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What speakers have you owned ?

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And which where your favourite/s ? Not intended to be a pissing contest I'm just interested in finding out who has experience of what & if there's any common denominators.

I'll go first:

Wharfedale Diamond 1
Wharfedale Diamond 3
Wharfedale Programme 30D
Wharfedale Diamond 8.2
Wharfedale Diamond 8.3
Wharfedale Linton 3XP
Wharfedale E70 *
Wharfedale Dovedale MK.I
Kef Cresta 10
Kef Corelli
Kef Choral
Kef Reference 103.4
Denon SC-M51
Denon SC-M2
Celestion Ditton 15
Celestion Ditton 33
Celestion Ditton 44
Acoustic Energy Aego M
Acoustic Energy AE100
Mordaunt Short MS-902i
Mordaunt-Short MS-914
Mordaunt Short MS-202
Mordaunt-Short MS-206
Mordaunt-Short MS-816
Mordaunt-Short MS20i
Mordaunt-Short MS25i
Mordaunt-Short MS-30i
Mordaunt-Short CS1
Mordaunt-Short Carnival 2
Mordaunt-Short Festival 2
Mordaunt-Short Pageant 2
Jamo D-165
Technics SB440
Technics SB-EX2
Tannoy DC200
Tannoy Oxford
Art Stiletto 6
Rogers LS3/5A
Rogers LS4a
Rogers LS6
Eltax Symphony 6
Eltax Monitor 3
Quad 12L
Monitor Audio B1
Monitor Audio BR1
Monitor Audio BR2
Monitor Audio Silver S5
Monitor Audio R352
Monitor Audio R852 *
Monitor Audio Monitor Gold 2
Sony APM-20ES
Sony APM-22ES
Sony SS-G1 *
Sony SS-G3
Sony SS-A1
Neat Critique *
Neat Mystique
IMF TLS50II *
Rega Kyte
Rega Ara
Rega Alya
Rega Ela
Rega Ela 2000
Royd A7
Royd Eden *
Royd Minstrel
Royd Doublet
Royd Apex
Royd Merlin
Royd Sorcerer *
Linn Index
Linn Nexus
Linn Keilidh
JPW Mini Monitor
JPW Sonata
JPW ML710
JPW P1
JPW AP2
JPW AP3
JBL L90 *
JBL TLX70
Cerwin Vega! VE12
Acoustic Research AR94
Acoustic Research AR4xa
Acoustic Research AR2ax
Acoustic Research AR3a *
Acoustic Research AR18s
Goodmans Magnum K
Goodmans Magnum K-2
Goodmans Magnum SL
Goodmans Axiom 301
Gale GS301
Naim Credo
ARC 101
Mission 760i
Mission 780SE
Mission 751
Mission 752
B&W DM2
B&W DM4
B&W D5
Castle Richmond 3i
Castle Durham
Castle Conway II
Epos ES14 *
SD Acoustics SD3R
SD Acoustics OBS
Triangle Stella ES

Not in any particular order, just as I remembered them... There may be some I forgot :o I've Asterisked my favourites.

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Jeez!! what did you do with the rest of your life :shock: :grin:
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Yeh fuk off n wave yer wuilie some other place....try AOS.

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Wish that I'd kept my Keilidh's.

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Out of all those you select Keilidh's :-? :naughty: :snooty:

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:lol: I was swapping boxes long before Jerry joined a forum :oops: I have owned a lot of crap ! To be fair, 90% of my list is unmusical dross.

Shane, Keilidh are an unusual choice... You need to elaborate ?!
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Keilidh's are nice active...

Beovox 500
Auadiomaster Image 1
Audiomaster Image 2
Spendor BC1
Linn Isobarik (three pairs - 1979, 1984 [the best pair by far], 1985)
Linn Kan
Snell E - mid 80's version
Yamaha NS1000
Epos ES14 (various versions)
Celef Professional (no exact name as few were made - large three way with Volt 10" bass driver, 8" white mid and dome tweeter)
Harbeth HL5
ATC SCM20
ATC SCM100A
AVI Positron
Musical Technology Harrier SE
Rega Alya
Linn Keilidh - late version
Wilson Benesch Act 1
ATC SCM20ASL Pro
AVI N5
AVI pro 9
Spendor BC2
Rogers LS5/9
Wharfedale Denton W20 (1968)
Wharfedale Diamond IV
IMF Compact mk1 - awaiting driver refoam

Oh - and I forgot some Mission 737R's and Diesis Solitaire's I 'loaned' to friends and never got back...

Favourites - all for different reasons... BC1's, second pair of 'Briks, ES14's, ATC100A's (I shed tears when these had to go), BC2's (I have to since I sold this pair to their first owner in 1974) and the little old Dentons :).

Some of these I kept for ages, others a very short time (smaller ones maybe, although the Snell E's were a notable exception)
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_D_S_J_R_ wrote: Yamaha NS1000
Always wanted some, problem is finding a decent condition pair now & the price they command... even then there's no spares available.

_D_S_J_R_ wrote:Oh - and I forgot some Mission 737R's and Diesis Solitaire's I 'loaned' to friends and never got back...
Gits !
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NS1000's are really strange speakers in all honesty. In some setups they were amazingly good, but in others (mine) and used nearfield, there was a 'synthetic' colouration and a 'deadness' in perspective/reverb/atmosphere that a really good pair of mid period Isobariks did with ease (and not because they sprayed the sound all over the place either, this is reproduction of recorded ambience and atmosphere).

I did once hear the NS2000's (I think it was) and REALLY rated those I remember.
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istari_knight wrote::lol: I was swapping boxes long before Jerry joined a forum :oops: I have owned a lot of crap ! To be fair, 90% of my list is unmusical dross.

Shane, Keilidh are an unusual choice... You need to elaborate ?!
The Keilidh's I had were an early pair, built in 1993. They had the 'pre veneered' fronts and the metal mesh tweeter.

I only ever used them in passive mode driven from a tube amp.

They sounded 'live' and very musical to my ears. I don't bloody care what others think!

According their manual, there is an internal treble adjustment. Perhaps my pair could have been tweaked?...You never know!

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