Just got drivers license, 1965, drove my dad to pick up our new Fisher 500C, Dual 1019 (which I still have), and AR 2ax... hooked since
How long ago did you catch the bug?
My first inkling was about 1972 when a friend mentioned such things as Dual, Thorens, AR, Scott, etc. By '74-'75 I knew about all the Japanese manufacturers (courtesy of a military PX catalog) and about McIntosh. By '76 was using a hand me down all in one Panasonic compact system. The compact system did not last long and very shortly after, '77, came a "proper" 1970's system with such names as Pioneer, Kenwood, Shure, AR, Teac.
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I can't recall a time when I wasn't enthralled by sound as much as the music itself. My first foray into mods was adding external speaker to my clock radio in around sixth grade. We were first in neighborhood with one of those large console combo tv, turntable, radio, big old Magnavox with 15" woofers. There was Lafayette audio outlet near home, drooled over all that 'exotica'. My first exposure to real high end was my best friend's Dynaco quad set up with Linn tt in mid 70's, many a stoner night with that setup! Took me many years to build a system to equal my aural memory of that system.
@russ69 I too remember throwing records as frisbees, yes I was a dope. |
@jl35 very cool that you still have the 1019!
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I was 24 years old by a friend who made his own speakers and push me to buy Tannoy dual concentric gold... Thanks to him... He know and read about engineering design of speakers and amplifiers with one of his other knowleageable friend.. But never investigate acoustic... Then like him i never investigate acoustic like most audiophiles all my listening life till a few years ago... I then discovered the huge power of acoustic treatment but way more powerful the power of mechanical acoustic control in a dedicated room .. Things has not changed in audio threads most people talk about electronical or electrical measures and they have no idea that most of the S.Q. come from the room/speaker relation like my first mentor...They think that the capacitor choices is more important than the room ... 😁😊So important they are they are secondary compared to the acoustic settings power... The electronic is like the brain engine, the room/ears is like consciousness, it is the driver of the engine... He is dead i wish he was living and could listen the sound of my room now... Because what we listen to is completely at 80 % speakers/room dependant...You can contest my number and take it to 70 %...The essential fact will not change...
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