What Speakers Have You Owned and Loved?

[mfoley3]

Beginning in 1973:

Acoustic Research AR 5
Bose 901 Series 2
Martin Magnificat
Essence 8
Essence 8A
B&W Matrix 804
B&W Nautilus 805
Focal Electra 1008 Series 2
JL Audio F110
Focal Diablo Utopia Series 3

[imprezap2]

Philips (cannot remember the type, somewhere in the eighties)
Jamo Compact 70
Tannoy 90 series J30
Tannoy Super Red Monitor SRM 10B (still regret giving them away)
Infinity (floorstanders, 3 woofers, mid unit and emit tweeter)
Focal Electra 1037Be
Magico V3

[jmw31]

Rogers LS35A's were my first great speaker. I also enjoyed my Kef 103.2's, JSE 1.8's and Thiel 3.6's. Currently in love with my Aerial 7T's and will likely own them for years to come.

[hifidelitea]

When I was a kid, Sansui SP 100 with wooden Zig Zag wiremesh design grill
JBL L100 with the cube foam grill during my teenage days

ProAc Response bookshelves speakers as a student in London

Bose 901
B&W Matrix 801 Series 2

Since 2000, PMC MB2/XBD - piano black.
(In between '08-12 whilst posted overseas - DynaAudio Audience)

[Garth]

Technics T300 Four of them
Ohm F
Infinity QLS
Martin Logan CLX with Decenti subs

[kmanusa]

I might be leaving something out but these are all of the speakers I remember owning since the late 1960s:

Jensen TF-25 (2-way, horn tweeter, bought new, traded-in)
Infinity POS-1 (2-way, cheap Infinity, bought new, traded-in)
Advent Larger (2-way classic, bought new)
Advent Larger ("Double Advents") (as per Absolute Sound, bought new, sold)
Infinity Monitor II (demo, had to be returned, woofer was bad, no replacements)
Allison One (had some real strong points, bought new, sold)
Magneplanar Tympani 1D (my first planar dipole, bought new, sold)
IMF RSPM Mark IV (classic British sound, bought new, sold)
Acoustat 2+2 (lots of wow for an ESL, bought new, sold)
Infinity RS-2a (lots of driver problems, bought used, sold)
Magneplanar Tympani IVa (another classic, bought new, sold)
B&W 801 Matrix Series 2 (different sort of British sound, less "juicy" than IMF, bought used, sold)
Snell Type B (should have kept these, demo, sold)
Martin Logan CLS IIz and Kinergetics SW-800 subs (should have kept these too, bought used, sold)
Quad 988 (very neutral but not enough oomph, bought used, sold)
Magnepan MG-IIIa (bought used, sold)
Infinity RS-4.5 (a classic Infinity, bought used, sold)
Martin Logan CLS 1 and Kinergetics SW-800 subs (bought used, still in use)
JBL 250Ti (bought used, still in use)

Looking back-- I made a lot of changes, not always for the better, but always interesting!

[Masterlu]

JBL L100's (bought new, sold)
JBL 4311 (bought new, sold)
JBL 4312 (bought new, sold)
JBL L220 (bought new, sold)
JBL L300 (bought new, sold)
McIntosh HT1 x 3 (bought new, still have)
McIntosh HT2 x 2 (bought new, still have)
McIntosh HT3 (2 pairs; bought new, still have)
McIntosh HT4 (bought new, sold)
McIntosh XR28 (bought new, sold)
McIntosh XR30 (bought new, sold)
McIntosh WS350 (bought new, still have)
McIntosh XCS350 (bought new, still have)
McIntosh XRT2K (2 pairs; bought new, still have)
McIntosh XR27 (2 pairs; bought new, still have)
McIntosh XCS2K (2; bought new, still have)
Sonus Faber Auditor (bought new, sold)
Sonus Faber Elipsa (bought new, sold)
Sonus Faber Amati Anniversario (bought new, sold)
Sonus Faber Futura (bought new, sold)
Sonus Faber Evo's (bought new, sold)
Sonus Faber Stradivari (bought new, still have)
Sonus Faber Aida (bought new, still have)
Aerial 7T's (bought new, still have)
Aerial 9T's (bought new, sold)
Aerial 20T's (bought new, still have)
Aerial SW12 x 2 (bought new, still have)
JBL L300 (bought new, still have)
Bryston Model T (bought new, still have)
Bryston Model T Center (bought new, still have)
Vienna Acoustics Bach Grand (bought new, still have)
Vienna Acoustics Maestro (bought new, still have)
TAD CR-1's (2 pairs; bought new, still have)
TAD R1's (2 pairs; bought new, still have)
JL Audio F112 (bought new, still have)
JL Audio F113 (3 pairs; bought new, still have)
JL Audio G213 Gotham (2 pairs; bought new, still have)
JL Audio F212 (bought new, still have)

[SHV]

In the early '60s, I had a pair of British speakers who's name I can't remember then I started on a series of Bozak DIYs. Bozak offered raw drivers and x-overs for DIY projects. I started with a pair of coax drivers and went through a series of upgrades until I had a pair of Bozak Concert Grands. I kept those for about 15 years. They delivered big sound when driven by a MC275.

Steve

[maxsmart]

Originally Posted by Masterlu

JBL L100's (bought new, sold)
JBL 4311 (bought new, sold)
JBL 4312 (bought new, sold)
JBL L220 (bought new, sold)
JBL L300 (bought new, sold)
McIntosh HT1 x 3 (bought new, still have)
McIntosh HT2 x 2 (bought new, still have)
McIntosh HT3 (2 pairs; bought new, still have)
McIntosh HT4 (bought new, sold)
McIntosh XR28 (bought new, sold)
McIntosh XR30 (bought new, sold)
McIntosh WS350 (bought new, still have)
McIntosh XCS350 (bought new, still have)
McIntosh XRT2K (2 pairs; bought new, still have)
McIntosh XR27 (2 pairs; bought new, still have)
McIntosh XCS2K (2; bought new, still have)
Sonus Faber Auditor (bought new, sold)
Sonus Faber Elipsa (bought new, sold)
Sonus Faber Amati Anniversario (bought new, sold)
Sonus Faber Futura (bought new, sold)
Sonus Faber Evo's (bought new, sold)
Sonus Faber Stradivari (bought new, still have)
Sonus Faber Aida (bought new, still have)
Aerial 7T's (bought new, still have)
Aerial 9T's (bought new, sold)
Aerial 20T's (bought new, still have)
Aerial SW12 x 2 (bought new, still have)
JBL L300 (bought new, still have)
Bryston Model T (bought new, still have)
Bryston Model T Center (bought new, still have)
Vienna Acoustics Bach Grand (bought new, still have)
Vienna Acoustics Maestro (bought new, still have)
TAD CR-1's (2 pairs; bought new, still have)
TAD R1's (2 pairs; bought new, still have)
JL Audio F112 (bought new, still have)
JL Audio F113 (3 pairs; bought new, still have)
JL Audio G213 Gotham (2 pairs; bought new, still have)
JL Audio F212 (bought new, still have)

Oh wow!

No wonder you have a few homes : )

[cmarin]

In last 10 years:

Martin Logan Summit
Magico M5
Magico Q7