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What is your speaker ownership history since 1995?

Used audio market is not the same again since on-line marketplace was born in 1995 (Fleabay).   What is your speaker *ownership* history since then?   

(showroom / friend's house / loaner don't count .. must be owner of them)

Let me start with mine's, from 1998 to current (*):

(oldest to current)
Misc Wharfedale (thanks to uBid hype!!!)
Newform Research R645
Magneplan MMG
Magneplan 3.3R
NHT ???
SOTA Panorama with Time Domain bass module
Rogers LS3/5A
Infinity ??? (first time I realize 'reference' in the model name means absolutely nothing)
Klipsch Klipschorn
Tyler Acoustics Taylo Reference Monitors
Tyler Acoustics Reference 1
Wilson Watt Puppy 5.0
JMLab Chorus 7??
B&W Matrix 805
B&W Matrix 801 Series II
Revel M20
Revel F30
Alon I
Alon V
Tangent R4
Loth X BS1
Odeon Double Six
Silverline Sonata I
Meridian DSP5000
Paragon Acoustics Regent
??? Some Audio Physics DIY clone
Legacy Audio Classic
Duntech Princess
Sansui SP5000
Altec 604E w/ mastering lab (The Big Red)
Tube ? Lab ??? (it is the sorry B&W Nautilus 805 clone)
Epicure ??? (its the one with an eyeball kinda tweeter)
Celestion SL600si
Avalon Symbol
Vienna Acoustics Mahler 
Quest for Sound SQ10
??? White van speakers, can't remember the name, $80 a pair
Talon Audio Peregrine X
Fostex backloaded horns (DIY)
Counterpoint Clearfield
KR Audio (limited production specials, no model name)
Avalon Eclipse Classic
Apogee Centaur Major
Ohm Model I
Dynaco A25
Oris Horn 250
Egglestonworks Rosa
Legend Audio Reference Monitors (now known as Von Gaylord ROTL Mk II)
*Nearfield Acoustics Pipedreams 930
*Wilson Watt Puppy 3/2
*Kharma CRM 3.2 FE


Pretty purpose-less, focus-less timeline, I must confess.




bsimpson
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rar1
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A time for reflection.  I have purchased all my speakers new.  I separated from my first wife in 1990, which is where I start the counting of my hard-core membership in Audio HiFi.  For brevity sakes, I will only include 2 of my 3 systems, though the 3rd system usually gets the hand me downs from the other two systems.    

Main System (Living Room)

KEF Q55 (1990 - 1995)
EPOS 11 (1995 - 1998)
Acoustic Research 302 (1999 - 2007)
Opera Platea (2007 - current)

Second Bedroom/ Den System 

Bose 101 (1987 - 1992)
Polk Monitor 4 (1992 - 1996)
Optimus Pro LX5 (1997 - 1999)
EPOS 11 (1999 - 2002)
Omega Loudspeakers Super 3i (2002 -2006)
NHT SB2 (2006 - 2008)
Rega Aras (2008 - 2010)
Spendor SA1 (2010 - 2010)
Totem Mites (2011 - 2011)
Ascend Acoustics Sierra 1 (2012 - 2015)
Omega Loudspeakers Super 7MK2 (2015 - current)


Rich 
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lalitk
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WOW!!!! That's quite a list of speakers in a 20 year span. I didn't care to look at any other brand since 2005 :-)

Technics - Don't remember the model (1991-1997)
Dantax STR800 (1997-2005)
B&W 703/704/705/HTM7 (2005-2008)
B&W 803s (2008-2017)
B&W 804s/HTM3s (2008-2015)
B&W SCMS (2011-current)
B&W 800D2/HTM2D2 (2015-current)
B&W HTM4D2 (2015-2017)
B&W 804D2 (2017-current)

prof
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Wow, bsimpson's list actually makes me feel sane ;-)

My audiophile genes were formed listening to my Dad's Kef 105 speakers with a Carver Sonic Holography amp, in the 80's.

Mine, since mid 90's (and I'm going to include speakers that, even if I didn't end up owning, spent months in my system):

Thiel 02 monitors
Quad ESL 63
Quad ESL 63 w Gradient Subwoofers
Von Schweikert VR 4 Gen 2
Shun Mook Bella Voce
Waveform Mach Solo
Audio Physic Libra
Thiel CS6
Hales Transcendence 5
Meadowlark Blue Heron
Meadowlark Swallow
Hales Transcendence T1 monitors
Audio Physic Scorpio
Waveform Mach MC monitors
MBL radialstrahler 121
Thiel CS 3.7
Harbeth Super HL5 Plus
Thiel 2.7

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Currently own:

Hales Transcendence L/C/R speakers (mostly use them for home theater now).
Waveform Mach MC monitors
Thiel 02 (too wonderful to ever let them go).
MBL radialstrahler 121
Thiel 3.7
Thiel 2.7



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There is no way that I could come up with a list of the speakers I have owned over the past 22 years.  If I could, it would make the OP's list look pretty small  :-)
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