It was 20 years ago today. . What was your system?


I've ha a stereo in one way or another since the 70's.

Right now I am listening to an Art Pepper LP I've had more than 20 years so I got thinking, what was my system like 20 years ago.

Here's the snapshot-

Magnepan MG2.6R speakers
Bryston .5b preamp
Bryston 4b amp.
Rega Planar 3 with Linn K9 cartridge
CAL Icon CDP
Onkyo T9090mkII tuner.

I think I had Naim speaker cable and Audioquest IC's.

The only thing I still have from back in the day is my Zerostat (red) and Shure balance beam tracking force guage.

What were you listening through in 1993?
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20 years ago I still ran Apogee Caliper speakers. They're gone.
I still have the CAL Delta/Sigma. Still works.
The cj has been upgraded to another cj.
I sold the Sumo Andromeda II in Audiogon a few years ago. I hope the guy who bought it is still using it.
IIRC I had Acoustat 1+1 driven by a GAS Ampzilla II with a full Gasworks reference mod, a Mission DAD7000 CD with a reference mod by a mid west company that I forget, a Audio Alchemy DLC pre. and an Audio Pro B2-50 sub. Speaker cables were Tara Labs Space & Time with TFA return and the IC were Monster M1000. I miss that system and can't believe I remembered all this LOL. Oh, the signal from the Mission went to a Magnapan X01 box that cut the lows at about 100hz using Wondercaps and which I modded with better RCA jacks an silver wire.
Magnepan IIIa speakers
Audio Research D240 Mk II power amp
Audio Research SP-14 preamp
Oracle Delphi MKIII turntable
SME IV arm
Monster Sigma Genesis 2000 MKiII cartridge

NO CD
Remember it like it was yesterday. My daughter was born 20 yrs and 2 months ago. I had ProAc Studio 1's percariously perched up on spiked & lead-filled Chicago stands...would have to get rid of them as soon as she began to crawl and find some baby-proof speakers and the system would have to be stacked up on the living room built-ins. That journey led me to owning 4 different tube amps within a 6-7 month period.

The system was: ProAc Studio 1's, B&K EX442 Sonata, Music Reference RM5 mk II, Rega Planar 3, Pioneer TX9800, Onkyo cd player, Nakamichi BX125 all neatly displayed on a Target TT5T rack

In the next 6-7 months:
TRADED: ProAc's for super ugly but great sounding 8417 based Paoli M60 monoblocks
SOLD: B&K ex442
TRADED: Paoli's + $200 for cj MV50
ON LOAN: CELESTION C-7'S & Infinity Qe's
TRADED: cj MV50 + $325 for Music Reference RM9 as cj didn't mate up with Music Reference preamp
ACQUIRED: The smaller Advent loudspeaker - couldn't afford anything else with the new baby
TRADED: Music Reference RM-9 for AMC CVT3030 + CD6
ACQUIRED: Chateau Reference 1.5 speakers

A few months later hit audio rock bottom as I had a Mitsubishi DA-R7 receiver, ADS CM6 spkrs, and gave away 100's of Stereophile and TAS magazines and then got completely out of audio for the next 3 years as raising a child was much more important