Infinity Monitor IIa's ($500 or so in 1975) still have them but gutted the cabinets and rebuilt Wharfedale W45's were my first (guess about $100 in 1972) I've upgraded again, so here's my updated evolution: I am still intrigued by the Maggie soundstaging and may return to a larger model as a complementary alternative to the Thiels some day. '04: Thiel 2.4 - which, along with a (costly) swapout of virtually my entire system, really exposed the acoustic limitations of my living room.įortunately, our impending remodel has allowed me to spec/build a "media room" that, once paid for (another 10 years!?), ought to send me off in yet another direction. ~'96: Magnepan MMG - talk about doing a 180! First time I experienced anything approaching "imaging" or "transparency".Ħ. Still elicits stories from buddies who recall when I set them up on the porch of their strand house in Hermosa Beach one 4th of July - loud and clear while swimming in 4' surf separated by 200+yds of beach sand!ĥ. ~'85: Klipsch La Scala - Took care of my volume concerns. ~'81: KEF 303(?) - loved the space-age stands, but couldn't handle volume (important as I was in college at the time).Ĥ. ~'77: Advent (unnamed?) - listened to 1 "mono" for a year and a half 'til I could afford the other.ģ. mid-70s: 2 Kraco 6x9 auto speakers in a plywood box - 'nuff said.Ģ. Stumbled across this thread on a search for info about Gallo A'Divas (for background music in our upcoming remodel) - didn't seem too cerebral, but stimulated some fond memories.Īll purchased new, can't recall the exact prices.ġ. I've tried to find something that I like better, but seem to go back to the two following: I have settled on two of the speakers listed above. KHARMA 3.2 FE (I don't like the titanium tweeter - gives me a headache)Īnd. SONUS FABER CREMONA AUDITOR (second system) SWEET! JM LAB SUB UTOPIA Be ( Used with the Micro Utopia Be speakers) JM LAB MICRO UTOPIA Be (in a second system) PSB PLATINUM M-2 MONITORS (In second system) JOSEPH AUDIO PEARLS (Possibly the best I've ever heard in my system - wish I hadn't sold them. Thanks to AudiogoN, it is possible to "try" a wide variety of fine audio products at very nominal cost - usually no more than shipping costs. Since that time, I have added a few others and I am thoroughly enjoying my "journey". In April of "05 I listed the following as my "personal speaker evolution"
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