first stereo!

[dave1490]

when me and my old lady moved out{20yr ago}this was my first.


my first was a pioneer auto reverse car reciever, a 40watt radio shack car amp,pluged into a 10amp car battery charger with radio shack mach 1,s {15in}.

can anyone top this?

 

[skizzerflake]

I don't think I can beat that, but I will try. I lived for a while with a turntable, plugged into a tiny Radio Shack preamp and the preamp plugged into two completely different guitar amps. I can't say that it sounded very good but it was loud.

 

[Seth=L]

My first system was a Panasonic combo stereo with FM/AM tuner, cassete player, and a turntable. It also came with some simulated wood grain speakers with 6.5" woofers and a paper 1" tweeter. I was about 10 years old when I had that.

When I was about 14 or 15 I got a Denon Integrated and some Jensen speakers. It was very good for the money spent, the speakers were the weak link. From then I have owned 13 receivers, 6 televisions, 2 integrated amplifiers, 2 component systems (70's stuff), two power amplifiers, 3 preamplifiers, 7 cd players, 10 dvd players, 6 vcrs, 11 subwoofers, 18 pairs of home speakers, and three center channels.

BEAT THAT!

 

[j_garcia]

My first stereo was a boom box, but dad had a really nice turntable, cassette, good old 70s Pioneer stereo receiver, big box speakers (that I rebuilt and we still have today), so that is what I used mostly and that is what got me into sound and music.

My first stereo when I moved out was a Sony all-in-one bookshelf system.

 

[JKL1960]

My first stereo was made from a kit. The kit was cheap and it delivered ten watts or something. You had to order two kits and a power supply kit. As a budding audiophile I used two power supplies. I think I bought some cheap Radio Shack preamp to hook it up to my turntable. I seem to remember buying some cheap speakers that were shop worn from the local sound store.

At one point it got used as a headphone amp which it did very well until someone spilled beer into it.

 

[dave1490]

I don't think I can beat that, but I will try. I lived for a while with a turntable, plugged into a tiny Radio Shack preamp and the preamp plugged into two completely different guitar amps. I can't say that it sounded very good but it was loud.

that,s the ticket{had mine proudly propped up in the center of the living room and sounded good to}lol.

 

[dave1490]

My first stereo was a boom box, but dad had a really nice turntable, cassette, good old 70s Pioneer stereo receiver, big box speakers (that I rebuilt and we still have today), so that is what I used mostly and that is what got me into sound and music.

My first stereo when I moved out was a Sony all-in-one bookshelf system.

my old man had a telefunkin consol,nice 1 around 75 watts 3 way,tube.i remember the tonearm wieghing around 2ib,s.

 

[Geno]

My first was a Montgomery Ward Airline console stereo, with AM/FM and a turntable/changer. What a POS, but it was cheap.

 

[Hi Ho]

My first stereo system was a Sanyo shelf system that I paid $99 for at Wal-Mart. It had a 3 disc elevator system and dual tape decks. Oh yeah! I used it to make mix tapes as this was before my CD burner days. I could program the play order from the CD tracks so I could let it run on it's own.

The thing still works and it really doesn't sound as terrible as one would think. It works fine in a spare room, where it is now.

 

[Wid]

My first system was Pioneer SX 1080, Technics SL 1301 turntable and a set of EPI 100s.

 

[Nick250]

In 1971 I purchased a new Onkyo integrated amp 30 watts a channel and the matching tuner, "The Advent" speakers (their first and only speaker at the time), 30 feet of lamp cord, Sony reel to reel tape recorder of indeterminate vintage. Can't remember what I had for a turntable.

I'd love to hear those Advents today and compare them to current speakers. Anybody own a pair?

Nick

 

[stratman]

I got my first "real" system back in 78, it was manufactured by SANSUI, it consisted of a 90 watt integrated amp, casette deck, turntable, tuner and two 3 way speakers, I bought it from the Spiegel catalog. I used it for about 12 years, getting rid of the turntable when CDs hit the market (replaced by a Hitachi CD player), I gave the system to my friend in 92 when I bought all my high-end stuff. He killed the Hitachi, got rid of everything else except the amp, recently it started giving him problems, in fact I think it stopped working. But hey after 29 years you can't complain.

 

[highfihoney]

me and my old lady

I love that phrase,its nice to know im not the only one who's outta control with the way they talk

 

[highfihoney]

I'd love to hear those Advents today and compare them to current speakers. Anybody own a pair?

Nick

I dont own them but if i saw a pair in restorable condition i'd grab them,it's been years since i heard them so i cant remember how they sound but i do know that in the right condition they are highly sought after & fetch a nice price.

Ever get bummed out at all the stuff you used to have but got rid of? I know i do.

 

[dave1490]

I dont own them but if i saw a pair in restorable condition i'd grab them,it's been years since i heard them so i cant remember how they sound but i do know that in the right condition they are highly sought after & fetch a nice price.

Ever get bummed out at all the stuff you used to have but got rid of? I know i do.

ya i miss my old pioneer rt 707 7in reel to reel and crown ic 150.dumped 15 yr,s ago for being to ugly.

 

[Nick250]

I dont own them but if i saw a pair in restorable condition i'd grab them,it's been years since i heard them so i cant remember how they sound but i do know that in the right condition they are highly sought after & fetch a nice price.

Ever get bummed out at all the stuff you used to have but got rid of? I know i do.

I feel that way about my 1980ish Yamaha stereo receiver. I just threw the damn thing away when I was trying to reduce clutter in a small apartment I was in for a bit and I had just purchased my first AV receiver. It never occurred to me that some day I might want a nice little stereo system when I moved to bigger spaces. Great receiver it was.

Nick

 

[gblais]

1977, a 15 watts Technics receiver with 2 speaker and a turntable ($400 at the time, half the money I made that summer). Added an Alpage FL4000 tape deck in 1978, I still use it.

 

[Rob Babcock]

The first stereo that was completely mine (that is, purchased with my own money and something I didn't have to share with my brother or sister) was a Sony rack system. It was composed of a 25 Wpc integrated amp, a tuner, a logic operated cassette deck w/Dolby B-NR and a 'table. The components were separate and were connected by flat ribbon cables that looked like DIN cables. The amp had an AUX input as this was a couple years before CD came out. The speakers were monkey coffins, supposedly 3 ways with an 8" (approx) woofer made of paper with a paper mid and paper cone "tweeter". I never unmounted the drivers, but looking thru the "port" (in reality just a hole cut in them- no tube or anything!) I could see no bracing or stuffing of any kind. And I'd be surprised if there was much of an x-over network at all.

This would've been in the early to mid 80's. The speakers were total crap of course, but the electronics worked adequately. I used them into my college years when I used them to drive my then-new Infinity SM 150's, before I got my Carver CM-1090 integrated amp. Eventually I gave it to my sister, who used it for many years. I think it's in her attic and would work to this day, although some of the lights are burned out. The speakers were junked out for or five presidents ago, and I have no idea what ever became of the turntable.

 

[dave1490]

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions


that,s a clever saying

 

[Rob Babcock]

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions


that,s a clever saying

Yes, it is. Sadly, the author of that quote died a couple months back.