What was the first pair of speakers you ever owned?

[JSE]

Sony 3 ways. Big box, big sound, big headache after listening to them for a while. They had 15 inch woofers I think.

JSE

[Harleyx]

Sony 3 ways. Big box, big sound, big headache after listening to them for a while. They had 15 inch woofers I think.

JSE

My 15 inches gives her a headache,...))

[pelly3s]

The first pair of speakers I owned were some old 12" 3ways. I don't recall them ever having a name on the cabinet anywhere. My dad used them in the garage then I adopted them. I powered them with a tiny little bookshelf unit and stepped the speaker outputs down (they were only like 8watt outputs) and then used two realistic PA-25's to run them. Souned horrible but it got way too loud. I then got a pair of Optimus LX-10's for $65 on clearence when I worked for radio shack, I still run them occasionally after a few crossover mods and stuff they don't sound too bad. I'm just waiting for my boss to finish the recone on the 15's for my JBL 4430 that were just recently purchased.

[trauski]

first speakers where advent 2002 or 4004 something like that. my parents bought them with the help of a friend who helped pick them out. sony 55 watt reciever to drive them , pioneer turntable, sony cassette. then i got the audio bug and bought my first nad 7140 reciever in 1885. ran it with some baby advents that sounded pretty good. then bought some advent legacys and some b&w dm330 . i ran all four speakers with the nad amp it sounded pretty good for a college student at the time. have been using the b&w dm 330 ever since 1987 in my home theature set up ever since and just replaced a few months ago with paradigm studio 60. legacy's are in the garage for jammen when i clean up the garage. anybody want to buy the b&w's all drivers and crossovers replaced with new b&w parts over the years including grills.

[topspeed]

My first speakers I "borrowed" from my dad when I left for college. Big Wharfdale 3 ways with 12" woofers and a soft dome tweeter. Solid wood cabinetry and heavier than a floor safe. Powered them with a Marantz 2230.

Two years later I bought my first pair with my own money. Mission 780A Argonauts (dual 8" woofers, soft dome semi-horn loaded tweeter) driven by a B&K ST140/PS Audio 4.6 amp/pre combo that sounded so smooooth! Still have the Missions in my bedroom but now being driven by the good ol' Marantz 2230. No bad for a 30+ year old receiver!

[JSE]

My 15 inches gives her a headache,...))

Uh, Suuuuure?

Hell, my wife would be afraid of that!

LOL

[Debbi]

...walnut veneer with green cloth caged tweeters...about 24 inches high...the foam surround rotted out and they sat in the garage...gave them to a friend 10 years ago and they rebuilt the drivers...Very good speakers then...those closed box suspension speakers sounded great then, but unacceptable now as very localized sound and 6 ohms as I recall and inefficient...Henry Kloss, the designer was a genius for about 10 years which is an eternity these days with electronics so thats a compliment.