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Your Loudspeaker history...

Epos ES14 (in the 1980s when Black Ash furniture was all the rage)
JR 149
Dynaudio Contour 1.1 (purchased for wall-mounting when the kids were young and an astonishing speaker)
PMC Fact.8 (only because the wife liked the look of them)
Harbeth SHL5+ (uncompromising neutral sound for a vast range of music, low volume performance and miles better than the Fact.8)

That covers about 30 years
 
Wharfedale Linton 2
Keesonic Kubs
Goodmans Mezzo
Linn Index
Naim IBL
Naim Allae
Naim SL2
Naim SBL
Shahinian Obelisk
Covers from 1973 to 2016. Will not be replacing the Obs. That's it. Over and out.
 
Little Sony bookshelf things
Home brew Kef 3 way
Tannoy 15" MG in home made cabs
B&O Penta
Naim Allae
Linn Kans
Naim NBL
Tannoy Glenair 15"
Tannoy Turnberry SE
Tannoy GRF Memory
 
Kef Cantor II
Epos ES 14
Naim SBL
Kef LS50
Shahinian Arc
Shahinian Obelisk Mk1

Still got three hanging around
 
Goodmans of some sort (I think)
Jamo (D3?)
Tannoy 609 mkII's: A bit "dry" for my taste these days but I really enjoyed them at the time.
Bose Acoustimass 5: still in service in 2nd system and work very well for what they are.
Acoustic Energy Radiance 1: Very neat little speakers and looked nice and unobtrusive too.
Sonus Faber Cremona standmounts (auditor): Kinda dark / warm but amazingly lush midrange.
 
Since around 1979 to current:

MCS something or other
Pioneer HPM-40
Bose 301
Grafyx SP-10
Dick Sequerra Pyramid Metronome 7
Magnepan MG-1
Linn Kan
Linn Nexus
Linn Kan2(3 various occasions, one pair still current)
Rogers LS3/5A
Naim Sbl
ATC SCM-7
ATC SCM-20A
Magnepan MMG(twice, with REL subs)
Ohm Walsh 2
Ohm MWT
Ohm Walsh 3/3000
Direct Acoustics Silent Speaker
Larsen Model 4-current
Shahinian Obelisk 2(Absolutely loved these, but did not have the means to get them to a level I know they are capable of, and some frustration. Someday once again...)
Shahinian Larc-current

Along with a host of other speakers that have been listened to in-house for periods of time, but not officially "owned".
 
AR 18s (I didn't know about the foam edge repair kits when they fell to bits :( )
Dynaudio Contour 1.3 MkII

That covers 35 years.
 
From: 2006


T+A:
 TB 160
Audio Physic:
 Scorpio I

Dali:
 Mentor 6
Dynaudio:
 Excite X36

B&W:
 804S
Dynaudio: Contour 1.4 S

Dynaudio: Confidence C1
PMC: LB1i Signature
PMC: OB1i


ProAc:
D 38
Phonar: 
Veritas P7
Heco: 
Celan XT 301
Heco: Celan XT 701
Spendor:
S6e
Spendor: S8e
Heco: 
The Statement


Nubert:
 NuLine 32 with ATM
Nubert: NuVero 14


Sonus Faber: 
Liuto
OAudio: 
Sarah
 (DIY)

LSV Achenbach:
Trinity with Mundorf (DIY)
Sonus Faber:
Cremona M
Spendor: S9e


Sonus Faber: 
Guarneri Memento


Quadral Arum: 
Orkan VIII (activ)


Klipsch: Klipschorn HD
Harbeth: 
Super HL5
Klipsch: Klipschorn AK3
Harbeth: Super HL5+


Klipsch: 
Cornwall III


Harbeth:

 Compact 7
 
Cellofan said:
From: 2006


T+A:
 TB 160
Audio Physic:
 Scorpio I

Dali:
 Mentor 6
Dynaudio:
 Excite X36

B&W:
 804S
Dynaudio: Contour 1.4 S

Dynaudio: Confidence C1
PMC: LB1i Signature
PMC: OB1i


ProAc:
D 38
Phonar: 
Veritas P7
Heco: 
Celan XT 301
Heco: Celan XT 701
Spendor:
S6e
Spendor: S8e
Heco: 
The Statement


Nubert:
 NuLine 32 with ATM
Nubert: NuVero 14


Sonus Faber: 
Liuto
OAudio: 
Sarah
 (DIY)

LSV Achenbach:
Trinity with Mundorf (DIY)
Sonus Faber:
Cremona M
Spendor: S9e


Sonus Faber: 
Guarneri Memento


Quadral Arum: 
Orkan VIII (activ)


Klipsch: Klipschorn HD
Harbeth: 
Super HL5
Klipsch: Klipschorn AK3
Harbeth: Super HL5+


Klipsch: 
Cornwall III


Harbeth:

 Compact 7
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Bloody hell, do you own a second hand hifi shop?

I'm feeling inadequate, I've been using the same speakers for the best part of 20 years.
 
@Stunsworth: Then you are much smarter then me. ;)
I love to try and test stuff, but sometimes it feels like a addiction disease.
 
JPW Mini Monitors
Tannoy Revolution R2
Harbeth HLP3
Harbeth P3ESR
Harbeth C7
Harbeth SHL 5
Harbeth Monitor 30.1
Sonus Faber Cremona
B&W 686
Linn Majik 140
Reference 3a Dulcet
Jas Audio Orior
Gamut L3
Dynaudio DM 2/6
Living Voice R2
Living Voice RW
Opera Callas
Wilson Benesch Curve
Some KEF Floorstanders
PMC DB1
Proac D2
Proac 1SC

Some others that I cannot recall.
 
Reading through the lists that some people have compiled makes me think that some people change their speakers as often as most people change their underpants. Speakers take time to break in if bought brand new which begs the question why buy a speaker only to move it on after such a short time. I will not live long enough
 
Goodmans
Onkyo
Dynaudio Gemini (kit)

and over the last 5 years:
B&W 805D, later with bass extenders
B&W 804D black
B&W 804D cherry
... what next?
 
SteveT said:
Reading through the lists that some people have compiled makes me think that some people change their speakers as often as most people change their underpants. Speakers take time to break in if bought brand new which begs the question why buy a speaker only to move it on after such a short time. I will not live long enough
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Worth noting that many of us here have been doing this rather a long time! At 52 I'm very far from the oldest here, but even so I've been doing it for over 36 years as I started just before my sixteenth birthday! Many of us have more than one system too, e.g. I have three on the go in different rooms (Lockwood Tannoys, Klipsch La Scalas and JR149s), so that all adds to the potential for ins and outs. Another factor for me is that is that earlier in life I moved about a lot and I often found stuff that worked in one context/room was far less good in another. These days you may be able to fix some if that with digital room correction etc, but it certainly doesn't appeal to all.
 
First speakers that weren't made from fruit crate panels were not much more aspirational - two 1.0m sections of 150mm diameter ceramic sewer pipe (25mm thick walls). One end was belled to allow male-to-female jointing and the inside diameter of the belled end was just right to accept a 6" dual-cone Philips driver bedded down on a resilient "washer".

The sewer pipes were fitted with "stabilisers" to the non-flared ends and stood with the belled end pointing at the ceiling and the wiring routed out of the base.

These were driven by a really crappy Philips amp/turntable combo.

Next, came a pair of 2-way bookshelf speakers from the German manufacturer Dual (of turntable fame) and were driven by a slightly better integrated (also Philips due to student budget). These Dual speakers were well-made with a rosewood veneer and two decent drivers per cabinet and that amp probably never gave them an opportunity to really shine - but they were a pleasant listen. (Can't find anything on the web)

After having worked for a while and saved, the next was a complete system replacement:

- Thorens TD160C/TP-16 with a Shure M75ED MM cartridge
- Teac A350 Dolby B cassette deck
- B&O Beolab 5000 integrated
- Kef Cadenzas

This system stayed for ~25 years.

Next speakers? Tannoy 613 floorstanders

Two years later? Tannoy D700s (still in use 20 years later)

Second study system assembled via classifieds included a pair of Chario Syntar 516 bookshelf speakers.

And that will probably be that...
 
Hand-me-down DIY 2 ways - They made a noise

Goodmans RB65 - These could rattle the windows on the end of an Amstrad EX330

Mordaunt Short Pageant II - these were my first properly auditioned purchase. Won a shootout with some KEF and Mission price equivalents that were well reviewed at the time. Still own and use these on the end of Nytec 202

Naim Intro II - chosen when I updated my 80's system to an all Naim set. Still in use on the end of an nVi for general listening

Naim Allae - replaced the Intro II's in my main significantly upgraded system

Naim SL2's - about to replace the Allaes after 9 years of loyal service :)
 
Can't remember dates but roughly something like this..

Tannoy M1
Tannoy MX3
Mission M72
Mission 780
B&W DM-602
B&W DM-602 S3
Mackie HR-626 mk1
Naim Credo
KEF Reference 104aB
Kef Reference 103.2
Kef Reference One
Electro Voice Sentry 100a
Spendor LS3/5a
 
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