Old man pointing and wheezing,. I remember when........

The Pioneer PD-65 will probably be the best looking component I have ever and will ever own.

Accoustat 2 + 2s, sans sox

Raysonic 228 2 box tube cd player. Too bad the motherboard had issues right at the time the company folded

Back in the Jurassic age of this hobby ( early to mid 70’s) in my university residence dorm soaked in beer and the wisps of Maui Wowee…. I had a killer system for THAT time. (emphasis added)

MARANTZ 2245 receiver

JBL L100 bookshelf speakers (referred to as “studio monitors” cuz they were widely used as such by recording studios)

ELAC MIRACORD turntable with SHURE V15 cartridge

OEM unit throw-in IC’s and zip cord speaker cables.

This system still sounded great in that early emerging audio hobby era with that ethereal “ California Sound “ (… Google it …) with big frequency curve humps in the bass, mid, and treble. They were perfect for 60’s pop and 70’s rock . Why? Because that’s the way the recording engineers mastered those era tunes. If you are a nostalgia fan and bass-head …rock on!

However, this old ergo “vintage” system gets smoked performance-wise by even the modest high-end build offerings in today’s offerings.

 

 

In my peer group, nothing had move impact than the original Large Advents.  Next in line came the Dahlquist DQ-10 and early Magnepans.  As far as electronics, early Audio Research, Conrad Johnson and early Classe were what myself and most of my friends cut their "audio ears" on. 

I had a Magnavox CDB-650, a NAD 3240 and a pair of DCM TF-350s. Low fi for sure, but I still have fond memories of that little rig.