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Post by 405x5 on Jun 24, 2024 12:20:48 GMT -5
Not counting a portable cassette player - which doesn't count because it wasn't stereo... My first stereo was a small stereo amplifier made by Lafayette Radio Electronics (that's what they were called back then). It went with a pair of 8" one-way speakers (which were about as horrible as you might think)... (The only source it was connected to was the headphone output on a 25" Sony Trinitron CRT TV.) Lafayette radio… Now that’s a name I have not heard in the longest time and like so many other young audio enthusiasts and electronic geeks, It was one of those places to go. I had to be a quick study just now and found out that CircuitCity (that I used to nickname, short circuit city) took them over for a period of time, until they both went belly up. According to what I read, they even had the hyphenated name that join the two entities at the hip. |
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Post by audiobill on Jun 25, 2024 18:21:10 GMT -5
Acoustic Research XA Turntable
Shure V15 Type III cartridge
AR 2ax speakers
AR Amplifier
AR Tuner
Sennheiser HD414 headphones
About 1970, all purchased at the USAF Base Exchange in Plattsburgh, NY..........
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Post by 405x5 on Jun 25, 2024 21:33:44 GMT -5
Acoustic Research XA Turntable Shure V15 Type III cartridge AR 2ax speakers AR Amplifier AR Tuner Sennheiser HD414 headphones About 1970, all purchased at the USAF Base Exchange in Plattsburgh, NY.......... …..Had much of the same (and at around the same time) AR electronics were a hot ticket. The V15 seemed to be the most widely chosen cartridge for the XA….I don’t recall why I ended up with the Empire 999VE that seemed harsh with that arm and switched to the Stanton 681. That worked better. My brother also, though the 4ax was better for college. (Dorms) |
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Post by KeithL on Jun 26, 2024 10:00:17 GMT -5
Not my first... but I had several AR turntables over the early years. Very simple turntables... but with remarkably good performance. (Not a great arm... but some of the best Wow & Flutter and Rumble specs... and better than most models available today.) Acoustic Research XA Turntable Shure V15 Type III cartridge AR 2ax speakers AR Amplifier AR Tuner Sennheiser HD414 headphones About 1970, all purchased at the USAF Base Exchange in Plattsburgh, NY.......... |
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Post by 405x5 on Jul 2, 2024 15:14:18 GMT -5
Not my first... but I had several AR turntables over the early years. Very simple turntables... but with remarkably good performance. (Not a great arm... but some of the best Wow & Flutter and Rumble specs... and better than most models available today.) Acoustic Research XA Turntable Shure V15 Type III cartridge AR 2ax speakers AR Amplifier AR Tuner Sennheiser HD414 headphones About 1970, all purchased at the USAF Base Exchange in Plattsburgh, NY.......... …..My first “ Adopted” Record player that was part of my first stereo all assembled from junk around the house.
These pictures from the Internet identified it as a Garrard 210 That I salvaged from dad‘s old console stereo and created a makeshift base for it.   |
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