Here goes:
A pair of Celestion 66 Studio Monitors: $5 at a Goodwill Outlet center with one missing stock tweeter that had been replaced with a $2.00 tweeter, but still sound very, very good. I replaced the $2 tweeter with a rare find stock unit (s) ($180 for a pair) and 10 hours of work on the cabinets and grills. They are really an amazing speaker (Abbey Road Studios had used Celestion 66 Studio Monitor for years.
and perhaps better bang for buck for me was:
A pair of Linn Isobarik DMS's I got at a town wide garage sale for $150 with custom Kimber cables, that I listened to for 5 years and am still reluctant to, sell them.
between the Isobarik's and the Celestions was a pair of Acoustat III 's
2 more:
Paragon Acoustics "The Regent" My current speakers rare find for currently under $1000 but was an accidental purchase keystroke from eBay
Infinity Prelude MTS but the WAF in our house didn't work. $10k when new with center channel and a Stereophile Class "A" rating for under $2K and a Floyd Toole design
A pair of Celestion 66 Studio Monitors: $5 at a Goodwill Outlet center with one missing stock tweeter that had been replaced with a $2.00 tweeter, but still sound very, very good. I replaced the $2 tweeter with a rare find stock unit (s) ($180 for a pair) and 10 hours of work on the cabinets and grills. They are really an amazing speaker (Abbey Road Studios had used Celestion 66 Studio Monitor for years.
and perhaps better bang for buck for me was:
A pair of Linn Isobarik DMS's I got at a town wide garage sale for $150 with custom Kimber cables, that I listened to for 5 years and am still reluctant to, sell them.
between the Isobarik's and the Celestions was a pair of Acoustat III 's
2 more:
Paragon Acoustics "The Regent" My current speakers rare find for currently under $1000 but was an accidental purchase keystroke from eBay
Infinity Prelude MTS but the WAF in our house didn't work. $10k when new with center channel and a Stereophile Class "A" rating for under $2K and a Floyd Toole design