How many speaker pairs do you currently own? And how many have you bought in your life?

[mags65]

Currently own 2 pairs. Have bought 9 pairs through my hobbyist life since student days in England:
1) powered pair connected directly to discman, forgot the brand
2) Tannoy 611 (IIRC)
3) Audiovector C8 (gifted to my bonus daughter)
4) Patos Lyric 402 (Norwegian brand, now defunct)
5) Dali Helicon 400
6) Fyne F502SP
7) Dali Oberon 5 (gift for my daughter)
8) Dali Oberon 7 (at cabin)
9) Fyne F703 (at home)

 

[OldFunkyBones]

Current: Philharmonic Ceramic Mini Monitors, Philharmonic True Mini (with son at college), Philharmonic True Mini Air, Realistic Minimus 7
Tried/returned: Arendal 1961 Bookshelf, RSL CG3M, NHT SuperZero, NHT SuperOne, Paradigm Monitor SE Atom, PSB Alpha P3

 

[EJ3]

Ones that I still own and use:
1. From Texas in the late 1970's, a Pair of sequential serial number Frazier Super Monte Carlo's (Jack Frazier was a contemporary and freindly with Paul W. Klipsch [& they had similar ideas on speaker design, efficiency, etc. Jack kept all his designs in his head, never published them and died in the 1980's]).
2. Two pair of Dahlquist M-905's ([with modern, tighter tolerance] but original spec components in the crossover's developed by Jon Dahlquist & Saul Marantz) done by Peter Williams at QuirkAudio.
3. (Yeah, I know but they have their uses) Two Pair of Radio Schack Minimus 7's in Black Metal.
4. A pair of Minimus 7W (wood, walnut veneer?) that sound much better that the metal ones (not like that is saying a lot).
5. A pair of Onkyo D-O62AX's (probably from a mini system that Onkyo made)
Now for what I no longer have:
6. 2 pair of Radio Shack Mach 1's (which, oddly, I'd still like to have to play with replacing speakers and crossovers just to see what might happen.
7. 2 pair of Radio Shack Optimus Pro LX5's (another one that I would like to have to play around with).
BONUS (& still have):
9. A pair of DYI sub-woofers.
10. A single Radio Shack 12" sub.

 

[Gorgonzola]

I've had an interest in hi-fi going back 55 years -- I've owned lot of speaker pairs, but not so many as many audiophiles and enthusiasts.

Question: in a multichannel system are side, rear, and overhead speakers comprise separate pairs?

In my "main stereo system", these are the speaker pairs I can remember:

1. Dynaco A25
2. AR 7
3. AR 5
4. Braun L710
5. Ohm F
6. B&W DM7
7. Magnaplanar MMG
8. Magnaplanar MG 16QR
9. Zaph Audio ZRT

I've had as many different speaker pairs in systems other than my main system.

 

[Cogito]

Let's see how good my memory is... List is in chronological order.

Pioneer HPM-500
Realistic Minimus 11
Pioneer CS-A9000
KOSS Dynamite M80
Polk Audio 10B
Polk Audio SDA-2
Boston Acoustics A400
Magnepan MG-1.4
Phase Technology PC-80/90
Polk Audio Monitor 40
Polk Audio Monitor 70
Magnepan MG-1.7
Wharfedale Jade 3
Source Loudspeaker Technologies 7211 Reed Tower
Edifier S3000 PRO
Aperion Audio Grandis Gr8

 

[EJ3]

Let's see how good my memory is... List is in chronological order.

Pioneer HPM-500
Realistic Minimus 11
Pioneer CS-A9000
KOSS Dynamite M80
Polk Audio 10B
Polk Audio SDA-2
Boston Acoustics A400
Magnepan MG-1.4
Phase Technology PC-80/90
Polk Audio Monitor 40
Polk Audio Monitor 70
Magnepan MG-1.7
Wharfedale Jade 3
Source Loudspeaker Technologies 7211 Reed Tower
Edifier S3000 PRO
Aperion Audio Grandis Gr8

Nothing like a good memory test!

 

[Alexei]

Previously owned:-

Realistic (Tandy) Minimus 11 (schooldays)
Realistic MC-500 5” 2-way Acoustic Suspension (schooldays)
NEC 12” ported sub that put me off subs forever.
Optimus 10” 3-way Acoustic Suspension (early work days)
Douglas HiFi Australia house brand 12” 3-way ported Flr Std (crap)
Kef Concorde III 2.5 way (sweet, but only 60Hz bass extn)
AE 1’s originals.
Leembruggen & Connor LC 2x5”, 1” silk-dome D’Appolito ported (wish I kept these. Didn’t realise how ref-std these actually were).

JBL Control 1’s

Jamo Concert VII isobarik (stunning full-range performance for their time). Had them fr 1992-2023. Not very dynamic by today’s stds.

Adelaide Speakers Summoner 1093’s 10”, Ribbon tweeter 3-way TL-loaded.
25Hz bass extn, great individual drivers but crossover and directivity issues made them sound quite coloured and like 3 drivers operating separately, even in far-field.

Currently:-
Wharfedale Diamond 10.2 (often my favs, alternating with….)

Wharfedale Linton 85th (after tweaking tweeter cct, my usual favs now)

Digitech 15” 2-way PA speakers. Can sound VERY good far-field with substantial Eq-ing and fixed seating position listening due to controlled directivity.

I have them sealed and stuffed which makes a huge subjective difference to bass colouration, as I don’t think their port openings are Thiel-Small tuned. Pin-point holographic imaging similar to Kefs fr compression tweeters coherently covering huge frequency range, and explosive dynamics.
I can understand why people rave about JBL 4367 & Pitt & Giblin Superwax Mini’s as examples done properly.
Hard to beat a huge woofer for bass transients. They only cost $340AU on run-out sale for the pair brand new, so they’re my cheapest-ever speakers to buy!

Kef LS50 OG. Can sound very good with Eq, but obnoxious subjective 3-6kHz peakiness as-is in every listening room (3-5m listening dist) I’ve ever tried them in. Amazing bass alignment, imaging and dynamics for their size. Got swept up by the media hype at the time.

 

[Alexei]

Let's see how good my memory is... List is in chronological order.

Pioneer HPM-500
Realistic Minimus 11
Pioneer CS-A9000
KOSS Dynamite M80
Polk Audio 10B
Polk Audio SDA-2
Boston Acoustics A400
Magnepan MG-1.4
Phase Technology PC-80/90
Polk Audio Monitor 40
Polk Audio Monitor 70
Magnepan MG-1.7
Wharfedale Jade 3
Source Loudspeaker Technologies 7211 Reed Tower
Edifier S3000 PRO
Aperion Audio Grandis Gr8

What did you think of the Wharfedale Jades? Very little written about them but they seemed to be their premium offerings before Elysium took the podium.

 

[kemmler3D]

I voted 6 but that's counting pairs of subs, otherwise 4.

 

[AM88]

Gallo micros and A'diva and passive subwoofer.
B&W PV1 sub.
KRK vxt 6.
AVI adm 9.1 and sub and dm 5.
PMC GB1.
Jordan Eikona 2 in 7 litre bookshelf.
Coral Beta 6 in spiral horn diy floorstander cabinet.
Kef Reference 101/3

 

[dasherzx]

8.5…poll needs a .5 for the center…
Neumann, kef, palmer and mofis…
Held elacs and swans last time

 

[Laserjock]

8.5…poll needs a .5 for the center…
Neumann, kef, palmer and mofis…
Held elacs and swans last time

I have a few of those and subs too

 

[Rick63]

I've been waiting for a headphone only user to vote zero.

 

[Laserjock]

I've been waiting for a headphone only user to vote zero.

I have a few IEM and some 6XX but I like speakers better for some reason.

 

[BobbyTimmons]

Current: Philharmonic Ceramic Mini Monitors, Philharmonic True Mini (with son at college), Philharmonic True Mini Air, Realistic Minimus 7
Tried/returned: Arendal 1961 Bookshelf, RSL CG3M, NHT SuperZero, NHT SuperOne, Paradigm Monitor SE Atom, PSB Alpha P3

It seems like your ears can only tolerate the Philharmonic Audio house sound? I feel sorry for the dealership you returned the rest to.

 

[sqrl]

1996 - Celestion Ditton 15XR
2006 - Dynaudio Focus 260
2021 - Dynaudio HS + SVS3000 Micro (x1)
2025 - Dynaudio HS + SVS5000 Evolution (x2)
2026 - C8C + BX8C

Still have them all

 

[8Packin]

Been lurking a while... can finally contribute nothing useful but really enjoy this site and learning some technical aspects. ASR led to my Revel purchase.
1. ADS L710 (first speaker in 1980, still love them!)
2. Minimus 7 (relegated to the garage)
3. M&K 750 (home theatre/music)
4. KLH 911b ($20 new, craptastic even for garage duty)
5. Revel M105

 

[Ruediger]

Can't remember all I ever bought.

But currently have 5 pairs. All Canton Chronos and Dali Rubikore.

 

[Jaxx1138]

Hi my name is jaxx1138 and I am an audioholic. It's been 403 days since my last purchase....

It's somewhere around 20. I know ...I have a problem.

 

[LTig]

Currently owned (all active):

• 2 Klein & Hummel O300D (2004) and 1 Genelec 7060b sub (2006) - main system
• 2 Genelec 8020a (2006) and 1 Neumann KH750 DSP (2024) - desktop system
• 2 FBT Jolly 5a and 1 RFT PS500 sub - E-drum monitors
• 2 Alto PS 2A - small PA for jazz concerts
• 2 Studiomaster Sense 12a and 2 FBT Jolly 8a - stage monitors for jazz concerts

Previously owned:

• main system:
  • 2 Schneider broadband speakers
  • 2 Heco 3-way speakers
  • 2 DIY 3 way speakers with Audax/Kef chassis (HD100D25, B110B, B139B)
  • 2 Magnepan 1.6
• E-drum monitors:
  • 2 T-Box Control 1 (too weak, donated them to the local repair café)
  • 2 T-Box Control 5 (too weak as well)

Plans: none, but if the O300D fail beyond repair I'm getting Neumann KH310.