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Which pair of speakers changed your Hifi life?

*** I am not trying to create a debate or a quarrel with anyone. My discussions are purely having a talks and to express one's experiences. Also to learn fellow audio lovers passion. Please do not disrespect with hurtful words or expressions. Please be more forgiving and understanding in this discussion thread. Thank you." ***

Hopefully one day, someone would say "Mon Acoustic speakers were the turning point in my Hifi life".  😃

My 2ch-audio journey began when my uncle bought his BOSE system at his home (don't even know the model or never really heard it) in early 90s. Bose was rear and expensive in Korea(South) back then. So I started my own system with Bose Cinematics 2.1. Then moved on to Goldenear Triton 3, then to Triton 1. But more utilizing the speakers for AV set ups, not 2 ch stereo.   

When I had my first house, I bought a pair of Revel M105 speakers and I think these are the pair that really changed my audio life. My initial paring with M105 was Yamaha receiver. Then I tried goofie set up with center speaker 3.1 to see if it improves vocal in the songs I liked. We went through many combinations of system set up. I ended up with Chord Electronics set up. 

I still own them. Always struggle time to time, whether to sell them or not due to the number of pairs I own(out of a guilt). I cannot argue how many pairs of shoes my wife owns.  I pair them with NAD M10 (version 1) for my bedroom since my wife likes the warm and well rounded sound, and 80% its white design aspect. 

So what are the speakers that have impacted your life? 

 

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oliver_reid
64 posts
 

My fathers Quad 57's which got me into audio in the first place

Proac EBS studios - purchased in 1982 - which had ATC midrange drivers. Just sold them last year to get current ATC gear.

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cummins88
6 posts
 

Audio Physic Special addition Avanti 5 . Predecessor of the Avantera.

scott22
241 posts
 

Snell 2c mk2 with Adcom electronics Woo really missed them when I switched to canton 9K monitors and Technics Integrated sug 700, that is until I added a SVS SB1000 pro sub. Forgetaboutit this system crushes the Snells in all respects.

I might also add the tech support at SVS is freaking outstanding! Technics support on the other hand absolutely sucks. No sucks is too kind it is nonexistent! Seriously stay away from that company if anything goes wrong with their product you are alone, buyer beware. They do not have working phone numbers, texts and emails go unanswered. Panasonic the parent company is up to something. Lucky the amp works fine but man what a crap company avoids them like COVID 19, no make that Ebola.

fredapplegate
95 posts
 

Great post, thanks.
Martin Logan Monolith IIIx (with the active crossover).

Ironically, I never really got them to work in my room! They're gigantic! Bass integration, beaming, room bounderies...

But what they did right was startling and mesmerizing. And it started my journey into audiophilia nervosa (which may not have been such a good thing). But I believe I found my forever love: Vandersteen 5s. Fussy, but not recalcitrant like the MLs.

I learned that what you admire, and what you can get to work, are not always the same thing, and that the biggest component in your system is your room. And that anyone telling you that your thing is mid-fi and their thing is better, well, it's nonsense unless they've heard your system in situ.

Fun reading all the answers! What a wonderfully odd hobby we have.

 

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rettrussell
172 posts
 

When I was 16, around 1969, went with a friend to the house of an acoustics professor/in-home audio dealer and heard a pair of Klipshorns paired with a mono center Belle Klipsch.

I was in awe & bitten....own a pair of K-horns today.

Technical note: He was a Crown dealer and for EACH corner horn used a bridged DC-300 for the woofer, a DC-120 for the mid, and a DC-60 for the tweeter. Overkill, but in his acoustically designed room it was a life changer listening to Sticky Fingers.

 

 

 

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