhood (best memory can recollect)

Panasonic Thrusters
Technic 3way (model?)
EPI T/E 100 II used in quad stereo with the above technics, ah my youth :)
Altec Lansing 2 way (can not remember model number)
Polk RT55 (getting into my mid 20's here) a great bookshelf! currently pulls surround duty in my theater system.
Bose 501 Mark V (what the eff was I thinking, 3 months, then back to the Polks. these pulled pro logic surround duty for a while though) given to the inlaws
Polk RTA12B (my first foray into vintage Polks) moved to my theater system for a while, sold them to a good friend
DIY frankenspeaker ( dont ask, was building a seperate 2 channel seperate from my theater at this time) use em for parties and stuff
Polk SDA 2B (Polk's SDA kicks arse, enuff said) sold
B&W DH550 (little bookshelf, wanted to give em a try, not bad, little bright though
B&W DM1400 Vintage B&W, silk dome tweet, not as bright as the DH550 great bass responce from a bookshelf!
Polk SDA 1B (cant go wrong just going bigger!) puuling game rig duty
Vandersteen 2B (sweet all around speaker, no SDA soundstage, but still sweet) still got em
Carver Platinum Amazing Mk IV currently main 2 channel speaks, they'll disintegrate before I get rid of em.

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also, a pair of Polk LS90's in my theater, never used em for 2 channel, should give em a try. LOUD, you can NOT kill these.
 
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Testing my memory and, yes, I don't change speakers often.

Boston Acoustics A-40 II's
(subwoofers with above: BSR, AR-SW12)
Boston Acoustics HD-8's, 424-V Center (A-40's in Rear)
(subwoofers with above: BSR, AR-SW12)
Boston Acoustics VR-950's, VR-10 Center, CR-8's in Rear)
(subwoofer with above: SVS PB-2+)
Ohm Walsh 2's
Same with upgraded drivers (MK-100?), Boston Acoustics VR-S in Rear

Still have the BA set-up (VR's) with a DLP set; "Super" Walsh 2's with VR-S with a standard television and main audio listening.
 
Starting in '71

Altec A7-500
Heil AMT-1
Heil Monitors
Carver AL III
VMPS RM-40

Current 2nd system(s):

Paradigm Atom
KLH 5
 
Starting 1978
ASW Cantius IV
ASW Cantius VI
ASW Alpha
ASW BETA
Technics SB 5000
Technics SB 6000
Technics SB 6000A
Technics SB 7000
Technics SB-M01
Technics SB-TH800
Technics SB-TH1000
Technics SB-E100
Technics SB-M01A

and newer Technics Stuff, never worth the money

Dieter
 
mrbruce said:
Starting in '71

Altec A7-500
Heil AMT-1
Heil Monitors
Carver AL III
VMPS RM-40

Current 2nd system(s):

Paradigm Atom
KLH 5
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thats some serious hardware. how do the Carvers and VMPS compare to one another?
 
Now thats going back few years.....Hmmmm?

Starting in 1965:

1965--home made TV speakers--very crude
1967 Fisher XP 55s
1970 Utah 3 ways
1973 Marantz Imperial 7s and Imperial 5s, BIC Venturi
1975 JBL Decade 36s
1976 Pioneer HPM 100s
1978 Got Married Got Pioneer Centrex, needed furniture
1978 Marantz Imperial 7s
1980 BSR Towers--cheapies
1988 Radio Shack three ways
1994 Radio Shack Optimus 15" three ways
1999 Dynaco A25, mint and free
2002 JBL L100s, always wanted them, mint,
2002 JBL L100, ratty one for parts but too good to junk,found another rattyone.
2003 AR 4X, fixer-uppers
2003 Warfdales 6? found on the side of the road. Blown caps and a 12" bass
2004 ADS 8" two ways free
2005 JBL 320's

A long list, would like to try Klipsch Heresy's, heard a pair and would love to hear them with my receivers. It was fun posting this. A lot of memories. All good.

Eric :yes:
 
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