What was the first pair of speakers you ever owned?

way back in '79, ADS L-520's for i think $400. they are long gone, but made me a fan of ADS speakers for life.

My real first pair was a set of Speakerlab Super 7's that me a friend built. That was way back in 1975. They were destroyed by a wet basement in 1994. Still have the original horn midrange and tweeters I used, The tweeters went back into there black plastic cases and now sit on top of my HPM 100. They are the realistic super tweeters..

first speakers I owned were realistic Mach speakers. great sperakers

then bought a pair of old cerwin vegas for a few years, liked them alot, bought a few pairs of those through the years. SE-380...didnt like the ribbon surround sound, no bass reproduction, still have my D-9 pair, great speakers!! had the AT-15's auto breaker on tweeter kept tripping, sold those, bought pair of altec lansing m510's good sound, but didnt like the sound. have 2 pair polk LS-90, they were blown up while we h ad wifes friend watch the house, over powered with older sansui 9090db w/ all 4 hooked up, fine for the casual listening I was doing, but they put on some rap ****e & fried my receiver and speakers, I was so po's that day i got home. now using pair of newer B.I.C. america DV-84's......took about 100 hours ot break these in with the butyl surround, but these are a fantastic speaker, cant handle a lot of power, but their sound is stunning & soundstage is everywhere, great speaker.

My first set of speakers where the Klipschorns, and a set of AR MGC-1 "magic speakers". I loved the sound of both of those speakers, even though they sound so different from each other.

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first speakers I owned were realistic Mach speakers. great sperakers

then bought a pair of old cerwin vegas for a few years, liked them alot, bought a few pairs of those through the years. SE-380...didnt like the ribbon surround sound, no bass reproduction, still have my D-9 pair, great speakers!! had the AT-15's auto breaker on tweeter kept tripping, sold those, bought pair of altec lansing m510's good sound, but didnt like the sound. have 2 pair polk LS-90, they were blown up while we h ad wifes friend watch the house, over powered with older sansui 9090db w/ all 4 hooked up, fine for the casual listening I was doing, but they put on some rap ****e & fried my receiver and speakers, I was so po's that day i got home. now using pair of newer B.I.C. america DV-84's......took about 100 hours ot break these in with the butyl surround, but these are a fantastic speaker, cant handle a lot of power, but their sound is stunning & soundstage is everywhere, great speaker.

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I still maintain that despite their problems the Cerwin Vega D9's were one of the most FUN loudspeakers I ever heard - accurate not even close but you know what the bass - and the volume and the kick in the chest and the whole wollop factor is pretty damn awesome and for a grand. $999 in Canada.

The new CLS 215 is the same price and is a much better sounding speaker in the midrange and treble and it's a lot more in sync. But the D9 was way easier to drive - huge sensitivity spec if I recall over 105db sensitive (the new ones aren't).

Pioneer CS-99A's. Big 15" paper cone woofer and horn loaded if I recall correctly. Those old speakers could take some serious power and really rocked at higher volumes.

My first pair of speakers were a pair of 2way Altec Lansing's with an 8' woofer. My second set were these Cannon TLS 1030 or 1032's-

http://theaudioexchange.com/speakers.htm

My first sound system is the one I have now. A Sony 5.1 system... 1000w total. Not happy with it, and I need 5 posts before I can ask questions here.

Realistic MC-2001s. 8in 2 way, 1980. They are taking up space in my garage on a shelf. Won't ever use them again, but just can't seem to throw them away. They don't even sound good enough to use in the garage. I have 4 Athena's hooked up out there running off a Carver TFM35.

My first set of speakers were a pair of Morse Electrophonic (later called Fisher) variable bass reflex MK2.
They were a whopping $100 each back in 1978. They were part of a multiplex system (all in one) that had a radio, 8 track, turntable and inputs for a separate cassette player.
Over the years I have climbed the audio ladder from:
radio shack, sony, pioneer, allison, mirage and martin logan.
That was 33 years ago.
Man did you just make me feel old !

I worked all summer after my freshmen year of collage 79-80 and brought a MCS setup from JC Penny the reciver was made by Technics 60 WPC and the speakers are unknown, but it rocked the dorms back then. I had to replace the tweeters and mids and they guy that did the work put some top of the line replacements in, I had to give them away, 12 years ago (Wife had enough of their size) 12" woofer, 4" mid and a bullet proof tweeter 2".

Found this info at Parts express:
JC Penney MCS something-or-other (actually built by United Speaker Systems, the same makers of MacIntosh speakers, and use a phenolic dome tweet, phenolic dome mid, and 12" woofer, very interesting!)

Saw a pic on Ebay of a old set that looked like mine :)

I had mainly junk until college. After I learned to read specs and manage my meager savings, i settled for a pair of Wharfedale W 60 E's powered by a Dynaco PAT 4 and a Dynaco Stereo 120 power amp. I also bought a Thornes TD 125 with a Shure V15 Cart. I kept the Wharfdales for 10 years and finaly sold them and purchased a pair of ADS 7XX's

My first ones were Cerwin Vega AT-12

the first pair of speakers i owned was a pair of carlsbro ALPHA AT10/150S

not the greatest speakers i owned i admit, but i was on a tight budget

some old no name speakers with paper cones that i made a cardboard enclosure for. lol

My first speakers? Please don't laugh, guys.

A very cheap pair of Toshiba. They did not last very long in my possession, they were upstage by some "Pro-logic" speakers, a Canadian brand. I started with a two way with a 6 inch woofer then moved to a 8 incher before a three way with a 10", all in the same year. The next year I got an Electrovoice 3 way system and a couple years later a very good Dynaco A50.

Doc Sage

B&O way back in 60's - they were "the" speaker brand back then in Europe. What they lacked in soundstage compared to today's speakers they made up for in volume as I recall. After that I had a pair of Sonab's - wish I still had them

My first speakers were Marantz's bottom of the line, 3 way book shelf speakers. Paired with the trusty Realistic STA-64 receiver (still in use in my office as we speak) and a bottom end Marantz turntable. This was back in the mid 70's when my high school buddies thought that bigger was better (watts and speaker cabinet size).

My setup blew theirs away. It was sheer joy to que up a record on that setup. The Marantz speakers finally started tearing after about 15 years. I tried replacing the speakers with aftermarket replacements, but never replicated the detailed sound of the original configuration.

Good memories...

TR

I still have them and will probably have them forever. Pair of Sanuis' SP2500X. Bought them to go with my Sansui 4CH reel to reel, and quad receiver. No longer have the R2R or the receiver. Really do miss that huge machine...I believe I have a pic of the spkrs posted, if anyone is interested in seeing those bad boys...

The question brought back a flood of memories. I had a Soundesign stereo with Soundesign speakers. The stereo had cool flip switches and right and left channel lights that pulsated. It looked cool and I could plug my Jimi Hendrix 8 tracks into it. At the time I loved it.

i inherited fisher stv-340's and realistic optimus 7 speakers around the same time and really thought i had it awesome! although my setup isnt stellar it is far superior than that mess!

A pair of Studabaker ,Customs, They were oval , and I had them in wooden Coke Boxes , they were out of a Low Boy ,

First "proper" loudspeakers I owned were a pair of huge Tannoy Lancaster's each of which had a 15" Dual Concentric driver. Picked them up secondhand from a friend who was downsizing in 1977 for £250. They were true window rattlers but had to go eventually as they took up too much living space. Wish I still had them now as they are fetching silly money on ebay and similar auction sites. Since that time I've owned Bowers & Wilkins, KEF, Bose, Sansui, Celestion and I'm now using a pair of Gale Gold Monitor Mk.2's which sound great with my current setup.

1990 Bose 4.2 with Onkyo TX-822 and Onkyo 5 disc changer.

Still have them all but only use the CD changer. The speakers and receiver just sit in the basement storage room.

AR18 BX, Electron, I would like to try, Vangersteen, VPMS,TDL,
Conrad-Johnson, Snell,Savard,Quadral,Philips ,OHM,and
Marthin-Logan ,