"Best" 80's HiFi System

i had

conrad johnson tube preamp

adcom 200 wpc

magnavox cd player

magnapan three panel # IV

I still have mirage M3s

LS3/5As are still sold (with knockoffs by like 4 or 5 companies)

Dq10s are still very fondly thought of (one of the first open baffles)

Motif MS50 or MS100 w/MC7 or MC8 preamp

cj MV50, MV75A1 w/ Premier 2/3 preamp or PV5

Perreaux PMF 2150/ SM2 pre

Superphon DM220 / Revelation Basic DM preamp

PS Audio 2C+ / IVH preamp

B&K ST140 / Pro 10 preamp

Moscode 300 / Minuet/Minuet in A preamp

Counterpoint SA8/12/20 w/ SA7, SA3, SA5 preamp

Berning EA230 or EA2100 w/TF10 preamp

VSP Labs TransMos 150 amp / Straightwire II preamp

Acoustat TNT 120/TNT 200 w/TNP preamp

For Speakers:  Vandersteen 2C, Thiel CS2 and many others will land you in the 80’s.

I thought my system from the 80s was pretty nice. 
 

Goldmund Studio table
Goldmund T3F tonearm
Koetsu cartridge (can't remember which one)

Spectral CD player

Audio Research SP10 Preamp

Krell MDA-300 monoblocks

Duntech Sovereign speakers. 

Also had a Cello Audio Palette. 

Nothing says the eighties like a full complement of ReVox gear. This is a stack that I restored and put together for fun a few years back. Sold all of it off except the B77 reel machine. Also built a full Pioneer Spec stack, but that’s seventies. As far as linear trackers go, the ReVox was good, but a Technics SL-10 was better, had a pile of those I refurbished and moved on. Bonus points if you can find the rare cast aluminum feet/stands that hold it at an angle.

My ReVox stack

Pioneer Spec stack

Technics SL-10 pile