What Speakers Have You Owned and Loved?

[thesaint519]

My history in speakers:

Polk Audio M5s & M3s for 7.1 system
Legacy Audio Monitors
Legacy Audio Focus
Revel Salons - Gen I
Wilson WP8s
Wilson Sasha

Below are a few pics...

[Jim Perry]

My speaker history, at least all that I can remember:

Radio Shack I think Minimus 100 bookshelves
Bose 901
Celestion Ditton 66 in teak (I still have these at the cabin)
Acoustat X (with built in tube amps)
JR 149 (similar to LS 3/5a in round enclosures)
Rogers LS3/5a
MZ Mod 3
Quad 57 ESL
Proac Tablette
Proac Studio 2
Spendor 9/1
Proac Response 2 (still have these, just had the surrounds redone)
Proac Studio 140 (still have these, bought to use when Response 2 were out for repair, deciding whether to keep, not as good as the Response 2)
Harbeth Compact 7 ES-2 (still have these, deciding whether to keep as backups)

There may be some others and they may not be in exact chronological order, but I think I remembered most.

Jim Perry

[chessman]

Jim, welcome aboard!

[two dot]

The Harbeth Compact 7 is becoming a favorite speaker...

[tompj]

Celestion Ditton 1
Monitor Audio Studio 2SE
B&W Nautilus 804
Chario Millennium Academy 2
Hyperion ?
Focal Mini Utopia
Focal Electra 1007 BE
Sonus Faber Cremona Auditor
Sonus Faber grand Piano
Meridian dsp 5200
Sonus Faber Electa Amator II

Really loved the Mini Utopias, sonus faber GP and my current Electa Amators

[Allan W.]

1) Klipsch Forte MKII
2) Acoustat Spectra 33
3) Thiel CS 6 w/SS1 sub
4) B&W 801S3

I still have them all except the Klipsch

[arcfan]

Marantz imperial 7s
GNP Valkyries
Martin Logan Quests
Martin Logan SL3s
Vandersteen 5As
Sound lab M-1PX (someday? )

I miss some of the electrostatic magic, although the Vandy's come close

Rob

[JimC]

My history follows:

Polk RT8a
Paradigm Mini Monitor with Paradigm Sub
WLM Diva Monitor with Skylan Stands
Harbeth Compact 7 ES3 with Skylan
JL Audio F110
Tannoy DC10T

Harbeths/JL Audio still in rotation in office system driven by RWA battery powered electronics

Tannoys in main system with Vac Sigma 160 Integrated and TW Acustic Raven One/Ortofon/Dynavector and Macbook/Audio Research DAC 8 as sources.

Jim

[psyopwak]

Originally Posted by enatai252

I started with B&W 640s from Lyric, powered by a Bryston 3b and moved to

802 series 3, Northcreek external crossovers (CJ Premier 12)
Proac Response 2S (Pass Aleph 2)
Proac Response 2.5 (Levinson 335)
Thiel 7.2 (Levinson 335)
Wilson Duette (ARC VS 115)
Wilson Sasha (ARC Ref 150)

Still have the last two in operation...

I can remember some nights (before kids) when I would listen to Miles or Coltrane played on the LP12 through the 802s with the CJ premier 12s glowing...was a simpler time and much enjoyed.

Wilson Duette and Wilson Sasha...those are two fine speakers indeed!

I have had a short list..
Bose 901's
JBL L150
Paradigm Monitor 9
Paradigm Mini Monitors
Monitor Audio BR1
Snell E-5
Marantz 208 ($25)
Vandersteen 2CE SIG II
Magnepan MMG and SVS subs

Last three I still own.. but would love to own the Duettes, best Bookshelf on a stand I have heard.

[Rilands]

NHT VT-3's