first stereo!

[Sheep]

I guess mine won't make a dent in the leaders.

Sanyo CD/cassette boom box. Bought my Yammy and Pro-linear set after that, and the rest is history.

SheepStar

 

[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!

I was so off on all that stuff, after posting a week ago I have since remembered so many more electronics and speakers I have owned. I won't even try to count them out again, to much work.

 

[Seth=L]

Sanyo CD/cassette boom box. Bought my Yammy and Pro-linear set after that, and the rest is history.

You got into the game quickly. Mine was very progressive untill about a year ago, then it leveled off mostly. Even still I move a lot of stuff. I am getting a JVC DVD-audio player tomorrow, it just keeps on rolling.

 

[no. 5]

I am getting a JVC DVD-audio player tomorrow, it just keeps on rolling.

but when will you be geting music on DVD-A?

 

[Seth=L]

Ha, I already have some. I only have 3 DVD-Audio discs, but I like them none the less.

 

[emorphien]

I started with an Aiwa mini-system in middle school, then added a 12" Acoustic Research sub in high school. During college that morphed in to a 5.1 when both the sub and Aiwa thing were quickly replaced once I was out of the dorms after my freshman year.

From then on though I've spent more time and money on building and evolving a separate stereo in to what it is now ~4 years later. Aside from the addition of a Pioneer Elite DV-45A multi-format player, the 5.1 in the living-room has gone unchanged for 4ish years.

 

[captain_tinker]

Oh boy, this one looks fun! My dad gave me a non functional reel to reel player as a kid, and let me take it apart. That was fun.

I also used to have one of those little sirens with microphone you could put on your bicycle when I was in Elementary school. After a few years, it broke, so I took that apart too. I found that it had a little speaker in the front. So I tore apart an old pair of headphones, used alligator clips and clipped them to the contacts, and plugged it into my walkman. Oh my gosh! Sound came out! So I hooked it back onto my bike, placed my walkman into a little bag under the seat, and had tunes while I delivered the newspapers!

Interestingly enough, like dave1490, who started this thread, not long after that, I found an old car tape deck at a garage sale for $.50, not auto reverse or anything, and was able to hook it up using a battery and the old speaker from my siren and got it to work!

Then in Middle school my aging neighbor gave me his old Panasonic SA-505 Quadrophonic receiver, turntable, and speakers. I set it up in my bedroom, and promptly put my Sony discman on it, and boombox, and had "surround" sound for several years.

-capT

 

[Resident Loser]

Actually...

...not a stereo...although the TT, a Heathkit/BSR, was...Plugged into a Lafayette Radio and Electronics stereo phono pre-amp, plugged into the two "channels" of my Fender Bandmaster...

The fact that it was mono didn't make a big diff as my measly collection of vinyl were all mono issues anywho...

jimHJJ(...it was the tail-end of the transitional period in audio...)

 

[Seth=L]

Oh boy, this one looks fun! My dad gave me a non functional reel to reel player as a kid, and let me take it apart. That was fun.

I also used to have one of those little sirens with microphone you could put on your bicycle when I was in Elementary school. After a few years, it broke, so I took that apart too. I found that it had a little speaker in the front. So I tore apart an old pair of headphones, used alligator clips and clipped them to the contacts, and plugged it into my walkman. Oh my gosh! Sound came out! So I hooked it back onto my bike, placed my walkman into a little bag under the seat, and had tunes while I delivered the newspapers!

Interestingly enough, like dave1490, who started this thread, not long after that, I found an old car tape deck at a garage sale for $.50, not auto reverse or anything, and was able to hook it up using a battery and the old speaker from my siren and got it to work!

Then in Middle school my aging neighbor gave me his old Panasonic SA-505 Quadrophonic receiver, turntable, and speakers. I set it up in my bedroom, and promptly put my Sony discman on it, and boombox, and had "surround" sound for several years.

-capT

I like the Panasonic, nice touch.

 

[Mudcat]

My First was ordinary, but....

My first stereo was shared between my brothers and myself. Layefette from Korvettes or something like that, 8-Track and cassette, turntable, tuner all in one chassis. It also had prewired speakers.

The unit I had in college (bear in mind the limitations of personnal freedoms when attending a federal academy - Kings Point) was even better. It consisted of my grandfathers portable 8-track recorder and a Sanyo cassette deck. In order for the cassette deck to actually play through the players speakers I had to constantly be recording onto the 8-track. So, all the track changes always came through loud and clear.

 

[Resident Loser]

I'm gonna'...

My first stereo was shared between my brothers and myself. Layefette from Korvettes or something like that, 8-Track and cassette, turntable, tuner all in one chassis. It also had prewired speakers.

...take a wild guess it was most likely a Lloyds...LR&E (Lafayette) only sold it's gear directly to the public through it's store(s) or their mail-order catalog, and actually had some pretty decent stuff...

Although, after they closed up shop, someone may have bought the name or perhaps their NOS stuff...however I think E.J. Korvettes and LR&E went OOB within the same time frame, so that might not be the case...A pity, EJK ran some really good sales on records...I took a lot more risks with new music for $3-4 than I do at todays prices...

jimHJJ(...and time marches on...)

 

[highfihoney]

I like the Panasonic, nice touch.

I like the 'siren speaker' the best,that had to be one hella mess

Im reminded of the movie pewee's big adventure,do you remember the siren pee wee had on the front of his bike,that stupid looking lion head

So far the captian ggets my vote for the biggest mess

 

[apatel25314]

when i was 14 i got 2primus 360 fronts, a primus center, and 4 primus 160 bookshelves along with a sony strdg800, it was pretty sweet

 

[j_garcia]

when i was 14 i got 2primus 360 fronts, a primus center, and 4 primus 160 bookshelves along with a sony strdg800, it was pretty sweet

And you are now 14 1/2? My first HT receiver was a Sony and it was a piece of crap. My second one was Sony also for some strange reason and my opinion didn't change.

I picked this one up for $5 at a yard sale, similar to the one my dad had only a little lower power:

 

[apatel25314]

lol no im 15 and am actually pretty new to this whole audio thing , but learning quickly

 

[dave1490]

I like the 'siren speaker' the best,that had to be one hella mess

Im reminded of the movie pewee's big adventure,do you remember the siren pee wee had on the front of his bike,that stupid looking lion head

So far the captian ggets my vote for the biggest mess

we have a winner!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[captain_tinker]

we have a winner!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually, it was quite the opposite. I kept it all inside the little housing. In fact, I found a pic that looks almost exactly like the one I had, just that mine was gray. I even found a 1/4 inch headphone jack in my dad's old junk, and hooked that up to it too now that I remember. I just screwed it onto the handlebars, ran the headphone cord over the bar, to the back of the seat, and hung the walkman in a leather bag from the seat, and it was really nice! I wish I had a picture of that, but the bike and probably the old siren are long gone... Mom probably cleaned out the garage and got rid of it.

I've also seen several of you refer to LaFayette, my dad had a Lafayette receiver, I think that was his first "Real" system. Interestingly enough, he still has it, and uses it with his original Criterion speakers that he bought with it.

-capT

 

[highfihoney]

Actually, it was quite the opposite. I kept it all inside the little housing. In fact, I found a pic that looks almost exactly like the one I had, just that mine was gray. I even found a 1/4 inch headphone jack in my dad's old junk, and hooked that up to it too now that I remember. I just screwed it onto the handlebars, ran the headphone cord over the bar

-capT

Here's what i was thinkin.

NOW THATS A BIKE.

 

[Seth=L]

Here's what i was thinkin.

NOW THATS A BIKE.

Heh, heh, heh, that guy.

 

[PUKnEH]

Try this one.

My first stereo if you can call it a stereo.
I took a peice of plywood build a box mounted an old pioneer car stereo with casette tape and about 15 watts x4. Placed two 6x9 sparkomatic 60 watt speakers to the front, 6inch round 40 watt speakers on either side of stereo inside the box mounted a 40w amp and ran it all by using a ac/dc adapter from my remote control race track. Was about 10 years old and salvaged all the parts from junk my brother had pulled out of an old car he had bought. Not recommended for sound and problely not the safest but it did fine for me for a while.