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Your First Hi-Fi Hankering?

Everybody remember the first time as a teenager you fell in love with a stereo? The first system that you really wanted badly? What was it? Did you buy it?

Don't laugh, but mine was a 55wpc Harman Kardon Receiver, Klipsch Fortes and a Dennon turntable. I had to settle for a Pioneer SX-650, Technics turntable (Empire Cartridge?) and a pair of crap house brand speakers called ECI.

This was in Scottsdale, AZ in the mid-late 70's. My dream system was at a place called Bill's Sight and Sound at Los Arcos Mall & bought the other stuff at a place called Custom Hi-Fi.
darrenlite
ohlala
1,235 posts
 
Alpine Cd Head Unit,
Alpine Coaxials
& Bazooka Bass Tube

to replace a Pep Boys CDP and factory and rear-mounted 6x9s in an 1985 Ford Ranger, my first car. I bought and had the stuff intstalled with no expectations and was blown away the night I picked it up the truck. I remember well the thrill of sound right after I turned the key, and now I am just chasing the dragon ;)
satch
329 posts
 
Don't know any models, but it was some top-of-the-range Akai (sorry....) stereo, with loads and loads of buttons and lights and some huge fourway speakers. And no, I didn't buy it since then I couldn't afford it, and now I don't want them.....
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jmcgrogan2
6,346 posts
 
Nakamichi Dragon tape deck, man that thing had me drooling.....
timf
237 posts
 
Platinum solos. I have no idea why. Might have been looking at speakers for nothing more than pocket change for all I knew. I didnt know anything about hifi particulars-still couldnt guess, but they got my attention and I started imagining what audio might be about. A good association I make with the Solos until this day is that they really did not seem to be about any sort of disignations. Nothing flowery there. It was all about simplicity and solid performance.
xiekitchen
821 posts
 
In the mid 70's I was about 15 yrs. old, I loved those Marantz receivers with the script type and purple-blue lights..
I remember hearing the big JBL L-200's about that time.. so powerful they were scary.
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