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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
hifijones
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A Scott solid state all-in-one: AM/FM with a built in Garrard record player and separate 2-way speakers in walnut cabs. You’ll notice I didn’t say ’turntable’.

The best I can say about it is that it played music. My most vivid memory was the box it was shipped in. It featured a picture of a young guy & gal shakin’ a tail-feather to some groovy boss tunes.

Scott’s advertising slogan from that era: "Great Scott !!"
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zavato
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An earlier post said that EJ Korvettes came from Eight Jewish Korean Vets. Sounds great. It’s a very popular urban myth. The store first got started before the Korean War (1948 to be precise)
bondmanp
1,824 posts
 
A one-speed Schwinn, and a clam-shell GE record changer.  My folks owned a mono system - Rek-O-Kut 'table, Audax 'arm, GE mono cartridge, Bogen DB35 integrated tube amp and one KLH speaker.  They replaced the 'table with a Dual 1019 at some point (not sure).  They STILL HAVE the KLH speaker!  Looks like they will be moving soon, so I may try to sell it.  Maybe someone with another single can make a pair out of it.  Not sure of the model number without seeing it, though.
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stringreen
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( I think) it was a Rek-0-kut turntable with either an ESL or Grado Lab arm with the top Grado cartridge at that time, with Citation amp and preamp and KLH speakers (I moved to Thiels, but don't recall when)
boxer12
8,656 posts
 
My first system was a Capehart straight from K-Mart. An all in one turntable & 8 track player with 2 very bad speakers. I knew it sounded like crap but at least I could play music of my choice. I updated the speakers to Soundesign in short time. They were not that much better but when I put them at the end of our hallway (lived in a standard 3 bedroom ranch home) closed all of the bedroom doors I could get some "awesome" bass out of them. A lot has changed since then. Still love music though & listen pretty much everyday. 
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