1988-1993 Boston Acoustic A60 $60 used
1993-2000 Vandersteen 1B $400 used w/ stands
2000-2001 Infinity Entra 1 $300 new (sold vandys when moved)
2001-now B&W CDM 1nt + Velodyne CT100 $1100 + 400 new |
Ok, here is mine:
1. pre 1988: Tower speakers - no idea of brand/price, 15" woofers
2. 1988-1990: Advent bookshelfs - ~$100
3. 1991: Yamaha YST-A10 (I think) bookshelfs - ~$89/each?
4. 1992: Infinity SM115 - $500 for the pair
5. 1992-2002: Infinity Kappa 8 - $700 used (mains, then surrounds)
6. 1993-2002: INFINITY KAPPA 9 - $1280 new
7. 2002-: INFINITY IRS BETA - $4050 plus shipping and refoaming
8. 2002-: Infinity IRS Gamma - $2500 (needs new woofers)
9. 2002-: INFINITY IRS BETA - $3000 (I couldn't pass up another pair)
10. 2002-: INFINITY IRS V - $24000 (gotta hear it for brand loyalty!)
I think I am done "evolving" my speakers, but I need some lower end ones for the rest of the house... |
Mrpoindexter: Please don't tell us you're using the two pairs of Betas as surrounds with the IRS as the main front speakers in an HT set-up!!! What's your listening room, Royal Albert Hall?? |
My listening room is really too small for what these speakers need. If you would like to see some pictures, I could email them. Send me your email and you can see how big speakers look in a small room. I can't even use my projector right now because the IRS V blocks about 30% of my screen.
I have the IRS V set up as mains and am using the Gammas as my rears for the moment. I need to pick up a couple more amps and then will move the dual betas into the surround position and the gammas will lay on their sides and become the center channel.
If I decide to matrix a center surround, I will split the gammas and get a pair of modulus for the ceiling effect speakers.
If infinity made an IRS Center and IRS Surround, then I would have had them instead, but unfortunately the didn't, so I guess I am stuck with betas. |
2 pair stacked large advents $275
ar 3 $200
bose 901 series 2 $250
rectilnear 500 $400
a/d/s L810 $400
magnepan mg2 $275
magnepan tympani 1d $400
magnepan tympani 4a $1600
soundlab a3 $3000
soundlab u2 $5000
IMHO, my list reflects a distinct learning curve, in terms of an ongoing search for greater detail, finesse, and enjoyment. Each new selection has enabled me to listen THROUGH the music better, and to stay involved in it longer and more thoroughly. And this, my friends, is what this whole obsession is all about--even if we don't always hear things in the same way. |
Aiwa -- part of mini rig when I was a kid $200 or less??
JBL -- small monitors to replace the first that I blew $200
Rat Shack -- something or other 3 way floorstanders $300
Phillips -- something or other 3 way floorstanders $750
Klipsch KG5.5 -- $770
Von Schweikert VR1100's -- $600
Von Schweikert VR2100's -- $800
Martin Logan CLSII's -- $1400
SILVERLINE SR15's -- $800 some of the smoothest I've heard
MARTIN LOGAN CLSIIz's -- $4350
Dunlavy SCIV -- $3800
VON SCHWEIKERT VR4.5's -- $1500&$1350 (went through 2 pair)
Mission speakers in current HT rig -- $2550 (top of line)
MEADOWLARK HERON -- $2250
Magnepan MG1.5's -- $1200
Vandersteen 4A -- $1800
Magnepan MG1.6's -- $1000 (no patience for maggies)
CAVER AMAZINGS -- $800 modded to bi-wire
MARTIN LOGAN ODYSSEY -- $6200
I think I only recently figured out that Logans are best for my listening tastes. But, (1) I will never get rid of my Carvers, too much of a bargain (2) There will always be a need for cones around here. |
Magnepan 1.2
Snell Acoustic Type J
Magnepan 1.4
Fried
Magnepan 1.5 QR
Thiel CS 2.3...............(3 yrs now) |
A long road, a lotta speakers...
Symphonic record player at age 5 (cost??? it was from Santa)
JBL L88s for 16th birthday ($180?)
KLH 17s in dorm. apt. ($?)
JBL L100s briefly ($220)
AR 2s (Never mind what I traded for them, mated with Phase Linnear)
Maggie 1.2s ($400 used)..replaced by...
Maggie 1.5s for main system ($800 used)
Spica TC60s for den ($450 used)
Alon V MkIIs ($1800 used) |
Replaced my avalons with Maggie 3.6's and so far so good! I really love my inefficient power hungry speakes that's for sure ;) |
bose 901 $700 1974
AR somethings
B&O S 75
Homemade
Sound Lab A2s
B&W DM 7
Magnepan SMG
QUAD 57
SOTA somethings
Vision Acoustics
Avalon Eclipse
Aerial 10T
Vandersteen 3
NHT 2.9
GOLDMUND DIALOGUES by far the best
Sequence is probably wrong and I'm sure I omitted at least half a dozen "one-nighters". I had IMFs and JBLs and Symdex. It's starting to come back to me. Snell, ADS, Rogers, Proac.......I don't know.......I did a lot of trading.
Remember Audio Mart? |
Wow, takes me back a little.
Combo record player/speaker fold up system thing.
Dad's hand me down Radio Shacks
JC Penny 3 ways
Bose 301 Series II $300 new
Bose 901 Series III $800 new (for years)
Legacy Signature II- used $1200 (2 years)
Legacy Focus B stock (1 small cabinet abberation) $3,500 (6 years and going strong) |
to perhpas Verity Parsifal Encores |
OK here we go My speakers were and or are the following:
Radio Shock!! ? $250.00 new
B&W mini monitor $200.00 used
B&W mini monitOr $250.00 new
IMF STUDIO MONITOR $650.00 used
DALQUIST DQ 30 I $2.000 new
AERIAL ACOUSTICS 8B $4.000 used
Internally wired
with AQ Kilimanjaro
Santos rosewood
satnds |
KLH9
Def. tech. 8b
Meadowlark Kestrels
Innersound Isis...just perfect sound (for me)... |
1979: Boston Acoustics (A40? - small); probably $200
1980: ADS 300s; probably ~$300
1981: Infinity something-or-others (RS3s? - large bookshelves); don't remember $
1982: DCM Time Windows; must have been around $450 used
1983: Quad ESL-63; seems to have been ~$1500??
(unfortunately they lasted only for ~7 months, had 2 kids and no job, no money, so all the equipment went - fortunately I saved the LPs)*
-big financial gap-
1990: Sony large, 3-way, muddy, overly bright something-or-others; under $600 including electronics!
-big financial gap-
1998: ProAc Tablette 50s / CC1 / Triad Silver surrounds / Velodyne HGS-10; about $3000
2002: MartinLogan Odyssey / Cinema / Scenario / Descent; about $11K
Judging by my early annual upgrade habit unrestrained by potential spousal disapproval, I could be in trouble now that I can afford the hobby again, although I guess I hadn't realized that I've had the ProAcs for four years now. |
From the Tech-Hifi days (remember them?) a pair of Large Advents.
Some 2 way jobs from JBL
KEF 102's $600
Vandersteen 3A $2800
Vandersteen 5 $10,000
All this since 1976. I tend to get married to these things and upgrade my components around them. The Vandy 5's really suit me....who knows how long I'll keep them. |
Soundesign system
Cerwin Vega D5's
Polk SDA-B2's
Spica Angeles with Kenergetics 200 subwoofers, rewired Spica's with Cardas cable with Muse 18 sub.
Mirage M1 Si again with Kenergetics 800 subwoofer system rewired with XLO signature wire
Dunlavy SC-V with Cardas rhodium posts
Dunlavy SC-IV with Cardas rhodium posts
Genesis 201 system end of searching for speakers. |
It all started in 1972....
Watkins bookshelf speaker
Epicure 20+ used $300.00 1975
ESS tower new $500 1976
Dalquist DQ-10 w/subwoofer new $750.00 1976
Magnepan MG-3a $2,100 1986
Kharma Ceramique 1.0 $6,500 2002 |
Olympic close and Play gift
Lafayette Criterion 100 used $50.00
Marantz Model 7 $130.00
EPI 180's Don't remember
Kef Corelli/ Audio Pro B 250 $1100
Infinity kappa 8 $1700
Martin Logan CLS 2Z $1700 used
Genesis Metal Cone 12 $600 demo
(in between acquired Maggie Tympani 1D
JBL L150 both gifts from friends) |
All:
Remember them this way:
1965 - Speakers w/Voice of Music turntable
1969 - Voice of Music Speakers
1970 - Jensen Speakers
1973 - Jensen Speakers
1979 - Allison 4's (I think, top firing mid/woofer)
1982 - Dahlquist (3 way)
1983 - Bozak (monitor w/ metal mid/woofer)
2000 - Boston Acoustic VRM-50
2001 - Vienna Acoustics - Hayden
2002 - Vienna Acoustics - Mozart
2002- Sonus Faber Grand Piano Home |
Radio Shack suitcase stereo vintage 1966. 4" speakers that didn't take long for me to blow.
Home made speaker cabinets made in woodworking shop as a freshman in high school. Bought some 8" speakers at a stereo shop to put in the cabinets.
Made new cabinets in wood shop for above speakers my junior year in high school out of solid 3/4" teak. Was going to a boarding school in India at the time, thus the ready supply of teak. Sold these (and my whole stereo) at the end of my senior year to a Maharaja's son who lived in Madras, South India (no kidding)and made a bunch of money.
Bose 501's circa 1973. Borrowed money from a girlfriend to pay for one of these and later sold the pair to her. My first "real" speakers. Wouldn't you know it would be Bose. Never really liked them that much and doubt I kept them more than a year.
Speaker Lab kits circa 1974. Don't remember the model. Big and boomy. Sold them to a friend who probably still has them.
McIntosh MC101 or something like that in 1975. Beautiful cabinets and much much better than anything prior.
Magnapans 1977. Don't remember the model (maybe 1As?)but there were only two models then, these were not the big ones that look like room dividers (1Ds I think). I really liked these.
KEF 101 2 way monitors with a large RH Labs subwoofer. The KEFs were very nice, not so sure about the RH Labs.
Accoustat Model 3s. The only electrostats I've owned. Only one place to sit (and you had to sit there)but great sound. Tended to make popping sounds if driven hard. Also had model 4s at the time that belonged to my roommate which saw more use cause they were bigger.
Spica TC50s. These were the second pair made which I got through a friend who was the importer of Electocompaniet at the time. Sold these in 1985 to my brother who still has them.
Spica TC50s. Got a second pair from the roommate mentioned above who opened a shop out of his home while in graduate school in Michigan.
Respons Grand speakers from Europe. Got these through my friends at Transparent Audio. Big, heavy, full-range and ultimately not that great.
Acoustic Energy AE1s with a pair of Entec LF-10 subwoofers. Sold the Entecs (never could get rid of their buzz) and bought a Muse model 18 subwoofer. Overall I think I prefered the Entecs, but in the end the AE1s were too forward for me.
Thiel 3.6s. A demo pair from my friends at Transparent Audio. These were very nice if a bit forward sounding.
Aerial Model 5s. Great speaker! Kept these for my second HT setup (first HT speakers were Cambridge Ensemble and Ambiance speakers).
Aerial 10Ts. My current and long term reference. Have thought of trying something different, but this is the only speaker I've owned that I really love. For the price they are very hard to beat as I'm sure many here will agree.
Aerial Model 7s replaced the model 5s in my HT setup and I purchased a single model 5 for the center channel. NHTs are used for surrounds. Current as of this writing.... |
Dual - 4 years. bought an integrated with turntable and speakers when in Germany in 1970 or so. Eventually broke down but provided some good tunes in college.
Kef 105/3 - 6 years. I liked these but eventually one of my kids blew the tweeters.
Chapman T-7 - one year
Merlin VSM-SE - six months
Spendor SP100 - three months
Audio Physic Virgo - one and 1/2 months.
(My ears were getting better. Or something.)
MEADOWLARK BLUE HERON - 9 months then lost my job and had to sell. These are damn good speakers and it hurt to let them go.
ESP Concert Grands - on their way. We shall see.... |
Huge wood Sansui speakers with wood grills -- awesome for my teen years through college -- free from my brother
Ohm bookshelf speakers -- decent because dirt cheap -- maybe $100 in 1983?
ADS M9 -- loved these -- last speaker I had before audiophilia set in -- about $700 in 1990
Hales Rev 3's -- excellent all rounder, but you need a big room and big amps -- about 2100 in 1994/5
Soliloquy 5.0's -- paid about $900 new with the stands -- a great deal -- superb little speakers -- I miss them but don't have a place for them
Paradigm Atoms for the office -- all the niceties aside, they are still a fairly cheap little speaker
Soliloquy Sat-5's for the office -- much better
Gallo Due/MPS 150 -- still have them and have never had them in a position where they can show off -- paid about $1600 for the set not long ago, barely used
Spendor SP1 -- paid $700 used not long ago -- mellow as hell -- will be the speaker in the main system until I make the next choice. I can see why people like these -- never annoying -- but they are not very dynamic.
Next? Thinking of Revel F-50, Verity Fidelio, Piega C3-ltd...dreaming |
Went from:
Polk RTA-11TLs ($750 new in 1990)
to:
THIEL CS3.6s ($2,000 used in 2000) |
Klipsch Klipschorns (free/my parents)
Sansui 3 ways (in college)(free)
Traynor P.A. Speakers (15 inch woofer, horn tweeter)("borrowed" from fraternity)
Genesis Genre 1's ($700.00)
NHT VT2.4 ($1200.00) |
In 74 I bought a pair of all-in-one (1)Utah 12" drivers and built plywood boxes for them. What can I say; I was a freshman in high school.
When I graduated I bought a demo pair of (2) Marantz Imperial 8's. My brother still has them.
Then I bought a pair of (3)Speakerlab 30's . . . still have them.
(4) Boston A70's with a JBL B380 sub. Still have
(5) Another pair of Speakerlab 30's. Still have
(6) Wharfedale W70D II's. Still have
(7) Nestorovic Type V's. Still have and love
(8) ADS L1590's with the PA1 amps. Still have
Still searching for audio nirvana, but can't seem to shed the ones I obtain in getting there.
I looooooooove speakers!! |
Polk (dont remember the model)
Klipsch RF-3
Sonus Faber Concerto
Sonus Faber Signum, and the only speaker that wold make me trade my signums : Quad esl-988 |
Wow what a great question... You have just
reminded me what i love so much about music.
My list is not very glorified.. but I can guarantee
i had as much fun as anyone!
8 years old
1.) A really bad set of full range's that came with
an 8 track player that i also used to run my first
electric guitar thru. It was so bad i used to get
that Black sabbath grind (some serious amp clipping)
without a distortion box. AWESOME! Oh and anyone
remember just how bad 8 tracks were? You could actually
hear other tracks playing in background.
The other day my son told me his walkman has better bass
than my new SUV's stereo. I havent had a chance to upgrade
yet. All i could do was laugh. And tell him he's right.
Poor kid is seven and already gettin bit by the bug.
Brought back memories.
11 years old
2.) A set of Bose 301's the ones with the reflector
for the tweeter. At the time they were the sh***t
to have. I used to turn them up to eleven every day and
just flogged the hell out of them. There were times i
thought the wolfers were going to jump out of box.
HOLLY SH***T!
13 years old
3.) A set of Sonic's they had two 12 wolfers two 5 mids
and two 1 or 2 inch tweeters in each. I had to replace
the tweeters many times. I used the Rat Shack super tweeters
a couple of times. Absolutely drove the neighbors nuts.
If they or I have any hearing problems its might be from those.
Crank em!
16 years old
4.) A full Marshall stack (guitar amp) which includes 2
cabinets with 4 12's in each driven by an 100 watt tube
amp. The same one's Ted nugent used to get 150db at his
shows from.
YEAH hair on fire!
20 years old
5.) A set of kenwoods. One of their many three way's. Dont
remember model. Probably cause they really didnt do anything
well. Still loved em though. Dont know what i abused more my
first car or those poor speakers.
26 years old
6.) Still running Kenwoods upgrade to monster wires and cables. pretty amazing they held up as long as the did.
33 years old
7.) My first real step... Four Infinity RS series i think
they were RS3's with a 8 inch Infinity sub and a 15 Cerwin
Vega sub. Ok.. getting better!
36 years old
8.) First really good sound... four bi wired (analysis plus)
Infinty IL30's two IL10 centers and a Velodyne 15 SUB. I think
most of you would be pretty surprised. Ok.. much better!!
37 years old (really ready for good stuff now)
9.) Im on the verge of upgrading to Revel studio's, voice center and gems for surround or comparable Infinity MTS series or possibly Martin Logan's I am hurting for room so that might cancel the Logans. I have a six channel system thats been assembled to do everything well (yes two channel also) so everything i do is a big step. As if i needed another expensive hobby. I live on water and recently got
the offshore powerboat bug also (if you think hi-fi gear is expensive go buy a 35 foot Fountain offshore powerboat) Hi-fi is a wonderful bargain and great investment compared and there's no matinence.
So as you can see my equipment has been limited until last couple of years. I am the owner (also the lead engineer) of a succsesful company now that specialzes in High density, Highly complex circuit boards www.risingedgedesign.com. I have personally designed 48 layer PCB's with approx 10,000 connections. So i understand the electronics very well. I am also a musician also so i know what the music is supposed
to sound like and what the recording proccess can do.
The one thing that hasent changed over time is my love for music and equipment. It is and has always been a huge part of my life. I didnt know what i didnt have... And was just happy with what i had. And i wouldent trade the experience for anything! Well maybe new Revels..hmmm? Nah..
Hope i didnt go too far off track here... Just got caught up in last 37 years.
Best regards to all and dont forget to have fun! |
5" full-range infinite baffle mono ($3?) 1960
Home-made 8" triaxial Jensens in a 90 lb clay sewer pipe! $100 parts 1969
Kirksaeter M50 and M70 ($90-110) closeouts 1975
DIY Peerless/Phillips 6.5" 2-ways ($150 parts) 1992
VERITY AUDIO PARSIFAL ENCORES! ($8000 used) 2000
Home Theater: Spendor SP3/1p fronts ($800 used) + SC3 new ($500) + Bostoan Acoustic V-MX surrounds ($350 open carton) and Boston PV1000 active sub ($550 open box) 2002
Other impressive speaker values: Thiel 1.6 (new $2k 2002),
Revel Performa F30 ($3600 new 2000), Thiel 2.3 (2000). |
Fisher 2way 1972 (60.00)
Pioneer 2way 1974 (150.00)
Boston Acoustics A100 ($?)1979
Klipsch KG2 1983
Magnepan SMGa 1987
Magnepan MGIc 1990
Magnepan MGIIIa 1994 (still own these babies!)
Magnepan MMG 2000 (used as rear channels in HT)
Magnepan MGI 2002 (bought for 50.00/pair, in process of rewiring the panels)
Any upgrades may be to move up to some Kharmas or Wilson Watt/Puppy (But don't tell my wife) |
1) merlin vsm..?$...new
2) aliante pininfarina model one--$5k
3) von schweikert vr-5 hse...7$--new
4) piega p-10...$12k...new
5) piega c-8ltd...$13k..new...should arrive in 1-2 weeks |
Advents
Magnapan
Bose 901
B&W DM12
B&W DM 7mk2
Quad 57
MourdauntShort MS100
Epos 11
Celestion SL6
RadioShack Linneum modified
Hornshoppe
zHorn with Jordan jx92s |
EPI (Inhereted from dear old dad)
Bose
Klipsch
Currently at a 7+ year old set of Mirage Bipolars (I hear that they are not for everyone, but I sure like them). |
'73: Lafayette 8" coax drivers in boxes, $40
'75: KLH Model 32, used, $55?
'79: 'New' Large Advents, new, $265
'86: Boston Acoustics A200, used, $175
'02: Thiel CS2.3, used, $2000
Looks like I've gotten my time and money's worth out of Boston-based speakers. I can only hope Kentucky will treat me as well... |
Radio Shack Mach 1's
Infinity SM 122's
B&W DM 310's
Mission 700 series floor standing
Maggie SMGc's
Maggie 2.7's
Legacey Signature's
B&W Matrix 802III
Thiel 2.3's
B&W CDM-1SE's
B&W CDM-9NT's
From there all homemade. |
Electrovoice 225's (?), 1976-1979
EPICURE TRILOGY 3.0 1979-1996 (excellent classic, still have 'em, but foam is all rotted)
B&W N805's
JOSEPH AUDIO rm25si (Love 'em) |
Generic 6x9" car speakers (not kidding)
Jensen triax car speakers (my first up-grade)
EPI 100's (wow I got boxes)
Dahlquist mini monitors
Magneplanar MG I improved (started calling myself an audiophile at this point)
Dahlquist DQ-10's
Cerwin Vega 123's (craved efficiency after Dahlquists)
Magneplanar MG II B's
KEF Q-60's
KEF Q-80's
Thiel CS 2's
Shahinian Diapasons
Paradigm Atoms-sold Shahinians to avoid bankrupcy!
Soundlab A-4's
Soundlab M-2's
Shahinian Diapasons w/double eagles
Shahinian Diapasons w/double eagle 2's
Hard to explain why I have two pair of these |
I have a hard time remembering models as this goes many years back. My father bought me my first stereo if you can call it that. It was a tuner, turntable, as one piece with the worst speakers you can ever imagine. At the time, I thought it was fantastic. From there, it went this way:
Superscope Speakers(division of Marantz,I believe)
JVC
JBL 30's
Advent
Polk RTA 11T
Klipsch Reference Series
Dynaudio Contours 3.3 |
1.Homemade speakers from a friend of my hippy sister 1976
2.JBL L110 from my brother in USAF 1980-present (An evil HT speaker, We don't need no steenking sub) Returning to my brother after refoaming the surrounds on the woofers.
3. Wharfdale Delta 50 1986-present Nice sealed enclosure. In basement system.
4. Dynaudio Contour 1.8 II w/ Center and Audience 42 W surrounds 2000-present. My current big system.
5. Totem Rokks 2000-present Was in bedroom system, great dynamics, but I changed the room and they didn't work as well. Selling soon.
6. Quad 11L 2002-present. New bedroom speakers, sound great, not as punchy as the Rokks, but much smoother. Better than the dynaudio audiences, and they are also gorgeous.
|
b.i.c. tpi venturi 12 1980 $300 new (wish i could go back)
a/d/s/ 1230 1985 $1200 new
added velodyne uld 15 1986 $2000 new
trade up to a/d/s/ 910 1990 even swap for 1230
a/d/s/ 1590 $800 used 2000 to replace 910 (lateral move)
add second velodyne uld 15 used $800 2001
magnepan mg3.5r used $2000 2002 |
I am only 26, but here goes
Pioneer- Crap under $100
Cerwin Vega- Wanted bass $400
Mirage M5- Here is where I got bit by the bug
Sonus Faber Concertino
Sonus Faber Concerto
Sonus Faber Concerto Grand Piano- Current speaker, But tomorrow who knows! |
Pioneer 3-ways w/12s - $200 - new - 1990 (I was 12)
Polk S6 - $300 - new - 1992
Paradigm Titan - $165 - new - 1994
B&W CDM 2SE - $550 - new - 2001 (moved to rears)
B&W CDM 1NT - $1050 - new - 2003 |
First post here on Audiogon. Been a lurker for awhile. So here goes.
A pair of old AR bookshelves. I think AR 2's or 3's. Late 60's. Couple hundred.
A pair of Ohm L bookshelves. 1978. Couple hundred. College graduation present.
A pair of Polk Monitor 10's. 1980. $350. Got a deal 'cause my buddy worked at Eardrum in Cambridge, MA.
Upgraded to 10B's by replacing a blown tweeter w/ the newer version in Late 80's.
A pair of Klipsch SB-1 bookshelves. 2002. $250. Got 'em to augment the sound of my TV. Not really for HT.
A pair of B&W CDM9NT's. 2002 (got 'em a month ago). $2400. Stereo listening only. Sound great. |
Marantz speakers
Ohm walsh 2 $800
Kef 104 ($1,200) demo
Martin Logan Quest z ( $4600 new)
Norh 6.9 rewired with siltech(speakers $950,siltech
wire $350plus $65 labor)
Andra Eggleston($6500)
I love my logan for maybe nine years now, but 6.9 norh
is sometime my favorite for the price they are so
good and musical, it amaze that they would measure up
with expensive speaker,I like their design too, With
andra bought use still waiting for the stratos monoblock,
upgrade from Klaus, The andra even with playing them
it made me feel this are the speaker I would spend for
a long time, they are gorgeous but It would probably take a
year before I can get the best of of this speaker, it
take time to highly synergize this babies.. |
Only 25, so the list is short...
Sears boombox w/ CD (c.1989) used for $20
RCA boombox (bigger) (c.1992) used for $20
Eosone RFS-600 $500 store demo, May 1999
Wharfedale Emerald 97 $200+100shipped on uBid.com, Feb 2001
Acoustat Model 3 $700 used. (early 1980's model ESL), Sept 2002 |
Update:
fisher - well, it was a start.
Boston Acoustics - really, not bad.
Apogee Stage - now we're talking - My first step to the perfect sound
Apogee Duetta Signature - you will think you have the greatest speaker in the world. The Apogee, like other dipoles, projects a seamless image of the performer before you. Unlike other dipoles, the Duetta fleshes out the musicians and singers, giving them tangible body, and the Duetta ribbon bass is to die for.
Apogee Scintilla - Major reviewer Ken Kessler owns one. He says the Scintilla is, " ...The antipasto which most speakers dare not follow" in Kessler's review of the Perigee (Apogee evolution), reviewed after a listen to his own Scintilla in his daunting listening room. |
I can boast I never owned Bose...and never will...Dq-10s,Spica tc-50s,Snells,Quad 12Ls... |
Aaagh memories, 1981, genesis 210's $450.00pr/new. I was a junior in high school. I gave them to my brother in MINT cond. about 13 yrs ago and just recently got them back. I completely refurb them right down to the grill cloth. Had profile 3's for about 10 yrs. still have a pr of paradigm mini 3se. This speaker is so freakin' good I will never part with it. They absolutely love my golden tube se-40. Have a pr of paradigm atoms with a vintage tandberg in the bedroom. Have a pr of virtuals w/a vintage harman kardon 300b in the basement, and am currently running PSB stratus silver i's in the main system. This speaker never ceases to amaze me, I don't care what amp, pre-amp, cd player, cables etc. You will get a different sound with every change. What really sealed the deal especially for the psb are NORDOST blue heavens. Sorry for the rant I felt the need :) |
Voice of Music 1977.
Gemini $120/pr 3-ways. 1981
Fisher $100/pr big 3-ways. 1985
Yamaha $120/pr small 3-ways. 1988
Energy bookshelf model. 1991
DCM Time Windows 1993
RA Labs 1994
Quad '63s. 1996
Athena FS2 2002 |
Advent, Maggies, Spendors, Monitor Audios...should have kept one of those...whew! |
