What Speakers Have You Owned and Loved?

[Jagman]

Owned a fair amount but the two that stick out for me were Martin Logan SL3's and my absolute favorite of all time Hales Transcendence 8's!

[ellisr63]

BIC in 1976
Alec model 9 in 1977
Cerwin Vega S1 in 1978
Klipsch LA Scala 1980
Boston Acoustics 60 in 1982
Celestion sl6 in 1989
Martin Logan Sequel 2 in 1990
Paradyme Studio 100 in 2003
Klipsch LA Scala in 2013
JBL 2360a/ EV DH1a, 1/4 pie bass bin combo 2014

My favorites in order of preference
1. JBL 2360a/ EV DH1a, 1/4 pie bass bin combo
2. Martin Logan Sequels
3. Cerwin Vega S2
4. Klipsch LA Scala
5. Paradigm Studio 100

[Douglas]

Starting in 1984

• Heybrook HB1
• Mission 70 mK2
• Mission 751
• B&W P5
• Sonus Faber Concertina
• Wilson Benesch Orator
• Dynaudio Audience 72
• ATC SCM50 Active
• Monitor Audio Platinum PL 100
• Esoteric MG20
• Vivid Audio K1
• JL F112

Favorites

• Mission 70 mK2
• ATC SCM50 Active
• Esoteric MG20
• Vivid Audio K1

[ellisr63]

Originally Posted by DOUGLAS

Starting in 1984

• Heybrook HB1
• Mission 70 mK2
• Mission 751
• B&W P5
• Sonus Faber Concertina
• Wilson Benesch Orator
• Dynaudio Audience 72
• ATC SCM50 Active
• Monitor Audio Platinum PL 100
• Esoteric MG20
• Vivid Audio K1
• JL F112

Favorites

• Mission 70 mK2
• ATC SCM50 Active
• Esoteric MG20
• Vivid Audio K1

I see you have a Gyrodec. .. The last one I had was with a Sumiko model SUE arm, and a Sumiko Blue point special cartridge. I really miss that setup.

[Douglas]

Thw Gyro is amazing. It sounds simply fantastic with the SME / Benz Micro combo. I love the classic looks. It never ages.

[Douglas]

Originally Posted by AudioNut

My Corrected List . . .

ELECTROVOICE EV-2 (1963)
DYNACO A25
TANDBERG LOUDSPEAKER (Actually had two pairs and used them doubled like the Advents)
DOUBLE LARGE ADVENTS
KLH-9 (two pairs, doubled up)
ACOUSTIC RESEARCH AR 3A
ACOUSTIC RESEARCH AR 2AX
MAGNEPLANAR TYMPANI IU
ALTEC VOICE OF THE THEATER
GALE LOUDSPEAKER (in my opinion, this was an awful speaker)
KLIPSCHORN - corner horn
OHM F
MAGNEPAN MG II
MAGNEPAN MG 3
MAGNEPLANAR TYMPANI IV (Loved these great big things)
MAGNEPAN MG 3.3
MAGNEPAN MG 3.6r
FULTON J SPEAKER (huge things, sounded pretty good)
DAHLQUIST DQ-10
THIEL CS 3
THIEL CS 3.5
THIEL CS 3.6
THIEL CS 5i (Great speakers)
WILSON WATT
WILSON WATT 3 PUPPY 2 (Couldn't live with that Wilson tweeter)
MARTIN LOGAN MONOLITH
MARTIN LOGAN REQUEST
GENESIS 200 (Extremely large, separate tweeter and bass towers)
GOLDMUND DIALOGUES
EGGLESTONWORKS ANDRA
AVALON EIDOLON (Two pairs- still have one)
MAGNEPAN 20.1 (Loved these but blocked the view)
LINN KANS
VERITY PARSIFAL ENCORE (Two Pairs)
METAPHOR 2 LOUDSPEAKERS
CROSBY MODIFIED QUAD ESL 63 LOUDSPEAKERS
JOSEPH AUDIO PEARLS (Possibly the best I've ever heard in my system - wish I hadn't sold them.)
PSB PLATINUM M-2 MONITORS (In second system)
JM LAB 907Be (Second system)
JM LAB MICRO UTOPIA Be (in a second system)
JM LAB SUB UTOPIA Be ( Used with the Micro Utopia Be speakers)
SONUS FABER CREMONA AUDITOR (second system) SWEET!
KHARMA 3.2 FE . . . (I don't like the titanium tweeter - gives me a headache)
MARTIN LOGAN SUMMIT (A great speaker)
EGGLESTON ANDRA II
AUDIO PHYSIC CALDERA 3 (I really like this speaker in spite of what Mikey Fremer says.)
SONUS FABER GUARNERI MEMENTO (The best small speakers in the world - I can't afford the Magico so these will have to do . . . . )
JL AUDIO F-112 SUB

Phew Julian; This makes you the Yoda of loudspeakers

[Venere]

What a list. Its like the history of high end speaker design, and you have tried them all. Now here is a guy who's judgement and opinions I would certainly value. What a blast it would have been to own all this stuff. Not to mention the associated front ends.

[WillydeWoofer]

Warfedale Linton 3 (much H.V.)
B & W DM2A (much better but little bass)
Hepta Menhir (good alrounder at that time)
Millon Phantom S (they will stay for years)

[brewbuzz]

Alas, my list is not near as long as many I've seen in this thread. However, each one held some particular appeal at that point in my life....

1977 - A pair of Fisher 3-ways. The year before I received one of those all-in-one stereos (with the turntable on top and the built in 8-track player) and it came with crappy full range speakers. I saved some buck and bought the Fishers for about $380/pair. Well, they definitely weren't high end, but that low end really rocked my small bedroom. BTO and ELO never sounded better to me!

2002 - I know....that's a big gap in time, but there just wasn't much time to develop any audiophile tendencies. Anyway I decided to jump headfirst into hometheater...and via the internet storefronts no less. I bought an Aperion Audio 5.1 setup. Teamed with decent dvd and Blu-ray players these 10+ years this system has been quite enjoyable.

2015 - Well, as luck (good or bad? Not sure yet) would have it I visited a friend who has a Dynaudio Contour setup. Yep....I'm bitten. Sorry Aperion. I'm about to acquire a pair of showroom demo S 3.4 speakers as well as the center channel. Priced so aggressively right were these that I just had to go for it. Now all I need to do is find the space in my living room. So while I've yet to experience them in my home, I'm pretty sure this set will have me falling in love all over again.

[Masterlu]

brewbuzz... Welcome to AA!