What did your system look like 30 years ago?


As best as I can recall, this is what I had

Magnepan MG1.4 speakers; Rega Planar 3 turntable with a Linn K9 cartridge; CAL Icon CD player;  Adcom GTP500 II tuner/preamp; Adcom GFA545 amp

I still have my Zerostat which I bought in the 80's-
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Down to zilch....

Was traveling the country and Canada in a new 34' motorhome for 8 months at age 39 with spouse and Grace the Wonder Cat.

Only thing kept was a Niles Audio CPM-31 switchbox, because I correctly thought I'd never see anything like it again.

Still have it....still works. *S*  Better than me, age-wise...;)
Back then I was a primary school boy. I enjoyed a National (a Matsushita brand) boom box my father brought from the Middle East. It had a voltage selector in the back, and that was how I learned that not everybody uses the same voltage. 
30 years ago for some stupid reason I traded in my vinyl collection for cd’s. I did have a very nice Nakamichi system at the time. In the last year have gotten back into vinyl.

Linn LP12 / Alphason HR-100S

Nakamichi 480 

Adcom GFT-1 tuner

Belles 1 amp

Belles 1 preamp

Mondial Acurus P10 phono stage

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Ah yes the Milty Zerostat (anti static gun). It was red. Good times.

My older son (now past thirty) as a tyke turned up the volume all the way, gave us heart attacks and blew out my beloved three way Braun (810?) speakers. Amp was a Marantz, TT was a B&O, Tandberg Cassette Deck and hardware store 16G wire.  

Fun to remember.