What did you start with? AKA... Your first legit stereo rig

[Tour2ma]

I did a couple searches and could not find list like this, so...

Me... in the beginning... circa 1971...

Amp (kit) - Heathkit AA-15 integrated
Turntable - Garrard SL-72B (w/ dust cover)*
Cartridge - Pickering Model ???*
Speakers - Lafayette Radio Electronics 5-way crappo's :(
Tuner (kit) - Dynaco FM5*
Cassette Deck - Sony TC-134SD (early Dolby B)*

* - all from Dixie Hi-Fi, an old mail order outfit...

"What a long, strange trip it's been"...
...can't wait to see how it ends...;)

[meestercleef]

early 80's models, technics rcvr & turntable, can't remember name of spkrs, probably a good thing i can't
not sure if that's legit hifi, but was better than soundesign minisystem or whatever the hell i had before that

[abmarsh]

Technics receiver - 30 watts/channel
BIC turntable
Pioneer HPM-40 speakers

I still think the Pioneer HPM line were very under-appreciated speakers.

[shack]

Around 1970-71:

Concord Receiver- I can't even find any info on this now but Concord Electronics made some gear in the 60s and early 70s. It drove my speakers pretty loud.

AR-4X speakers (not AR's top of the line speakers but not too bad)

Benjamin-Miracord 50HII turntable (probably the best peice of gear I owned at that time)

8 Track player/recorder (RCA or Realistic - I can't remember) - not hifi but I had to have tunes for the car. I made a lot of copies off of vinyl.

[wlrandall]

Vector Research recvr
Cerwin Vega AT-10s
Polk M4IIs for "surround"
M/vox (Philips) CD player
Realistic HX Pro dual cassette deck

13 years later and they're all still in service but have new "jobs"

Wally

[Zero]

Pioneer vsx509 Reciever
Polk Audio RT2000P tower speakers.
Sound Blaster Live 5.1 video card

[danger boy]

it's 2003 and i'm still waiting for my first real legit stereo. :p

[hoosier21]

Ampex receiver
Teac tape deck
BSR turntable
Technics 3-way speakers

Oh man I was rocking the house

[joe logston]

med 70s

kenwood receiver
kenwood cassett deck
garrard turn table
a pair of no-name speakers

[jltrdavis]

Sony Reciever / CD Player
Advent Baby II's
and
Polk S-7's

[burdette]

1978, I got my first compact stereo; turntable, cassette, **8-track**, tuner.

1980, built a pair of speakers (12" woofers, 1" domes). Connected the compact stereo through an old tube amp borrowed from a friend to drive the speakers. Used the speakers from the compact set for my first "surround" sound by connecting them to both + terminals on the amp (simple matrix).

1981: first real stereo
Sansui 3900Z receiver
Sony TC-FX5C cassette.. one of the first with Dolby C
Technics turntable with Shure cartridge

1983 I swapped the Sony deck for a 3-head Aiwa and swapped the turntable for a linear tracking p-mount. Next, bought some Cerwin Vega 8" 2-ways. That was my college rig, sold the entire thing kit'n'kabootle in 1989 just before graduation and sank every dollar into an Onkyo receiver (great deal, I worked at BB video rental and got employee discount). That receiver died last year.

1990: bought my first Polks.. Monitor 7Cs that are still my main speakers.

[MxStYlEpOlKmAn]

hehe.....in the beginning (a year or so ago)
$50 dollar boombox from wally world - blew the speakers
then the jvc MX-g50 - sold it to dad
Now - My current rig....

[izafar]

in 85
Sony cassete reciver (35 watts*2) with Sony speakers faturing 6.5" woofer and 7" passive radiators along with 1.25" cone tweeter. Sounded pretty sweet then.

[George Grand]

1968

Acoustic Research XA turntable w/Shure V15 Cartridge

Lafayette Radio Electronics LA-224 Int. Amp (7 or 12 wpc) with built in Hafler Dynaquad circuit (surround sound).

Vivitar Stereo Cassette Deck

H.H. Scott Loudspeakers

Sennheiser Headphones HD-414's


George Grand (of the Jersey Grand's)

[tryrrthg]

December 2000:
RM6600 PSW 450
Yamaha 5240 Receiver

April 2001,
Ditched the RM6600 got the RT1000i, CS400i
bought NAD 521 CD player

December 2002,
Sold the RT1000i and CS400i,
bought Dynaudio 1.3mkII's
LIFE IS GOOD!!

Now if I could only afford an amp!

[TonyPTX]

In a Polk forum without any Polk speakers?

[meestercleef]

May have registered when he had Polk spkrs & therefore had the Polk serial numbers that I think you have to have to join. I don't think the Polk police are devoted to making sure everyone currently owns a Polk product. They have enuff problems to deal w/already!:p

[tryrrthg]

I still have some Polk R10's lying around... and I would definitely buy them again. no offense to polk, I really like Polk, they just can't compare to my dyns!

[George Grand]

If I lose these computer speakers, I will be Polk- free.

George Grand (of the Jersey Grand's)

[madmax]

My first system was a Lafayette RK-850 8-track/amplifier with a Pioneer turntable and Pickering cartridge. Lafayette Critererian speakers. Very fine starter system at the time! The next system was the Lafayette LR9090 AM/FM receiver and some decent large speakers. I forget the name of them. After that it was a large set of separate amps with enough power to light up a stadium but I've backed away from that and am more interested in tubes at this time.
madmax

[Zen Dragon]

Mid 80's. Yamaha R-7 rcvr, and polk 5jr's, the ones with the open port bass. I no longer have the original 5jr's, but I have the 10B's I replaced them with, and use the Yamaha R-7 to drive 2 channel audio out of the TV in my Rec room with the polk 10B's

[jmasterj]

Sansui QRX3500 Quadrasonic Receiver
KLH Model 5 Speakers
Akai Cassette Deck
Dual Turntable w/ stanton cart.

[GZ]

1972

Sansui 4000 Receiver
Garrard turntable (I forget the model#)
Shure Cartridge
Panasonic 8 track player/recorder so I could record my fav cuts for road trips
Jensen 3 way speakers

I look back now and :lol:

[Ceruleance]

Dad's '76 Kenwood KA-3500 and a set of RT55i's for my birthday..

Yeah, I'm that young..

[Gary Robertson]

My very first monster stereo was bought new in 1978.i bought it from lafayette
When i was 22--there was nothing like black sabbath and a joint on a huge stereo (remember this was the 70's.)
My first one was a Kenwood KR-4070-(40 watts per channel receiver.with a Sharp RT-1157 Cassette deck (the first one with an automatic peogram search system--APSS) and a Kenwood turntable with a limestone and concrete cabinet with direct drive and a negatron cartrige..The speakers were the pioneer HPM-100's (with the 12 inch woofers) backed up by a set of BIC VENTURI's (12inch)--The pioneers had good bass but those BIC's were an exceptionel set of speakers and i truly wish they would come out with an updated set of those..
I can remember playing Fleetwood Mac's Say You Love Me" and the bass literally knocking the pictures off the neighbors wall in the duplex next door---oh what fun... Boy did i thinki rally had something but it wasn't s___ compaired to what i have now...:-)

[Gary Robertson]

My very first monster stereo was bought new in 1978.i bought it from lafayette
When i was 22--there was nothing like black sabbath and a joint on a huge stereo (remember this was the 70's.)
My first one was a Kenwood KR-4070-(40 watts per channel receiver.with a Sharp RT-1157 Cassette deck (the first one with an automatic peogram search system--APSS) and a Kenwood turntable with a limestone and concrete cabinet with direct drive and a negatron cartrige..The speakers were the pioneer HPM-100's (with the 12 inch woofers) backed up by a set of BIC VENTURI's (12inch)--The pioneers had good bass but those BIC's were an exceptionel set of speakers and i truly wish they would come out with an updated set of those..
I can remember playing Fleetwood Mac's Say You Love Me" and the bass literally knocking the pictures off the neighbors wall in the duplex next door---oh what fun... Boy did i think i really had something but it wasn't s___ compaired to what i have now...:-)

[DarqueKnight]

Circa 1985:

Nikko NR-850 Receiver
Akai GX-9 Cassette Deck
Sony CDP-302 Mk II CD Player
Yamaha P-320 Turntable
Shure V-15 Cartridge
Polk Audio Monitor 10B Speakers

Circa 1986:

Yamaha T-80 Tuner
Akai GX-9 Cassette Deck
Sony CDP-910 CD Player
Yamaha C-80 Preamp
Adcom GFA-555 Power Amp
Polk Audio SDA 1B Speakers

Circa 1989:

Yamaha T-85 Tuner
Yamaha C-85 Preamp
Yamaha PF-800 Turntable
Grado 8MR Cartridge
Adcom GFA-555 Power Amp
Onkyo TA-2800 Cassette Deck
Onkyo DX-7500 CD Player
Polk Audio SDA 1C Speakers


I basically like the same things today that I liked when I got into audio 18 years ago: Polk speakers, Sony CD players, Adcom amps, and Yamaha amps, turntables, CD players, and tuners.:D

P.S. I still have the SDA speakers, Yamaha tuners and preamps, Yamaha PF-800 turntable, and the Onkyo cassette decks. Everything else went bye-bye on Ebay.:cool:

[tonyv1]

1978
Marantz 2226 receiver (still have and refurbishing, needs new lamps); Garrard GT-15 turntable w/ Shure M95ED; AR-7 speakers and a Sharp cassette deck. Oh yeah, Sennheiser HD 414 headphones!

[RuSsMaN]

Circa 1973, Fisher-Price 45rpm record player, stock mono cartridge, plastic tonearm, 3 inch fr driver.

Nothing like story time with the 'Pokey Little Puppy', or perhaps a very distorted 'Camptown Races'.

Doo Dahh, Doo Dahh

Cheers,
Russ

[meestercleef]

Russ, the new surround SACD rerelease of those records is very good, or so I hear. The Stereophile review says you can hear vast amounts of sonic detail lacking in the vinyl originals. They made sure to use the master tapes, which were discovered in mint condition in an abandoned warehouse.:p

[Tour2ma]

:) :D :lol:

[nadams]

Originally posted by RuSsMaN
Circa 1973, Fisher-Price 45rpm record player, stock mono cartridge, plastic tonearm, 3 inch fr driver.

Nothing like story time with the 'Pokey Little Puppy', or perhaps a very distorted 'Camptown Races'.

Doo Dahh, Doo Dahh

Cheers,
Russ

I hate to point this out, but that's not stereo.... unless, of course, you had the rare dual voice coil 3 inch driver... still, you said you had the mono cartridge (not much more than a bent pin scratching on the groove, no?) :lol:

nadams

[RuSsMaN]

Hey, I could hear it in BOTH ears, that's not stereo? ;)

Just a random thought that popped into my head from my childhood. I had a plastic 'Firemans helmet' as a very young lad. I'd set that bad boy upside down in the corner of my room and pee in it, then dump it out in said corner and play fireman some more.

Mom damn near killed the cat over that ****, hooo-haaa.

Cheers,
'urine-head' Russ

[Tour2ma]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

And another of the many layers of the artichoke-like psyche of our beloved RuSsMaN is peeled away...

What will the next revelation be??? :confused: :eek:

Tune in again next week... Same Bat-Time... Same Bat-Post

[Tour2ma]

Originally posted by RuSsMaN
I had a plastic 'Firemans helmet' as a very young lad. I'd set that bad boy upside down in the corner of my room and pee in it, then dump it out in said corner and play fireman some more.

Mom damn near killed the cat over that ****, hooo-haaa.

Cheers,
'urine-head' Russ

Wait a minute, just caught the 'urine head' sign-off...

So Mom thought the cat was pissin' on your head?

[RuSsMaN]

No man, the CORNER, she beat the **** out of that feline for my lack of bodily fluid control.

//Note to self, no more stories on the forum while consuming Canadian whiskey//

[MxStYlEpOlKmAn]

Originally posted by RuSsMaN
No man, the CORNER, she beat the **** out of that feline for my lack of bodily fluid control.

//Note to self, no more stories on the forum while consuming Canadian whiskey//

Thats what you get for experimenting with drugs urine head! lol!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Tour2ma]

This is the stuff that nick-names are made of... :)

[bugner]

Fun question. Lezz see if I can remember. It would have been about 1970, and I bought a system from Jonas Miller Stereo in Beverly Hills, Calif.

as memory serves, the nut of it was a Harman-Kardon receiver (probably 10-15 watts). This guy was a war horse; many years later I gave it to my brother-in-law, and he used it for years and years in his garage.

the turntable was a Garrard Syncro-Lab (might have been a 72) with a Shure M44-E cartridge.

The speakers were made in the store. They started with single, 12-inch, full-range drivers to which they added a horn tweeter.

I soon added a Sony open-reel tape deck, and that was it.

[joe6pak]

Like Russ I had a few of those record players. Graduated to a couple of different in home 8 tracks. One was a quad 8 track unit.

Then in 1972 I bought a new Sony intergrated amp, about 60 to 80 wpc, a Sony turntable, and a pair of EPI 202s. Sometime during that year I bought a Teac 4070G reel to reel. That all made a pretty nice system. About 4 or 5 years later I upgraded all but the reel. The reel lasted through several upgrades until a few years ago when it had a major meltdown. That was like losing an old friend. A sad day, but I sure got my moneys worth out of that Teac.

joe

[hotwheelman]

My first two channel, wish I could remember the model #'s

lafayette receiver with 8 track
utah two way w/ 6.5 inch woofer and 3 inch paper cone tweeter
Those little utahs sounded darn good until I fried the woofers.:D
Garrard turntable that had been part of a portable audio system and was one hell of a turntable, just about bullet proof.


All of it was handed down from good old dad..................:D

[HBombToo]

My Dad took me to the Kmart tube tester. All marked tubes that failed my Dad bought new but 1 at a time. The masking tape that numbered the new tubes needed attached.

I never picked up anything on short wave but I had all the AM stations documented. My clock radio had fm and thats when I began integrating:cool:

This is a way cool thread.

1/4twin :p

[PolkWannabie]

197x ...

Kenwood Receiver
Dual Turntable
KLH Speakers

Later a Tandberg Reel to Reel ...

This was of course before the days of SACD's, DVD-A's, CD's, Cassettes, 8-Tracks ( OMG !!! ) & remote controls.

I still have a fair supply of each, except of course the 8-Tracks LOL, and the gear to play them.

[dorokusai]

198x

Polk Audio Monitor 10B
Kenwood AVR
Sony CDP
Monster Cable

[PolkWannabie]

"$50 dollar boombox from wally world - blew the speakers"

Hmmm ... The apple doesn't fall far from the tree ...

[madmax]

Originally posted by MxStYlEpOlKmAn
$50 dollar boombox from wally world - blew the speakers


I think I'm starting to see a pattern here :D

My first rig was a 20 watt Lafayette amplifier with 8 track and a Garrard turntable, later updated with a Pioneer turntable. For speakers I had Lafayette Criterion 2x book shelf speakers. Never blew them up and I was only 12 at the time.
madmax

[reeltrouble1]

Long long time ago...................

1965 Wurlitzer stereo console (from my parents when I was 11) had a turntable in the cabinet and a radio.

first unit I paid for was a group of 1979 Kenwood seperates with an intergrated amp 55 wpc, tuner, cassete deck, turntable and Kenwood 3-way speakers: I still have the turntable.
:D

[woodyjacobs]

Mid 70's
Magnavox Console stereo/end tables. One octagonal (I think, maybe hexagonal) end table housed the 20w/ch tuner/amp/turntable and 8 track with speakers.
The other end table was storage for records and housed the other speakers.

That was actually my parents' system. I got my first in the early 80's, a Fisher rack system. I killed it my freshman year of college.

[dragon1952]

First legit????

Pioneer SX-1050 receiver
Dual 704 TT
Teac A-4300??? -reel to reel
Fisher Studio Standard cassette
Bose 901 Continentals - series IV???
Soundcraftsman equalizer

Bought from 1977-1979....still have the TT.

First ever -
I had a Sears Silvertone TT with detachable speaker (yes, only one!). The speaker fit on top when not in use and served as the cover. It claspsed together and had a handle so you could carry it. Looked like a freakin' overnight case :rolleyes:

Next-
Christmas present from parents. Sounddesign receiver with built in 8-track and TT. This was in around 1967 and my parent still have this unit in their guest bedroom!

[VR3]

First - 50 dollar Wally Mart boombox!

Second - JVC MX-G50 Shelf System

Third -
Receiver - Yamaha HTR-5460
CD Player - Yamaha CDC-585
Mains - Polk Audio RT35i
Mains 2 - KLH 900B
Center - Polk Audio CS245i
Surrounds - RT25i
Subwoofer - M&K MX-90

Kept that for about a year! :rolleyes:

Now...a year or so later...

HT RIG:
4th -
Preamp - NAD 917
Main Amps - Adcom GFA-545, 545 II, 535 II
Surround Amp - Adcom GFA-535
Center Amp - Adcom GFA-535 II
CD Player - Denon DCM-280
Mains - Polk Audio RTi70, RT5
Center - Klipsch KV-3
Surrounds - Polk Audio RT35i
Subwoofer - M&K MX-90, Close to replacing

2 Channel Rig:

Mains - Larger Advents, Pioneer CS-E9000
Mains (To Come) - Larger Advents, another pair, Polk Audio SDA 2B or CRS+
Receiver - Pioneer SA-1280
Receiver (To Come) - 30 Year Old JVC
CD Player - POS Kenwood
Tuners - Yamaha, Sansui

What my systems turned into...

Sold the JVC MX-G50 to my Dad, now the system in our game room!
Sold the Yamaha receiver, cd player, KLH 900b, Optimus twistable bookshelves, M&K, to a local friend......
Sold the CS245i, RT25i to Woodyjacobs
Sold the Pioneer Elite VSX-41 to Phoneisbusy!

hahaha

OH YEAH! That POS 50 dollar boombox.......we took that outside and used it to play soccer. Goal was to be the first one that broke it...

I lost, my friend popped it up about 5-8 feet off the ground with his foot, and it landed on its side and broke in half! But! We continued to break it till it was just NO more.

[steveinaz]

double-tap, see later post...

[Dennis Gardner]

1976

Marantz 1060 Integrated Amp
Fisher Turntable Model 108?
JBL L100 Century Speakers

[Tour2ma]

Sweet, Dennis... L100's were an itch I never did scratch (and still have).

I see you've only been posting a short while. Welcome to the Club... and the fray.

[KeithV]

Realistic 2 channel reciever
Some speakers I can't remember.. They were about the size of monitor 5s and had a wooden lattice across the front. Later on I "upgraded" to a pair of realistic speakers.


(yea i know, but hey, i was like 12)

[Gary Robertson]

1977 Kenwood KR4070 (40 watts rms per side) Kenwoos Kt5070 turntable with a Negatron cartridge and stylus...A sharp RT-1155 casette deck and Pioneer HPM-100 speakers with Radio shack wires and innerconnects..Good bottom end Foreigners ouble vision was wat popular and the walls shook..

[pjdami]

Circa 1987 my college rig and first "real" stereo besides a boombox:

Harmon Kardon two channel receiver (bought from a butcher at the grocery store I worked in for extra money. Left channel was blown and I had to repair it. This receiver had a bronzed grey finish to it and was the first digital tuner receiver that H/K made (or at least that is what I was told). Don't remember the model number but it was like 55 watts/channel. $50 plus about $80 for the repair.

JBL J325A three way speakers (bought these used from an audio flea market store). Perfect working condition but grill pegs were in bad shape. $200

Magnovox single disk cd player (why Magnovox? Phillips invented the cd player). Bought this new and was kind of expensive at the time.

Technics tape deck. This one had the 20 - 19K spec in dbx mode. Had Dolby B & C as well.

Sub was a custom built box that weighed over 100 lbs. Two 15 inch Rockford Fosgate 4 ohm speakers that were wired internally in series to make an 8 ohm speaker. Passive crossover was "robbed" from a busted Boston Acoustics 10 inch sub. No amp on the sub.

The H/K ran the JBL's on the 'A' speaker select and the sub was wired up to the 'B' speaker select. I used to play it pretty loud at parties in college and everyone was amazed by the sub. The H/K only shut down after many hours at 1:00 on the volume knob. This was resolved by placing a big ass fan directly on top of the receiver.

Back then car subs were just getting started. Home subs were very uncommon (or at least I didn't see many). I thought it was cool to have a sub for a two channel rig. Over time my thirst for bass kind of went away (after college); I thought I had outgrown it now that I was more mature. Couldn't have been more mistaken!

edit: forgot one piece. Rotel turntable which I still have but don't use. I have only about 10 LPs.

[285exp]

Circa 1976

Marantz 1060 integrated amp
McIntosh MR 65-B tuner
Garrard TT, can't recall model, don't want to
Electro-Voice 2 way speakers

[nadams]

I just realised that I never actually posted my specs. Well, I started out with my dad's old Realistic integrated amp/tuner/tt with some crappy 2 ways that buzzed and rattled if you turned it up too loud (the cabs, not the drivers).

Then, I upgraded to a speaker box out of my brother's car, driven by my JVC amp. Had 2 Pioneer 12" subs, 2 pioneer 6 1/4" mids and 2 Optimus horn tweeters. Was loud, but not pretty :-)

And then, everything changed when I got my Polks. I would consider that to be my first *true* 2ch rig. You can see the specs in my system showcase. It hasn't really changed except for the addition of peripheral gear. All my rigs have been hooked up to my computer as the main source.....

[cfrizz]

1981 All Sony system with Turntable, Receiver Speakers & Cabinet. I added a Realistic Tape deck. A few years later I upgraded to a newer Sony Receiver

2-6-90 I got a Rotel Amp, Pre-Amp/tuner, 855 cd player, Onkyo Tape deck & my Polk Speakers.

From there I upgraded to what I have now. As you can see I kept the turntable, cd player, tape deck & speakers

[dmalino]

found this old thread, figured I'd put my history in.

First rig I had was a Heathkit reciever my dad had built and some Radio Shack speakers with oval full range drivers.

1986: First system I paid for:
Kenwood KA-54 Integrated Amp- Still own, but it doesn't work very well
Kenwood KT45 Tuner- still works fine
Sharp CD player
old Panasonic portable stereo tape deck- got it from my brother. I didn't think much of it until I realized that having level controls is a good thing.
The speakers I made my myself. 8 in woofers but with dual chambers and dual ports made them have decent bass. Unfinished particle board looks pretty ugly though.

2 of my brothers had Pioneer SX series receivers from the 70s

1989: NAD 3300 Integrated amp
Onkyo Cassette deck
NAD 4225 Tuner
used Rotel turntable
Boston Acoustics A60s- looking back I probably should have sprung the extra bucks for ADS L690s or Dahlquist DQM9s
JBL Dolby PL add on device- cheap Radio Shack surround speakers

around 1998 or so I bought an Onkyo 5 channel receiver and a Sony DD decoder. It worked with both my Laserdisc player (1995) and my DVD player.

Bought my Sony STR-DE985 in 2002 along with Polk Rti38s and a Sony SACD/DVD carousel player.

Just got a Cambridge Audio Azur 640a amp and Polk LSi9s

[steveinaz]

My first "HI-FI" rig:

1. Pioneer SX-780 Receiver
2. Pioneer CTF-500 Cassette Deck
3. Pioneer PL-512 Turntable
4. Pioneer HPM 40 speakers

My first "decent" stereo was a Fisher combo unit that had a receiver with a turntable on top. The speakers were pretty impressive, 2-way in a very heavy and fairly large cabinets for the time. This system was technically not "hi-fi" though. That was about, oh....1973. The Pioneer setup above came in 1975/76 as I had my first full-time job.

[dkg999]

After a series of Motorola combination 8 track/turntable/receiver units, my first real stereo system was partially salvaged from a local small town theater that was being remodeled into a bank. Consisted of:

2 Bogen tube mono amps. These had kind of a copper colored metal that had the inputs and controls and then a matte black mesh top screen that you could see the tubes thru. Not sure how much wattage they are, but they still sound good (see below!)

2 ElectroVoice theater speakers with dual 16" drivers and dual horns, these are mounted in huge wood cabinets that are wedge shaped so that the drivers are in a configuration like an FXi30, but a shallower angle.

The requisite Garrard turntable and Shure cartridge.

Used a Motorola receiver with tape-out to drive the Bogen amps as the amps only have 1 input.

I still have the Bogen amps, with tubes replaced a few years ago and the volume controls cleaned up as they were causing a lot of fuzzy sound when adjusted. The Bogen amps drive a set of vintage ESS AMT 1B speakers with the Heil Air Motion Transformers. Sounds very sweet and I would rather listen to this combo. than my SDA SRS's (let the flames begin! I love Polk speakers but there is other life out there!). The ElectroVoice speakers are out in my machine shed, the surrounds and cones on the 16" drivers just finally disintigrated with age. When driven by a couple of Phase Linear 400B's, they could really rock a party when I was a teenager!

[00p225]

Early 80's, Marantz 1060, Pioneer 2 ways, and used the turntable through tape out from a Sears all in one unit with cassette receiver and turntable. Still miss that 1060, but I pawned it when the power switch broke...........didn't they all? Then "upgraded" to a HK 570i receiver, Cerwin Vega D-3's, Akai DD turntable, and Technics deck with DBX.......The HK's 45wpc ran those Cerwins pretty well for parties etc.

[Mike682]

1)Pioneer vsx-4400 (still have it and turn it on sometimes)
2)pair of Scott speakers (8" bookshelf)
3)Sony dual tape deck
4)Pioneer cd player w/ 4times overampling
5) Sansui equalizer

I also had a radio shack power meter. It had red leds that measure wattage output. It went up to 200 watts.

[dthomps]

Though I amassed a quite a bit of gear in my first year of being into audio, I would have to say my first real stereo system consisted of:

A Proton av-445 Receiver
a Sony 5 CD Changer
and a pair of Monitor 5's.

It's gone through a few changes though, with the same speakers and CD player hooked up to a Carver HR-795 receiver at the moment. I am more than happy with it for a bedroom system.

[scottnbnj]

i always wanted to try proton but it just never worked out that way. i'll bet you had a pretty good thing going on there. yesterday i saw a used proton amp in the bin that made me ache,.. i missed again, cash had to go to a dvd/dvd-a player.

anyway, early 80's:
pioneer int. amp a-8, f-7 tuner, ct-8r tape
denon dp-60l turntable
shure V15, can't remember, type IV or V
kenwood eq, adc frequency spectrum analyzer
dbx 3bx dynamic range expander
jbl r-103 speaks
oh yeah, ar cordless remote control. way cool in those days.

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[nicolasaldana]

i need the manual of the stereo cassette deck sharp RT 1157.

[Bill Ayotte]

i need the manual of the stereo cassette deck sharp RT 1157.

Try posting this in the Electronics Section, i will get more traffic there......

Since I'm here anyway....After the prerequisite cheap ass boombox......:D

Carver C-1 pre-amp
Carver M200t amp
Some ghetto-ass $5 Kenwood tuner
Some CDP along the saem lines as the tuner
Tannoy PBM-8 monitors

[dorokusai]

i need the manual of the stereo cassette deck sharp RT 1157.

www.ebay.com

[riglehart]

One of these JVC, a TT, and some monitor 5s. Van Halen 1984 or Journey Escape was probably the first thing I spun on it. Those where the good ole days.

[BottomFeeder]

Mid 70's

Sherwood receiver (40 watts per?)
Garrard turntable
Lafayette speakers

Ooooh! Hot!

[blakeh]

ADCOM GFA-535II Amp
ADCOM GFP-565 Preamp
Nakamichi MB-2S CD Changer
Phase Technology 7T Floor Standing Speakers

That was back in 1993 or so. :eek:

[engtaz]

Carver 900 stereo reciever 90 watts ch
1980's ver Bose 601

[SKsolutions]

Sears speacial for 100$

Then in 1980's ish
Nikko intahgratid
Fisher canniblized TT
Teac tape with DolbyNR
Homemade speaks with 12"/4"/and 1" tweets

[Serendipity]

Receiver - Onkyo HT-R500
DVDP - Onkyo DV-CP500

Speakers - Onkyo SKS-HT500
Sub - Onkyo SKW-100

[Ern Dog]

3 year old thread comes back from the dead....

[GV#27]

1980 Technics SA 101 reciever and SLB2 tt with Shure cartridge and no name 3way speakers.

First tunes might have been one of these AC/DC Back in Black,Judas Priest British Steel and Unleashed in the East,Rush Moving Pictures.

[capecodder]

All around 1973 vintage:
Pioneer SX 424
BSR something TT
Utah Speakers
Koss Pro4A Headphones

Stayed up most of the first week I had it just staring at the cool lights of the receiver.

[Yashu]

Oh this is cool...

Ok, I had some late 70's pioneer silver faced model (I forget the exact models) components, tape deck, turntable, and speakers (that I refoamed myself as a kid), with a late 80's pioneer receiver to connect it all to. I put a lot of work into restoring the speakers and the tape deck... and this was all when I was around ~8 years old on. My friends all made fun of me for not having a SeeDee player... I kept trying to show them how awsome my YES albums were... oh well.

I could not save the vintage pioneer tuner... I think it was the coolest component of the whole set, but as a kid, I just didn't have knowledge to fix it... The reciever had a digital one and I never considered the radio to be hifi until I discovered all the public and university stations here. I now have a 70's Sansui tuner hooked to my modern stuff. I guess things are cyclical sometimes. I still have the turntable. It is the only thing I kept from that old rig. I tried to fix it up, rewired some of it for a better power cord, gave it a fresh grado cartridge and it still sounds pretty good. I need to pull it out one of these days.

[tonyb]

Two tin cans with a string as an I/C.
Could never get it to sound right.:p

[Polkitup2]

1979 - Pioneer SX-680, DLK 1.5 speakers, Pioneer turntable

[george daniel]

1970,,,Sansui 5000x with AR 4x's,,,had it in my hootch in Viet Nam,,along with the "pig whomper"

[Silverti]

Wow, this is kinda funny. I was looking at my old pictures recently and found one of my systems from 10 years ago:

I bought most of it at once:

Sony 53" TV (new)
Polk C350 (open box)
Polk rt12 (open box)
Energy sub (open box)
Polk surround (forgot model but they were small and white)

Kenwood AVR (one of the first 5.1 channel with DD and DTS
Kenwood 200 Disk CD changer (could do DTS disks)
Sony DVD player of some type
Something Else, don’t remember.


HTPC Back then I would actually experiment with an HTPC back when I bet 99.9% of AV people had no idea how to connect a PC to a system. I would put my new P3 450 system next to the TV and plug it in by S-Video and dink around.

http://www.silverti.com/ht/HT-%201998.jpg


I was only 24-25 at the time. It was my first component system of my own. I always had a lto of AV equipment even before moving into my first house as seen in the picture. But this was the first real system.

I think I dropped about $6000 on it total and it about killed me (couldn’t afford it very well).

Funny thing is that this thing rocked people. Most people I knew didn’t know HT systems could be so loud back then around here.

[Silverti]

You know, my dad still has the stereo system that inspired my love of music. It was from at least 1975. I remember in the late 1970's (me being 5 to 7 years old) putting in the BG's 8 track into it and cranking it. Was silver with knobs and such. I’m going to see if he still has that thing.

[Spacedeckman]

The poor college kid system circ 1980.

A used h/k 330c (still have it), a used Kenwood TT (still in in folk's attic), and a pair of store brand speakers (the ones I wanted were sold out and on backorder...18 year old kids have no patience).

I should have waited, I was stuck with those #$&% speakers for years. My taste in speakers continually outpaced my budget to buy them. I replaced them with a pair of Maggie 2.5Rs.

Mark

[sophie]

polk monitor 10b's
adcom gfa 5500
adcom gtp 400
adcom gcd 600


got it over the summer

[croftstone]

Sony integrated amp (TA-1150, I think it was), Sony PS 5520 Belt Drive Turntable (still have this in mothballs) and Smaller Advent (4ohm) Loudspeakers, circa 1973

Later bought Tandberg 1040A Receiver (still in use)
B I C Formula Four speakers (blew midrange horns and couldn't find replacements)

[Lasareath]

I really don't remember what brand my reciever was:

It's the middle device in this pic.

http://38.161.195.8/POLK-STANDS.jpg

the top device was a vcr that has its cover off because I had to manually eject the tapes.

The bottom device is a sony 5 disc changer.

Before the CRS+'s that I pictured here I had 3-way speakers I made with Radio Shack parts when I was 13, they worked for 4 years and then I got the Polk's.

Sal

[hearingimpared]

I can't remember but Pioneer this
and Pioneer that comes to mind
a Nak deck
plus an old kick ass Lafayette receiver. . .
. . . Infinity speakers & Yamaha monitors.

[capecodder]

Before the CRS+'s that I pictured here I had 3-way speakers I made with Radio Shack parts when I was 13, they worked for 4 years and then I got the Polk's.

Sal


Kinda interesting that Lasareth "started" (impressive start) with the CRS+ and after 35ish years of various models they are now my "final" (I know, I know, nothing is ever "final" in this field) speaker in my main system. What a great speaker and perfect for my room layout and WAF.

[markmarc]

Pioneer SX-450 receiver
Technics cassette deck
Pioneer PL120 turntable
Pioneer HPM 10 (?) speakers, small 8 inch woofer)

First decent system:
Harman Kardon 680i receiver
JVC Auto reverse cassette deck
Pioneer PL120 Turntable w/ortofon cartridge
Polk 10B's

[Mike53]

[QUOTE=Tour2ma;64172]

Me... in the beginning... circa 1971...

Amp (kit) - Heathkit AA-15 integrated
Turntable - Garrard SL-72B (w/ dust cover)*
Cartridge - Pickering Model ???*
Speakers - Lafayette Radio Electronics 5-way crappo's :(
Tuner (kit) - Dynaco FM5*
Cassette Deck - Sony TC-134SD (early Dolby B)*

QUOTE]

Tour,

You're showing your age. I, too, started out in '71 with a; Lafayette receiver, a Garrard turntable & Pickering cartridge and Lafayette 3 element, 2 way bookshelf speakers (reasonably good sounding).

Still have the receiver, in my garage...works fine.

Mike

[mhardy6647]

So.. a four-year-old thread, resurrected. It's a miracle!

First hi-fi wasn't a stereo, but it sounded pretty good. From my later high school days (ca. 1975)

EICO HF-52 mono integrated amp (push-pull EL34)
1957 VM record changer fitted with BOTL Pickering conical MM cartridge (upgraded to a used Philips GA-308 tt when I had a little $)
Electrovoice "Wolverine" LS-12 in home-made BR enclosure.
mid-1970's era transistor VM AM-FM stereo tuner.

First stereo (purchased piecemeal in college between '77 and '80)

Yamaha CA-610II integrated amplifier
Philips AF-877 tt with Grado F1+ MI cartridge
Polk Monitor 7A speakers
Yamaha T-550 AM/FM stereo tuner
(Polk LF-14 subwoofer, too!)

Still have, and use, all of the college-era stuff listed (well... the subwoofer's in the basement, gathering dust)

[reeltrouble1]

transistor radio..............I love you yea yea yea........I love you yea yea yea

waaaaaaaaaaa, its cool to remember the gear from back in day, hell I still had a couple of pieces until very recently........now all that is left from my teenage days is a fender bandmaster speaker cabinet and head unit.

RT1

[A55HAT]

I really don't remember what brand my reciever was:

It's the middle device in this pic.

http://38.161.195.8/POLK-STANDS.jpg

the top device was a vcr that has its cover off because I had to manually eject the tapes.

The bottom device is a sony 5 disc changer.

Before the CRS+'s that I pictured here I had 3-way speakers I made with Radio Shack parts when I was 13, they worked for 4 years and then I got the Polk's.

Sal

I had to scroll so much with that picture, I forgot which way gravity went.

Looks like you live in the Matrix. . .

[Silverti]

I really don't remember what brand my reciever was:

It's the middle device in this pic.



the top device was a vcr that has its cover off because I had to manually eject the tapes.

The bottom device is a sony 5 disc changer.

Before the CRS+'s that I pictured here I had 3-way speakers I made with Radio Shack parts when I was 13, they worked for 4 years and then I got the Polk's.

Sal

An old school Ultima fan huh :) Loved that game, played it since the first one came out :)

[rtart]

Nikko Alpha 230 amp with Gamma 30 tuner, Beta 30 preamp, Sony PSX7 table, Panny DBX cassette, DCM Timewindows, vintage 1980.

[Keiko]

Sansui AU D5 65 watts per channel amp
Sansui T7 analog AM FM Tuner
Sansui RG7 10 Band Graphic Equalizer/Reverb Console
Pioneer PL100 Turntable
Akai GX F35 Cassette
Bose 301 Series 1 Bookshelf Speakers
Yamaha NS10M Studio Monitor Speakers ( Still in use and goin strong 25+ Years later:) )

Still got some of these dinosaurs stored away :eek:

[Yashu]

Those NS10s are awsome. I almost bought a set when I was looking for 2nd hand monitors. It's funny seeing those mentioned next to Bose.

[Keiko]

Aloha Yashu. Yeah, I really like the performance of my NS10's. 2 versions were made of these monitors. I own the older verticle standing model. In sound they really complimented those old 301's. The newer series 301's don't compare to the older series 1 IMO. At present, I got my Yammies married up with a pair of RTi6's. The clarity/detail is incredible since I usually run both simultaniously from a Yamaha RX-797 2 channel receiver. I really wanted a pair of the NS2000's at the time I bought the NS10's but they were in the ballpark of almost 6K. Too bad Yamaha has dicontinued making both of these models. Excellent speakers from an era long gone.

[Lasareath]

I had to scroll so much with that picture, I forgot which way gravity went.

Looks like you live in the Matrix. . .

Thanks!, LOL, Do you like the Black Ceiling?

[Lasareath]

An old school Ultima fan huh :) Loved that game, played it since the first one came out :)

COOL!!!, Do you still play?, Well I mean the Online Version?, Here's my website http://www.uoDOM.com

I Play Atlantic Shard, Mostly Minoc/Vesper Area & Yew. I own the 7x7 at the Minoc Gate & the only 2 castles in the Vesper area in Fel ;)

[Xharlix]

Technics brand AM/FM tuner w/ matching integrated amp, Radio Shack/Realistic belt drive turntable w/ ADC cartridge, Sharp RT10 cassette deck and Realistic Nova 10 speakers. I still have the speakers but not using them.

[hearingimpared]

Those NS10s are awsome. I almost bought a set when I was looking for 2nd hand monitors. It's funny seeing those mentioned next to Bose.

I still have a pair of NS 10ts. I need to install binding posts in the rear of each to replace the broken spring loaded clips. These monitors sounded incredible back in the day. I plan on using them for a little rig that I'm putting in my 10 year old's bedroom. For a while there when I had hit hard times, I used the 10ts as my reference.

Check out this link. (http://entertainment.webshots.com/album/416181221ibKoAO)

[Keiko]

I still have a pair of NS 10ts. I need to install binding posts in the rear of each to replace the broken spring loaded clips. These monitors sounded incredible back in the day. I plan on using them for a little rig that I'm putting in my 10 year old's bedroom. For a while there when I had hit hard times, I used the 10ts as my reference.

Check out this link. (http://entertainment.webshots.com/album/416181221ibKoAO)
Sweeeeeeet!:cool: Is that reel wood veneer or vinyl? Kinda hard for me to tell with my bad eyesight.

[hearingimpared]

Sweeeeeeet!:cool: Is that reel wood veneer or vinyl? Kinda hard for me to tell with my bad eyesight.

Those aren't mine in the link. The ones I've owned for 20+ years now have the wood veneer.

[janmike]

Akai receiver, TT and 2 speakers. Probably back in the late 70's. A guy who lived in the same building as I did at the time needed the money. The system was 2 months old and he even had the BOS. If I remember correctly, the price I paid was $300 and I think he paid over $600. I am sure the money went to some good drugs.

[Keiko]

A couple of members have asked me if I were willing to sell my NS10's which of course I do not. John, a bud of mine has a nice pair selling on the bay if anyone's still interested or see his home page. He's a good person. Check the links below...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Yamaha-NS-10M-NS10-Studio-Monitors-NS-10-Old-Style-38_W0QQitemZ250159488717QQihZ015QQcategoryZ23794QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://www.prodistroaudio.com/

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/mikeLee1961/8747_1.JPG.jpg

[hearingimpared]

Hey what's with the white mid drivers? Mine are black and no they are not dirty.

[Keiko]

Hey what's with the white mid drivers? Mine are black and no they are not dirty.
Nothing. They were made in black also. Mine are white. The white looks sharp against the black cabinets. :cool:

[know nothing]

My first system consisted of:
-Garrad Turntable/changer with mid line Shure cartridge (hand me down from my dad),
-JVC cassete deck - cheaply made but recorded and played back very musical tapes
-H.H. Scott tube receiver - pretty good (hand me down from my dad),
-H.H. Scott two-way ported speakers, gorgeous cherry veneer and particle board cabinets with retro styling but speakers were mounted behind front baffle and fired through holes cut in the thick wood - sounded pretty bad, like they were being played through a tunnel, (hand me down from my brother)
-cables by Radio Shack.

I still have the speakers because the Cabinets look so cool. They have been converted to acoustic suspension design and completely rebuilt at least three times including new crossovers, drivers, and moving drivers to front of baffle. Only problem is that cabinets are not up to todays design and construction stds., and even with one inch thick sides, they still get just a touch wooley when the volume is turned up.

I wish I still had the tube receiver!

[know nothing]

My first system consisted of:
-Garrad Turntable/changer with mid line Shure cartridge (hand me down from my dad),
-JVC cassete deck - cheaply made but recorded and played back very musical tapes (paid for with paper route money)
-H.H. Scott tube receiver - pretty good (hand me down from my dad),
-H.H. Scott two-way ported speakers, gorgeous cherry veneer and particle board cabinets with retro styling but speakers were mounted behind front baffle and fired through holes cut in the thick wood - sounded pretty bad, like they were being played through a tunnel, (hand me down from my brother)
-cables from local hardware store.

I still have the speakers because the Cabinets look so cool. They have been converted to acoustic suspension design and completely rebuilt at least three times including new crossovers, drivers, and moving drivers to front of baffle. Only problem is that cabinets are not up to todays design and construction stds., and even with one inch thick sides, they still get a touch wooley when the volume is turned up.

I wish I still had that tube receiver! kn

[shadowofnight]

Akai reel to reel
Cerwin Vega D-7's in front
Design Acoustics PS-10's in the rear
Self built 15" subwoofer ( Term subwoofer hadnt even been coined yet )
with a Cerwin Vega driver ( 4 cubic ft ported box tuned to 30Hz with a small red radio shack book called Building speaker enclosures by David Weems )
Technics receiver driving fronts
Sherwood receiver driving rears
Technics Turntable with a Shure V15 phono cartridge
Panasonic Hi-Fi VHS
HUGE ( :) ) 27" JVC Monitor
Self made Hafler amp for the Cerwin Vega "sub"
Akai cassette deck bought at Pacific stereo super high end capable of using chrome/metal cassette tapes :)

And probably a bunch of stuff I am forgetting....but friends from all over town would come to listen to the stereo and watch my " Home Theatre" with the huge 27" screen. The 27" monitor was actually mounted on top of the cerwin vega sub ( Painted gloss black ) ...I had my dad weld me a cage for inside the sub to magnetically shield it...and rubber mounts under the 27" for vibration dampening.

The bass was amazing with the 2 12" woofers in the cerwin vegas...15" cerwin vega driven by the Hafler amp ...and the down firing 10" woofers in the design acoustic PS-10's....it was a great time in the early to mid 80's

[Lasareath]

A couple of members have asked me if I were willing to sell my NS10's which of course I do not. John, a bud of mine has a nice pair selling on the bay if anyone's still interested or see his home page. He's a good person. Check the links below...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Yamaha-NS-10M-NS10-Studio-Monitors-NS-10-Old-Style-38_W0QQitemZ250159488717QQihZ015QQcategoryZ23794QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://www.prodistroaudio.com/

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/mikeLee1961/8747_1.JPG.jpg

WOW Keiko, They go for that much money?, By looking at them only i'd say $150

[shadowofnight]

Then sold it all in one shot except my Technics/V15 turntable ( Somewhere in late 80's ) to buy

Polk SDA SRS 1.2
Rockford Fosgate RF200 Pre-amp
Rockford Fosgate RF2000 Amp
Nakamichi cassette deck
Sony C87 ES 5 disc changer ( Waited till 1991 to join the CD bandwagon )
Pair of self built 15" subwoofers

Thats what started the Polk obsession :)

[shadowofnight]

http://38.161.195.8/POLK-STANDS.jpg

Interesting use of CRS stands Sal :)

[jimmyzen]

around 1973 - 74: a Marantz model 4245 receiver with a built in tuneable Dolby unit, a Marantz cassette deck from the same series as the receiver. I can't recall the model number but it was over $500.00 back then. (I had an Akai cassette deck that had a glass/ferrite head that I had to have replaced twice at $150.00 a pop. The third time it failed I threw it out and bought the Marantz) The speakers were a pair of ESP Studio Monitors which was a hot brand back then for those who liked their music LOUD!! The turntable was a direct drive Pioneer PL1 fully manual unit with a Shure cartridge. The system was stolen about 6 months after I had it. :mad: :mad: :mad: Even with the insurance money I couldn't afford to replace it with the same quality gear because I borrowed money to buy it in the first place. :( I bought a Pioneer receiver that was 125 watts per channel. I don't remember the model, possibly an SX125 or something like that. It was on the low end of their premium product line I think. I replaced the turntable with a Pioneer PL2 semi automatic unit and the speakers were replaced with a pair BIC Venturi 6 models. It wasn't half the stereo system the Marantz system was.

[GV#27]

I had an Akai cassette deck that had a glass/ferrite head that I had to have replaced twice at $150.00 a pop. :eek: :eek: In 1974 dollars thats a pricey little part.

[know nothing]

[QUOTE=jimmyzen;693408]It wasn't half the stereo system the Marantz system was.[/QUOTE

Yeah, the early seventies Marantz were really great.

[Berzerker]

Wow...blast from the past. All purchased in/around 1990.

Pioneer SX something (eq were manual sliding levers)..sister is still using.
Pionner CT something dual cassette...still in sisters rig
Sony single cheapo single CD, later got a 5-disc that latest about 2 years
Cerwin-Vega AT-10 (rocked the dorms)

The evolution:

1992 - Sony Strav600 or something
2000 - Sony STR-DE945, Sony ES CD player, Sony cheapo progressive DVD, RT800i, CS400i, RT15i, Velodyne HGS-12, Toshiba Cinema Series 36"
2005 - Samsung HLR-5667W, Samsung DVD-HD850 (terrible), Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300HD (Wow provided)
2006 - Stereo Rig (Rotel RX-1052, B&W 602-used)
2007 - Oppo DV-981HD
2008 - Pioneer Elite VSX94-TXH, Pioneer Elite BDP-95FD, Panamax M5400-EX, Blue Jeans cables all around :D Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300HDC (Wow provided)

PS...looking for a pair of RT35i or F/X500i (black)

Good times,

Mike

[obieone]

1979 Sanyo? turntable w/ stereo speakers that plugged in the back.
volume/ bal./ bass/ treble

[Serendipity]

An Aiwa boombox.

[Kex]

NAD stereo integrated amplifier and Cabasse Goëlette 301s (that's a French made speaker, that competes with Focal JMLab, and has just recently been bought by ... Canon ... of all people!).

The amp: http://207.228.230.231/info/NAD_C340.pdf
The speakers: http://www.cabasse.com/us/ (the specific speaker page is no longer available)

I had these in a large room, with a BIG marble fireplace, high ceilings (about 12'), two floor to ceiling windows on one wall, and floor to ceiling oak panels on another wall. The sound was incredible, and I never did get past the 12 o' clock position on the analog volume control. Mostly, listening was between 9 o' clock and 11 o' clock and very loud. Some favorite stuff was Moby, Hotel Costes and Mozart's Requiem (and others).

The quality of finish on the speakers was truly excellent, in real Bubinga wood.

I still have these stored at a friend's house, but they are too far away for me to "visit".

[analog97]

1. Perpetum-Ebner 2038 Turntable
2. Kenwood 6160 receiver
3. Advent loudspeakers
4. Pickering MM cartridge

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[tbyrne]

Technics 35 wpc receiver, EPI 110(?) 2-way speakers, Dual 506 TT, Akai tape deck. I think my bro still runs all of them except the badly grounded Dual!

[warmit]

My first was a system i bought from my mom's boyfreind who didn't needed beer money far more than the stereo.
$400 1975

Technics by Panasonic true quadriphonic amplifier
2 large Wharfedale 3 way spaekers
2 large Wharfedale 2 way speakers
JBL cassette deck
Technics turntable.
original reciept from 1972 for $978

[SolidSqual]

Polk Rti6
Yamaha HTR 5890
Xbox - CDp
Blue Jeans Cables

[Igo]

General Electric album stacker
40W Arthur Fulmer amp/graphic equalizer operated by a
120V A/C to 12V D/C converted
2 - Fender Bassman 100 bottoms

I know. OH MY GOD!

[Igo]

...followed by a very respectable
Sansui 40x2 (can't recall the model but very sweet sounding unit, beautiful too)
ECI profile 620 speakers.....whoever they were
Technics belt drive turntable
Sanyo Dual Well tape deck
I was 18 or 19 by now. Didn't have a bed; slept on the floor.

[Face]

A bunch of Kenwood and Yamaha BPC.

[michaeljhsda2]

Altec Seven Series II, Kenwood KR 6030, Technics SL 3200 TT. Total price $1,080 in 1979.

[Igo]

Interesting. This thread has been revived several times and will be 6 years old next month. Cool.

[ben62670]

JVC receiver 130wpc and some ininity's. I am not looking back(1989-2006).

[philr168]

First real system
nad 3150 (that my son still uses)
technices turntable with a grado cartrage
pioneer reciever used for a tuner
akai cassette deck
kenwood speakers

[MillerLiteScott]

1980-1989 ish

Kenwood KR 4010?
Technics Tape deck
Pioneer 3 ways
Technics SL5

[nikolas812]

Polk Audio RT800's
Yamaha HTR 5560
A Cheap Sony DVD player
Monster XP speakers cables
In the Box Interconnects


It was the biggest let down ever.... I've had between 5 and 10 different systems since then... Probably closer to 10.


I got into the hobby two years ago.:eek::D:eek:


Thats right, 10 rigs in 2 years....... Its a sickness.






Nick

[rru2s]

circa 1979: Polk Model 10s, Advent Receiver, Dual turntable, SpectroAcoustics 180 wpc amp, ADC soundshaper equalizer.

I switched from turntable to Sony ES series CD player around 1990. However, my college-age son is still angry I threw out about 300 vinyl recordings in 2002.

That rig kept me very happy with 2-channel for 28 years. The Model 10s have excellent midrange and the equalizer increased the bass enough so the 10 inch passive radiator did the job.

What finally ended it was replacing blowing the tweeter about the 5th or 6th time, and a second failure in 5 years of the power amp. The dual turntable had also stopped working, and the equalizer had 2 repairs in the last 5 years as well.

That is one reason I have simplified my system: One receiver to do everything - Outlaw RR2150, plus a CD player, Polk Monitor 70s, and an Epik Valor sub. Oh, and another system in my bedroom - Monitor 60s, Velodyne sub, HK 3490 receiver, and Marantz CD player.

[TNRabbit]

1979~
Pioneer SX-880/ 60 wpc receiver
Zenith 2-way ported speakers
Pioneer PL-590 DD turntable

[rayslifecycle]

1st system: Purchased when I was 16 yrs old - 18yrs ago:

Fisher - Studio Standard - Split purchase with my brother from "The Wiz" for 500 bucks
TT, Dual Cassette, Stereo Reciever, 3-way tower speakers, w/ Stereo Cabinet

My parents are still using the reciever and the speakers.

1st REAL system - still working on obtaining it.

[NJPOLKER]

1979
Bose 901's
Rotel Reciever
Dual Turn Table
Bi-Amp equalizer

Can't remember model #'s but the Rotel was a beast and had plenty of power to drive the 901's.

[dalylaleahthor]

I was a freshman in high school.* This was in 99.* My first real 2 channel system consisted of an Aiwa Reciever, Sony 50+1 Cd player, and some cheap bookself speakers from RadioShack.:o