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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Cool thread idea-

Bose 4.2s (~250 new)
PARADIGM ESPRIT BIPOLARs (~1250 new)
Audiostatic ES100 electrostats (1000 used)
REVEL PERFORMA F30s (~3100 new)

The 4.2s are now my HT rears with the Esprits as the mains
(added a reference CC also; maybe I'll add the reference
surrounds and Servo 15 eventually :). The Revels recently
replaced the ES100s in my 2Ch setup and I am no longer using
the stats. Actually, if anyone wants em (for a small amount
of cash or a cool trade), let me know :).
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 ;).