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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!
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dbphd
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By mid-60s I had an AR table with a Shure V-15 Mk II cartridge, a Marantz Model 18 receiver, and a pair of AR3a speakers. The receiver cost an entire month of post-doc stipend. It was a pretty good sounding setup. I still have all of the above components, but no longer use them.

db
mrtennis
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1960's system:

stacked quad esls, mac c22 pre, quad mono tube amps., thorens td 124, w ortofon arm and cartridge. cables were generic.

that system has given me more pleasure than any system i have owned or heard since 1967.

i defy someone to present a stereo system that will beat it, with the exception of 6, or 8 quad esls.
dreadhead
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I remember being impressed by Dual and Gerrard tuntables, Fisher amps and Advent speakers back then.
corazon
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Transistor radio and my Dads portable record player. It was mono, all in one unit about the size of a suitcase.

Best,
Dave
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almarg
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A tube AM/FM clock radio (which worked very well); a couple of transistor radios; and during the last few years of the decade a $20 portable record player.

Regards,
-- Al
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