My other high school friend had a Pioneer receiver, Pioneer belt-drive TT and KLH Six speakers. Traffic John Barleycorn, Buffalo Springfield, The Nice Five Bridges, Pink Floyd Ummagumma sounded wonderful! I wished I had a similar system at home!
As A Youngster, What Unit Puqued Your Interest In All This?
I figure a lot of us here started hearing music through stand-up furniture stereos and/or composite units (mine was a Craig tt, receiver, 8-track). Then, one day I saw and listened to my cousin’s Pioneer Spec amps (with equalizer and oscilloscope) supporting a Beogram 4004. He also had a Teac R2-D2, but it was the 4004 that had the ever-lasting magnetic effect. What piece of equipment got you?
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My first "music player" was a Tiny Tim crystal radio (around 1959). In 1960 (neighbor's Halloween party) I listened to a single Klipsch K-Horn, Garrard or Thorens TT (unknown amp/preamp) and it blew away the Tiny Tim (my jaw dropped to the floor). A few years later (Christmas party @ the same neighbor) there were 2 K-Horns, Marantz amp/preamp and what looked to be the same TT (sounded about the same as the mono system to me). A few years after that my father purchased a used Magnavox tube stereo console for our living room (nice looking/sounding blonde wood unit). https://toytales.ca/tiny-tim-pocket-toy-radio-from-remco-1958/
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