I doubt that you are as old as I am, I read my first issue of Hi-Fi News in 1962 when I was 18.
My first speakers were a pair Tannoy 15" Gold Monitors in Lancaster cabinets, then, in no particular order, I had QUAD 57, Mission 770, Spendor BC1, B&W DM4, Tannoy Devon, Armstrong, Celef PE1, ProAc...