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Post by DavidR on Jun 2, 2019 21:03:29 GMT -5
For some reason I was thinking about my first stereo system. I would have bought it in my mid teens between 1968 and 1970 using money I had saved being a paperboy (delivered the daily newspaper on my bike).
It was a Nikko STA-8080 receiver, Akai GX-F35 cassette, Fisher XP65s speakers and a Sansui SR-212 TT which I still have stored in the original box. It got a lot of use. I couldn't afford McIntosh but spent a lot of time looking at them at The Music Box.
I found some file photos on the web.
Do any of you remember your first system?
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Post by Loop 7 on Jun 2, 2019 21:16:08 GMT -5
Adcom GTP-450 (tuner+preamp)
Adcom GFA-535 (amplifier)
Adcom GCD-575 CD player
Mission 762 stand mount speakers (on cinder block and particle board shelving)
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Post by vcautokid on Jun 2, 2019 21:27:28 GMT -5
Rek O Cut Turntable Nakamichi LX-5, JVC KD-A55 cassette decks JBL L100 speakers Realistic Integrated Amplifier and Tuner. Minimus 7 speakers
BIC Beam Box Antenna. Koss HL-VC Headphones.
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Post by Ex_Vintage on Jun 2, 2019 21:30:50 GMT -5
Kenwood KA 7300 integrated amp. (still have) JBL L36 Decade speakers (still have) BIC 960 TT Wollensak 4766 cassette deck. Dynaco FM-5 Tuner. Sawed logs stand and slab wood shelves. Both TT and cassette deck had to be covered with a eclectic handkerchief.
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Post by mountain on Jun 2, 2019 21:48:31 GMT -5
Rotel RA-1210 integrated amp Dual 1229Q TT Shure V15 type III cartridge Advent Loudspeakers
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Post by MusicHead on Jun 2, 2019 21:49:28 GMT -5
Of course I remember. Would you ever forget your first kiss??? đ Got the system over the span of more than a year. I worked two summers and saved like crazy while in high school to put it together. Mid-80s. Technics RS-M260, 3-head Tape Deck. It cost me a fortune, about $200 back then: Technics SU-V5 stereo amp: ESB CS-52 3-way speakers. ESB is an Italian manufacturer now focusing only on automotive speakers: Later on I added a Pioneer TT, which was one of those with a linear tracking arm and a Philips CD player, no longer remember the models. My brother still has the amp and speakers. He had to replace the speakers' woofer surrounds, but other than that still going strong after more than 30 years. Very fond memories of the countless hours spent listening music with this system well into my mid-twenties.
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Post by monkumonku on Jun 2, 2019 21:54:42 GMT -5
First was a Magnavox with the turntable built into the receiver, with separate speakers.
But first real one was:
Sony TA-1150 integrated amp Dynaco A25 speakers Dual 1218 turntable Shure M91 cartridge
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Post by Loop 7 on Jun 2, 2019 21:55:20 GMT -5
Ex_Vintage -- Did you have to have the speaker surrounds replaced? I assume the drivers originally had paper surrounds?
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Post by 26gary26 on Jun 2, 2019 22:59:04 GMT -5
Oh I remember and I still have it in the Family since 1972. (passed it on to my daughter last year and it is still playing) Pioneer Quadraphonic Amplifier QM-800 Pioneer Quadraphonic Pre-Amp QC-800 Pioneer Tuner Tx-100 Pioneer CS-63Dx Front Speakers Pioneer CS-99 Rear Speakers. Worked at a Stereo Store over that summer from College. Attended a stereo show was impressed and amazed by it at the time. Besides having repairs done to capacitors and transistors it is still working. For 58 years of service it it was and still is a great investment.
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Post by RichGuy on Jun 2, 2019 23:13:13 GMT -5
My very first stereo was an Electrophonic, exactly like this one however this one isn't mine but one that is listed on ebay. I must have got it when I was around 14, I later upgraded the speakers which came with it to some 3 ways I forget what brand they were but I thought it sounded great at that time.
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Post by Timster on Jun 2, 2019 23:54:30 GMT -5
NAD Model 120 Receiver Harksound HS210 Turntable Toshiba (Aurex) PC-E50 Cassette Deck DIY Magnavox (Australia) 8W30 three way speakers
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Post by 405x5 on Jun 3, 2019 8:16:03 GMT -5
For some reason I was thinking about my first stereo system. I would have bought it in my mid teens between 1968 and 1970 using money I had saved being a paperboy (delivered the daily newspaper on my bike).
It was a Nikko STA-8080 receiver, Akai GX-F35 cassette, Fisher XP65s speakers and a Sansui SR-212 TT which I still have stored in the original box. It got a lot of use. I couldn't afford McIntosh but spent a lot of time looking at them at The Music Box.
I found some file photos on the web.
Do any of you remember your first system?
Sure....but it wasnât stereo...it was mono! (Lol) My grandmother đ” bought 3 Singer Battery operated record players for each of us kids, except for my youngest brother who wasnât born yet (I donât think) One Of Those 3 was Stereo, with the speakers that could be removed from the travel 𧳠case and could be separated about 6 feet with the wires. My oldest brother got that one.... I was jealous and stole the thing when he wasnât around. In retrospect (ha ha) my first audio tweak was to employ Duracell ALKALINE batteries (brand new concept at the time) to play longer before the batteries croaked and the thing would slow down.  It went along great with my breakable copy of Meet The Beatles, that did fall off the closet shelf and break into pieces (oh well) Bill Attachments:
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Post by tomincle on Jun 3, 2019 8:19:50 GMT -5
I was 15 years old in 1979, Had to save a lot of paper route money and this seemed like a fortune when in reality was one of the least inexpensive separate component systems one could put together back then. Sears Audio by Fisher 35 WPC receiver. $159 Technics SL-B3 Turntable $119 with $19 Pickering Cart. Realistic MC 1200 Speakers $59 a pair on sale and real walnut veneer. Kids today just do not realize how good they have it today with the easy access to really decent fidelity for minimal investment. Attachments:
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Post by mgbpuff on Jun 3, 2019 8:48:01 GMT -5
Dual 1018 Turntable Dynaco PAS-3X preamp Marantz 8B amp AR 4x speakers 1968
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Post by DavidR on Jun 3, 2019 9:04:33 GMT -5
Most of you must have had more money to spend on gear.
I now remember what made me think of my first system. It was while reading about Dan Laufman and his first system.
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Post by Jack on Jun 3, 2019 12:48:36 GMT -5
Allied Knight Kit 32 watt stereo amplifier, Allied triaxial speakers in home made enclosures and a Magnavox record changer from the local sound store.
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Post by AudioHTIT on Jun 3, 2019 13:23:15 GMT -5
My first âstereoâ was a hand me down from my dad (who is about as far from an audiophile or even music lover as you can get). He bought it in 1960 just because stereo was new, and gave it to me a couple years later because he had no use for it, I was probably 11 or 12. I couldnât find a picture, but believe it was a Decca, in those days we called them record players. It had a turntable, stereo tube amp, and one speaker in the base unit; the lid held a second speaker and a coil of wire. Youâd unhinge the lid, and string the wire across the wall and set the lid down for the second channel (I just realized I had no idea which was right or left). It was easy to pack up and take to a friends too. That box was very influential in my appreciation of music (along with my tube clock radio!). It also became the center of my electronics lab, and then my first guitar amp when I pulled the wires off the cartridge and taped them to my guitar cord. Ah to be a curious, music and fun loving kid! Writing this inspired me to dig out my first album, and some early 45âs
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Post by annjones13 on Jun 3, 2019 14:20:10 GMT -5
It was about 60 years ago, if you don't count a portable 45rpm record player. With after school jobs I earned enough to join the Columbia Record Club - 10 albums for 99 cents when you signed to buy one a month. After I got several albums I took them up on an offer for a mahogony console that included an am/fm radio. I took it with me when I left home at sixteen. I don't know what ever happened to it. Those were tubulent times But I have ALWAYS had some sort of music player. Remember 8 track? Ann
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Post by cawgijoe on Jun 3, 2019 15:47:13 GMT -5
All in one Sanyo unit with wired speakers. The speakers attached and there was a handle to carry it around. It had a turntable, am-fm, and a cassette deck.
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Post by doc1963 on Jun 3, 2019 16:09:42 GMT -5
I sure do... - Technics SA-80 Receiver (a big whopping 15 wpc) - Technics SL-B1 Turntable (with whatever AT or Shure cartridge I could afford at the time) - Pioneer Aria 70 speakers. At 16 years old, and spending my own hard earned money, this was a killer setup that I still remember fondly...
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