Although I had the usual foray of auto players (a varety of 8 track and cassetts players) aside from adopting my sisters old Magnavox LP counsel, I didn't develop a real interest in home audio until the mid 70s.
My first, rather humble system, consisted of a Pioneer Direct Drive TT, a set of BIC Venturi speakers and a Fisher receiver. In 1978, after finishing construction of our country home, wife and I decided it was time to upgrade our music system. By chance, we found a new audio dealer, in a community some 90 miles away, who had some wonderful stuff we'd never heard of - amps sa. Conrad Johnson, Audio Researsh, Mark Levinson, etc; speakers sa. Thiel, Spendor, OHM, Magnapan and Vandersteen; high end TTs, CDPs and so forth. Thus began our audio adventure. Having recently invested a good deal of our money into a construction loan, we went the frugel rout - starting with a HK receiver, Polk Audio tower speakers, a Tandburg casset player and keeping our old Pioneer LP player. We soon upgraded to a PSE Studio II amp with a Audible Illusions, Modulis IIC pre-amp, a Nakamichi ZX-9 casset player, Vandersteen 2c speakers and a Thorens TD 105 TT with a AudioQuest B100-M cartridge.
Many fine speakers, amps and components have come and gone since, but I still have my trusty Audible Illusions pre-amp, my Thorens TT, a very reliable ADCOM, GFA 5500, for back up and just recently sold my Nak.
And the journy goes on...Jim
My first, rather humble system, consisted of a Pioneer Direct Drive TT, a set of BIC Venturi speakers and a Fisher receiver. In 1978, after finishing construction of our country home, wife and I decided it was time to upgrade our music system. By chance, we found a new audio dealer, in a community some 90 miles away, who had some wonderful stuff we'd never heard of - amps sa. Conrad Johnson, Audio Researsh, Mark Levinson, etc; speakers sa. Thiel, Spendor, OHM, Magnapan and Vandersteen; high end TTs, CDPs and so forth. Thus began our audio adventure. Having recently invested a good deal of our money into a construction loan, we went the frugel rout - starting with a HK receiver, Polk Audio tower speakers, a Tandburg casset player and keeping our old Pioneer LP player. We soon upgraded to a PSE Studio II amp with a Audible Illusions, Modulis IIC pre-amp, a Nakamichi ZX-9 casset player, Vandersteen 2c speakers and a Thorens TD 105 TT with a AudioQuest B100-M cartridge.
Many fine speakers, amps and components have come and gone since, but I still have my trusty Audible Illusions pre-amp, my Thorens TT, a very reliable ADCOM, GFA 5500, for back up and just recently sold my Nak.
And the journy goes on...Jim
