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What did you own in the 60's?

Here is one for the more mature folks here.

My first component system was a XAM 20 watt receiver, a Garrard 40B turntable with a 1 cent Grado cartridge, & a pair of XAM speakers with single 8" "full range" speakers. It was the house brand of EJ Korvette, a discount department store on Long Island. I probably would have done better if I could have talked my dad into going to Lafayette, but it was a longer trip.

I replaced the Garrard with a $91 AR XA in 1969. It was obvious that turntables sounded different, even to a 16 year old! I don't recall reading that in Stereo Review!
drumarty
inpepinnovations
134 posts
 
Thorens 150, Shure M44
Dynaco PAS 3
Dynaco 70
Heath tube tuner
Sony R to R
AR 4ax
unsound
7,329 posts
 
As a grammar school graduation gift I received an all in one Garrard suitcase like contraption, with a fold down turntable and fold out speakers.
david12
1,454 posts
 
I remember it well, my first system, Leak Mini Sandwhiches, Rogers cadet integrated, Garrard SP25, all second hand.
My mother is still using those speakers now
auxetophone
114 posts
 
My system was a Realistic 9 transistor radio I received as a Xmas gift in 1966 - just about right for a 7-year-old. 1966 solid state wasn't ideal for music perhaps and the 2" paper driver wasn't exactly SOTA, but it brought the 1967 Red Sox "impossible dream" season as close as I could have wanted :)
bigboystoys
5 posts
 
a pilot intergrated w/ 7591 tubes ( I remember the number cause I bunt my fingers pretty bad taking a bad one out )
a garrard changer i think was a model a- something, and a pair of jensen 10" 3 ways .now about forty years later .god knows how many systems , houses and an x- wivfs, girlfriends , kids grand-kids ect > worked all the way up to my dream amp the fisher sa1000 . wish I had the cash back then ...but what a ride getting to this point .spending thousands on high end gear all through the 70's 80's and 90's ending up with a 300.00 amp from the 60's .god I love this addiction !!
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