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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2014 14:20:55 GMT -5
wow... I still have this Pioneer 8-track model. Works great too!  ] |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2014 18:37:16 GMT -5
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Post by ncred02 on Mar 9, 2014 19:23:26 GMT -5
 I had forgotten these, a pair of Linaeum tweeter Radio Shack Optimus speakers. They are still in use in my boys' room. We even use the stuff the ports with drinking straws mod. Trey I always wanted a pair of these |
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Post by ncred02 on Mar 9, 2014 19:26:36 GMT -5
ncred02...hey I remember "LIoyds" all-in-one units..60's 70's kind of thing..we old dudes..lolo.. Old? I was in preschool when I got it. Lol I am getting up there. I set my son up with my old Kenwood receiver, baby advents and pioneer turntable. A real 80s set up |
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Post by drtrey3 on Mar 10, 2014 8:52:30 GMT -5
My youngest daughter has a Marantz Quad receiver, a Technics universal (no blu ray) player and a pair of little Infinity speakers. It is not horrible, but certainly not great! My boys use the above pictured Optimus speakers pushed by an old Yamaha surround receiver. I should add a pair of cheap Polks I have around for them to have fake surround.
Trey
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Post by Cogito on Mar 10, 2014 10:47:26 GMT -5
Pioneer SX-5 Receiver Pioneer HPM-500 Speakers Pioneer PL-5 Turntable w/Empire 300ME cartridge I think I picked this up new in 1981. From what I remember, it played loud especially considering the receiver was only rated at 30w/ch. Lots of Pink Floyd and Judas Priest! I gave the system to my mother and she's still using it today 33 years later!    |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2014 9:54:46 GMT -5
Not very first ones but I did Owen two of these..  |
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Post by ncred02 on Mar 15, 2014 10:23:32 GMT -5
I remember those! back in the 80 me and a group of friends started DJing parties. each one of use bought one piece. me a speaker, another a TT and another the other speaker. We had those as our "house basement party" speakers. Matter of fact I still have two milk crates + filled with records. Lots of 12" dance edits. I had two turntables and a microphone !! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2014 20:01:04 GMT -5
Yep they where some rock ya A $$ off speakers, I held on to them way into the mid 90's
I got my first AVR around 94 I think a Sony ES 80 watts added a Carver TMF 25, before that was running them with a Realistic two channel 75 watts x2
When I fired up that Carver amp on them blew me away! the speakers would move on the floor I mean you could watch them move back as the woofer would hit..
Had a blast with them speakers..
Mike..
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Post by redog on Mar 15, 2014 22:10:17 GMT -5
Bose lifestyle 12, and I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread! Looking back now what a waist!
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Post by ncred02 on Mar 16, 2014 7:45:40 GMT -5
We all make mistakes along the way. I bought the bose towers. Can't remember which ones. They had this wire that linked them and built in sub with amp. What POC. I knew enough that I listened to them for a month or so and tried to return them to CCty and couldn't. So I boxed them and sold them as fast as possible. And this was before CL.
I drove them around in a white van til they sold. Joking but they where that bad
That was my first stab at hifi,,,,,,, sad
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Post by ocezam on Mar 19, 2014 16:38:29 GMT -5
We all make mistakes along the way. I bought the bose towers. Actually, in the 70's and early 80's Bose wasn't really a mistake IMHO. These were the golden years of audio, again IMHO. Lot's of companies trying lots of new and exciting technologies. Jim Winey at Magnepan, Arnie Nudell at Infinity, Paul Klipsch, Jon Dahlquist and Saul Marantz, Matthew Polk, James Lansing, Henry Kloss at Acoustic Research. I think Amar Bose deserves to be named in this group in spite of it's history of the last 20 years. Back in the day, the emphasis was on audio. Today, sadly, it's more about mass marketing to soccer moms for many once great audio companies. |
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Post by ncred02 on Mar 19, 2014 19:07:01 GMT -5
We all make mistakes along the way. I bought the bose towers. Actually, in the 70's and early 80's Bose wasn't really a mistake IMHO. These were the golden years of audio, again IMHO. Lot's of companies trying lots of new and exciting technologies. Jim Winey at Magnepan, Arnie Nudell at Infinity, Paul Klipsch, Jon Dahlquist and Saul Marantz, Matthew Polk, James Lansing, Henry Kloss at Acoustic Research. I think Amar Bose deserves to be named in this group in spite of it's history of the last 20 years. Back in the day, the emphasis was on audio. Today, sadly, it's more about mass marketing to soccer moms for many once great audio companies. No, this wan't the old Bose stuff. I'm talking the later real mass market junk. I use to DJ back in the old days and we DJed a party once with one Bose 901 I wish I could remember which ones I had. Im thinking 701s |
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Post by Chuck Elliot on Mar 19, 2014 19:38:05 GMT -5
No, this wan't the old Bose stuff. I'm talking the later real mass market junk. I use to DJ back in the old days and we DJed a party once with one Bose 901 I wish I could remember which ones I had. Im thinking 701s The Bose mantra has always been cheap parts and huge mark-up. The original 901 series 1 used drivers from CTS that you could buy for < $4ea. So < $70 for drivers, $30 for the equalizer parts, a not so well made enclosure(cool pedestal extra) and assembly cost. Price $476(1971)!!!!! I lived with them for a year and then bought a pair of Klipsch Corwalls! |
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Post by solidstate on Mar 19, 2014 20:02:28 GMT -5
My first system was a Sansui rig with Scott speakers.
TU-9900 Tuner
AU-D11II Amp
I can't remember the name of the preamp used but it was also Sansui.
The speakers were Scott 197Bs.
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Post by mercury on Apr 28, 2014 0:50:38 GMT -5
Brings back memories of my dads stereo like Sansui receivers and integrated amps, Garard turntabe, Sansui speakers with intricate wood patterns on the front grill and adjustable bass and treble knobs on the back. But my own starter stereo/ HT was the pioneer VSX 910 integrated amp with a stack of other pioneer components like 10 band EQ, Reverb, Tuner, Laserdisc player etc..all pioneer. Speakers were Bose 201, 301, 601 all series II. Prior to these I had those huge boom box where you can detach the left and right speakers. I think it was a Fisher brand. And Sony sound burger, also a Linear tracking turntable. And a lot more
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Post by mercury on Apr 28, 2014 0:59:04 GMT -5
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Post by geeqner on Mar 27, 2018 14:33:45 GMT -5
THREAD RESURRECTION TIME!
My Dad was a Zenith Dealer
For Christmas of 1979 (I think that I was 14) - I was a VERY SPOILED BOY!
Dad kept bringing-out boxes - Lucky ME!:
RECEIVER = Zenith Allegro MC-7030 or 7050 Receiver (Component Amp / Pre / Tuner) built to Zenith specs by Sony
CASSETTE TAPE DECK = Zenith (Don't remember model number) Dolby / supported almost ALL Tape types
TURNTABLE = Zenith Automatic, Belt-Drive with Auto Changer and Shure MM Cartridge [Replaced with the AR that I currently have in about 1986]
SPEAKERS = Zenith Allegro MC-3000 2-Way Bass-Reflex design (Not high-end, but not bad for what it was)
SPEAKER STANDS - Got em off the floor and tilted-back a bit
TOWER TYPE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER CASE - Room for all of the components plus storage space for tapes and my Vinyl
This system served me well through my College years in the 1980's
ACTUAL FIRST STEREO was an all-in-one Case-Type Stereo Record Player with detachable speakers.
The Zenith system was a HUGE upgrade
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Post by socketman on Mar 27, 2018 14:51:16 GMT -5
Bought my first system in 1978 ish and still have it to this day. All pioneer though i have added a new TT to the mix. Im 56 btw and i suspect it will still be going when i head into the nether.
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Post by roadwar on Mar 27, 2018 15:30:36 GMT -5
Ha, this would have been 1974-5. Hi Fi dealers in every shopping center. I bought a Rotel stereo receiver (I believe it was an RX-150) and a pair of house brand speakers and I was off.
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