Nine years later, this thread is still going, because none of us who loves music forgets that first system...and the joys of getting it home and taking it out of its boxes. I have two "first" systems.....as a high school freshman in 1971, bought a super-cheapo from a company called "Soundesign:" it may have pumped out two channels of sound, but even to my very untrained teenage ears, it was lacking. (After I went to school, my brother and sister played it to death.) Fast forward to 1980, a fresh college graduate in Washington, DC... bought my first system from a stereo dealer long-gone: Myer-Emco. My receiver was a Toshiba SA-725; my speakers were a pair of Avid 102A's; my turntable, which lasted me for years, was a Yamaha YPB2....which came with a Signet TK3C cartridge. I'll never forget calling a cab, loading in the boxes, and taking it back to my DC apartment. When I finally got it all set up, I put on Rickie Lee Jones and thought I'd never heard anything sound so good. The whole thing cost me $750 dollars in 1980.
In the 33 years since, I've been through several changes of systems.....but still have that Rickie Lee Jones (now CD); it's my ritual.....it's the first album I put on whenever I have a major system upgrade. It's my tradition.
Jeff
