Circa 1968, Sanui 800a reciever, I believe it was 15 or 20 watts, University Sound Speakers and a entry level Dual Turntable with Shure Cartridge. When I came back from overseas in 1971 I had a Sansui 5000 Reciever, AR3 Speakers (wish I still had them), Teac Reel to Reel Deck and Dual 1225 Turntable with a Shure Cartridge. Over the years I have owned Technics TT, Phase Linear, EPI (Epicure), DB Systems, Magnapan, Kenwood, Denon, Mac 1900 Receiver, Mac 2105 Amp - C 26 Pre Amp, Spectral, Bryston, Theil CS3.6 speakers, Linn LP 12, Itok Arm, Madrigal Carnegie I, Dynavector, NAD, Roksan and Paradigm speakers and too many others, including expensive cables, wires & tweeks to remember. It has been a long & wonderful journey. I am thankful I can still hear. I know it was about first systems but I got too reminiscent to stop.
Your First System
This should be good!!! Most of us have been in this expensive hobby for years now and have worked our way up to components we only dreamed of. I want to know what was your first system of separate components going back as far as you can remember. My first consisted of a Pioneer SX-680 receiver, a Technics SLD-1 turntable (I think that's the right model #), a Sharp tapedeck, and KLH floorstanding speakers. I was 16 at the time and thought I was the biggest badass on the block. Now, 20+ years later I have a ML 334, Meridian 507 CD, CJ PV10A, Canton Ergo 900 speakers, and a Transparent Power Isolator 4. I'm in the process of upgrading to a ML 390. It goes without saying the IC's and speaker cables are top notch as well. I know my system is WAAAYYYYY down the foodchain compared to what I've seen here but It would be interesting to see what everyone started out with.
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