How often have you purchased new speakers?

Loved those ESS AMT-1s. They really were great rock and roll speakers.

 

1997
2005
2012

 

For two-channel music...
Linn Sara Isobaricks (new, 1986), replaced by...
Dynaudio Contour S1.4 (b-stock, 2011) replaced by...
Dynaudio Contour S3.4 (dealer demo, 6/2012), modified with addition of Esotar2 tweeters (11/2012)

For Home Theater system...
Dynaudio Audience 72, 122C, 62 (new, 2003) -- still have these
added Audience 52SE (new, 2004) -still have this, used for office system
Dynaudio Sub 20A (new, 2003) replaced by...
Dynaudio Sub 500 (new, 2004) -- still have this

 

Around 1997, I obtained Thiel 2 series speakers. In 2009 I purchased Revel F52's, and I really love them. I like the F52's so much, I don't anticipate getting new speakers for a very long time.



AJH

 

So many speakers over the years, I can't possibly remember them all...

1st pr - Bozak (still have them somewhere*), Rectilinear, Klipschorn, Mission, Polk Audio Monitor 10, KEF, Klipsch Cornwall, Heresy, CF-2*, CF-3*, ProAc, JBL 200 StudioMaster, JBL 300 Summit, B&W 801, Altec VOTT, Ducane DUK 30 w/ionovac plasma tweets*, Altec 604e in Barzilay? cabs*, Pioneer PM12 in backloaded horn*, Zu Audio Definition Pro. Most speaks I pick up eventually fall into 2 categories - one's I keep for 6 months to a year and one's I keep forever.

Around 2000, I purchased another pr of Klipschorns and within a couple of years, modified them with Oris horns and AER drivers. They've been in the main system ever since and though I've had other speaks in the system, I've always come back to the modded Khorns. So, I've been listening to them for +10 years - probably the longest run.

The most recent purchase was a pr of Tannoy 15" Monitor Golds in Windsor cabs I picked up about 2 years ago. They're in a 2nd system at the moment but my wife has issues with them (something along the lines of..."too big and ugly!). She prefers the Altecs in Barzilay cabs so I may have to relent and find a new home for the Tannoys.

 

The weakness I encountered was not related to sound quality, though. I found they did not take to being driven hard particularly well. I melted the little foil amt diaphrams too often and finally blew out one woofer. Enter, Klipsch Cornwall. In fairness, it may have at least partially been an amplification issue. Still, the cornwalls never whimpered under any conditions.

 

It's always great when you find a pair of speakers you really enjoy...

 

1975 and 2010. I hated to see my 75's go. I was there at the end.

 

I think I just arrived at that point. I changed from Dynaudio Contour S1.4s to S3.4s this summer, and now I just upgraded the S3.4s with a set of Esotar2 tweeters. They still need to be broken in more, but I love what I am hearing so far. I now have what I felt was missing, especially with classical music playback.

 

I rotate a few pairs on my office system but for my "main" system I bought a pair of ADS L500s in 1976. Still have them but replaced with my all-time favoites a couple of years ago, Dahlquist DQ-10s. No need to look any further.

 

Believe it or not, I bought my main speakers in 1976.

Even stranger is the fact that I can hear things on them that most people here apparently can't hear on whatever speakers they listen to.

 

Kind of hard to comment on that statement.

 

Thrice.

 

3 times in about 40 years.

1974 - Marantz speakers with first serious stereo system.

1986 - Linear Dynamics

2009 - B&W 803s (used from the local Goodwill store)

 

Well that statement is based on the fact that so many here claim to not be able to hear the difference between CD's and high resolution recordings. Here the difference is as obvious as day and night, assuming of course that the recordings possess the right type of attributes.

 

Wow, that's a damn good find. Matrix series?

 

Audio Exklusiv P5
Audio Phsyic Medea
Thiel CS5
Wilson Watt/Puppy 5
Wilson Duette

 

Let's see if I can do this at all.

1995 Paradigm Monitor 7
1998 Paradigm Studio 60

Since that time I have had pairs of Focal Sib XXL, B&W 703, Monitor Audio RS6, Focal Chorus 807, Magnepan MMG, Dynaudio Excite X12 and X32 and Dynaudio Focus 220 and 110a.

 

A pair of cheapie Sonys from the early 80s that actually sounded decent to my memory
Vandersteen 2cis - stolen
Thiel 2.2s. Hated them
Linn Kabers in about 1992. Still have them and will never get rid of them.

 

Where did you steal 'em from?

 

Ha! Nah, they were stolen from me, boxed up in their original boxes in my VW Rabbit. Wonder what I'd think of them now; they sure were loud.

 

Oh ok. Sorry to hear that.

 

1976 - Bose 301
1986 - Cerwin Vega D9
2003 - Monitor Audio GR60
2011 - Aerial Acoustics 7t

 

1983 - Bose 501
1999 - A newer pair of 501's
2006 - PSB Synchrony 2's

 

Boston VR 40 in 1996. Still happy with them. I don't think my room warrants an upgrade.