What was the first pair of speakers you ever owned?

[drseid]

Which Legacys do you own? I have the Focus mains and Silver Screen center in Ribbon Mahogany. I use a pair of German T&A P-30 for surrounds, but would love to have the MiST surrounds, but they're a bit pricey. The low-end on the Focus is incredible, great power and weight, no boom, a speaker which provide both quality and quantity. The Def Techsare also good speakers, but really not in the same league as the Legacys. Enjoy!

I have 5 of the Studios (although I am only using 3 for the rear channels in my HT/multichannel music system right now, using Tyler Acoustics Taylos for the front 3, and an ACI Titan II for the sub). The 5 Studios were my next purchase after the Def. Techs, and they, like the Def. Techs over the Bose were a *big* step up, even more so once I found the ACI sub to pair with them, after several poor attempts with others.

I have heard the Focus, and I agree it has a tremendous low-end extention and a great overall sound too. They would be way too much for my medium sized room, but if I ever move my system to bigger quarters, they would be high on my list for consideration in a 2 channel system.

Enjoy,

---Dave

[lattybuck]

That was a long time ago, mid 70's, when I baught that first system. I remember buying the 3-way advents with the "wazooo" bass reflex 12 woofer from a new electronics place at the time, Service Merchandice. They were pretty efficient and played very very loud is about all I remember about em. Sorry, the model # has dissapeared into the haze of the past for me. I eventually blew all 4 of the advents up in colledge I remember. So I traded the poineer plus cash in on an NAD reciever, 2 AR studio monitors with stands and 2 almost new Magnaplaner's. Still have the NAD and the AR's. 20 years old they still sound pretty good in my bedroom.
Take care

[92135011]

That I ever owned...

Altec Lansing Computer speakers with subwoofer (that doesnt go to sub freq) - Active

[RobotCzar]

So I traded the poineer plus cash in on an NAD reciever, 2 AR studio monitors with stands and 2 almost new Magnaplaner's. Still have the NAD and the AR's. 20 years old they still sound pretty good in my bedroom.
Take care

What are AR "studio monitors"?

[Peter Duminy]

A pair of Wharfedale Lintons finished in oiled Teak. But my real lust was for a pair of Tannoy Lancasters with the 12" Dual Concentric drivers.

[lattybuck]

To Robotczar

I had to look at the back of my old AR's to see the model number. Been a while since I even moved em. They are Model 780/2 sitting on 30" stands. 20 years old and still going strong though. Along with the pans they are one of the better buys I think I ever made sound wise. Just a litttle bright at top and a little heavy on bass but very smooth in the middle. Perfect match with the pans at the time which were just a little light at the very top and bottom. I used them as back speakers and the maggies in front.

[thepogue]

first we're from a all in one record player w/detachable speakers that I would lay over my head and listen to hours of Stepppenwolf, the Who, Blood Sweat n Tears...
then fisher rack system...(big time junk)
then Bose 501's
then Altec Lancing (PA type with 6 - 6" driver and horn)
then a set of AR (bookshelves) sweet sounding
then baby Advents
then Paradigm titans
then Paradigm Mon. 9's
then Paradigm Ref. 40's v.2
then Paradigm Ref. 100's v.2
then nOrh 3.0's
Then nOrh 4.0 (center)
then JBL L5's
then Klipsch Chours II's (great/fun speakers w/tubes)
Protron book shelves

in the crystral ball....

Maggies

ML Prodigies...woohoo

Legacy's Whispers

ahhh...the fun never ends

Peace, Pogue


in the furture

[Kaboom]

ahhh...the fun never ends


in the furture

Its a shame that cash does...

[Florian]

My very first speakers were a pair of Infinity RS3 bookshelf speakers. Good sound, at least i thought that back than

[natlus]

My first speaker(s) was the large Advent, I don't know its name other than it was the classic two way, floorstanding speaker with a walnut cabinet and a tannish/grey cloth grill. It had a tweeter emphasis toggle-style switch near the wire posts, and it was bought at "Tech Hi-Fi", a chain store in Manhattan which I believe is out of business.

What is remarkable about these speakers, in hindsight, is how relatively neutral and 'true' the sound was. Of course in my stoner high school and college days, I always thought there were better speakers and could not appreciate them, perhaps, as much as I could have. I think I've read that Henry Koss was responsible for their design...if that's true, I'm curious to hear from other Advent owners, or what others' experiences were with this speaker.

Do the English make speakers tend to try to be more "neutral" sounding than American speakers? Or is this a phenomena with older speakers? Or my imagination?