Pictures of your earliest setups
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Who’s Tom?
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Some crybaby who rage quit the forum over nothing.
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Circa 2003. The Original Carver Amazing. Absolute PIGS to drive but, man, lotta fun to listen to. Speakers that everyone should experience.
Found them reading Uncle Henry's swap and sale magazine taking a dump at my parents house in Maine on leave coming home from deployment. One owner, original boxes manuals and everything.
I plan for the future. - F1Nut -
Nice! Great pic to add. Thank You.
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Great pic, and what a serendipitous dump that was!
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The gear there was Carver C-1 pre / m1.5t amp / Adcom passive pre / AMC CD8b CD player. But, of all the iterations of my stereo rig...I've had much better sound but this is the sentimental fave.
I've got more pics around here somewhere.......My first real rig was a pair of Dahlquist DQ-10's / Adcom passive preamp / AMC CD8b CD player / Carver m1.5t.
BDTI plan for the future. - F1Nut -
I actually wish I had pictures of some of my first set ups, but that was many years ago, before I even owned a camera.
I do remember buying a faux woodgrained Panasonic reciever and speaker combo (6" duocones) that had a cool green and red cicular dialed theme, that sort of looked like a car dash.
My next one was from an east coast store chain called Railroad Salvage.
They'd bought out a line called Clarion (looked like it was made by Pioneer) and I also got a pair of Webcor 8" two way speakers.
I didn't own a decent setup until my first disability retroactive check showed up one day in 78 and it was off to the local higher end chain Seiden Sound to blow 600 bucks.
I ended up with a Pioneer CTF2121 cassette deck, an Onkyo A-5 integated amp and a Sansui tuner combined with a pair of Bolivar (see JBL) three way speakers.
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Polkaguy58 wrote: »I actually wish I had pictures of some of my first set ups, but that was many years ago, before I even owned a camera.
I do remember buying a faux woodgrained Panasonic reciever and speaker combo (6" duocones) that had a cool green and red cicular dialed theme, that sort of looked like a car dash.
My next one was from an east coast store chain called Railroad Salvage.
They'd bought out a line called Clarion (looked like it was made by Pioneer) and I also got a pair of Webcor 8" two way speakers.
I didn't own a decent setup until my first disability retroactive check showed up one day in 78 and it was off to the local higher end chain Seiden Sound to blow 600 bucks.
I ended up with a Pioneer CTF2121 cassette deck, an Onkyo A-5 integated amp and a Sansui tuner combined with a pair of Bolivar (see JBL) three way speakers.
That system rocked !
Dang man, I was born in ‘78! Rock on man!Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
Game Room 5.1.4: Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
Bedroom 2.1 Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer -
Hey, found a photo of my first reel-to-reel which includes my KLH 5's (or at least one of them) in it. And, those are some 8-track tapes in front of it.
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I’ll throw in on this thread...
I title this one, “Back When I Was Cool” - circa 1998.
Not shown, Yamaha M-70 and some old Yamaha EQ I used to push the LaScallas. Always regret selling them...
Current Collection: Monitor 4a (Peerless), Monitor 5B (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7b (Peerless), RTA15TL (SL3000), SDA CRS+ (194’s), SDA SRS 2.3TL, R100's, R200’s, R300 🤩 -
Lost some older pics to photo bucket, but these were around 2004 or so.
My first pair of 2.3TL's driven by a Rogue Audio 66 Preamp, Jolida JD-100 CDP and bi-amped with Parasound HCA-1500A and an HCA-1000A
But this is my true Pride and Joy
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Polkaguy58 wrote: »I actually wish I had pictures of some of my first set ups, but that was many years ago, before I even owned a camera.
I do remember buying a faux woodgrained Panasonic reciever and speaker combo (6" duocones) that had a cool green and red cicular dialed theme, that sort of looked like a car dash.
My next one was from an east coast store chain called Railroad Salvage.
They'd bought out a line called Clarion (looked like it was made by Pioneer) and I also got a pair of Webcor 8" two way speakers.
I didn't own a decent setup until my first disability retroactive check showed up one day in 78 and it was off to the local higher end chain Seiden Sound to blow 600 bucks.
I ended up with a Pioneer CTF2121 cassette deck, an Onkyo A-5 integated amp and a Sansui tuner combined with a pair of Bolivar (see JBL) three way speakers.
That system rocked !
Dang man, I was born in ‘78! Rock on man!
I was in 8th grade.....Headbanging to AC/DC -
Polkaguy58 wrote: »I actually wish I had pictures of some of my first set ups, but that was many years ago, before I even owned a camera.
I do remember buying a faux woodgrained Panasonic reciever and speaker combo (6" duocones) that had a cool green and red cicular dialed theme, that sort of looked like a car dash.
My next one was from an east coast store chain called Railroad Salvage.
They'd bought out a line called Clarion (looked like it was made by Pioneer) and I also got a pair of Webcor 8" two way speakers.
I didn't own a decent setup until my first disability retroactive check showed up one day in 78 and it was off to the local higher end chain Seiden Sound to blow 600 bucks.
I ended up with a Pioneer CTF2121 cassette deck, an Onkyo A-5 integated amp and a Sansui tuner combined with a pair of Bolivar (see JBL) three way speakers.
That system rocked !
Dang man, I was born in ‘78! Rock on man!
I was in 8th grade.....Headbanging to AC/DC
Damn Pit, your old! Reminds me when my mom took away my Alice Cooper Killer album. And our folks thought lyrics were bad back then. -
Polkaguy58 wrote: »I actually wish I had pictures of some of my first set ups, but that was many years ago, before I even owned a camera.
I do remember buying a faux woodgrained Panasonic reciever and speaker combo (6" duocones) that had a cool green and red cicular dialed theme, that sort of looked like a car dash.
My next one was from an east coast store chain called Railroad Salvage.
They'd bought out a line called Clarion (looked like it was made by Pioneer) and I also got a pair of Webcor 8" two way speakers.
I didn't own a decent setup until my first disability retroactive check showed up one day in 78 and it was off to the local higher end chain Seiden Sound to blow 600 bucks.
I ended up with a Pioneer CTF2121 cassette deck, an Onkyo A-5 integated amp and a Sansui tuner combined with a pair of Bolivar (see JBL) three way speakers.
That system rocked !
Dang man, I was born in ‘78! Rock on man!
I was in 8th grade.....Headbanging to AC/DC
Damn Pit, your old! Reminds me when my mom took away my Alice Cooper Killer album. And our folks thought lyrics were bad back then.
Yeah Cooper, ACDC, Sabbath etc are disney G compared to some of the craaap now days2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC
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Not my earliest set up but all I have. The 15's look as new as the day I bought them in 91.
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My garage receiver that powers my Boston Acoustics bookshelf speakers I bought in 81. I can't believe I paid 900 for the receiver in 91.
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Wish I still had those 10's.The Night is Dark and Full of Terrors -
SCompRacer wrote: »Not the oldest but an old one....the speakers were moved toward rack for the pic, camera lens limitations.
^^^This reminded me of my ca. 2003 rig shown below.
Proud and loyal citizen of the Digital Domain and Solid State Country! -
Wow. That’s creepy...🤪
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joecoulson wrote: »Wow. That’s creepy...🤪
I also had the short and wide version of @SCompRacer's Bello rack in my bedroom system. Picture is from 2005.
Proud and loyal citizen of the Digital Domain and Solid State Country! -
SCompRacer wrote: »Not the oldest but an old one....the speakers were moved toward rack for the pic, camera lens limitations.
I have fond memories of that setup!Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
HT: Samsung QN90B * Marantz NR1510 * Panasonic DMP-BDT220 * Roku Ultra LT * APC H10 -
Mike Reeter wrote: »Lost some older pics to photo bucket, but these were around 2004 or so.
My first pair of 2.3TL's driven by a Rogue Audio 66 Preamp, Jolida JD-100 CDP and bi-amped with Parasound HCA-1500A and an HCA-1000A
But this is my true Pride and Joy
I hope you are talking about the lady next to you... -
Mike Reeter wrote: »Lost some older pics to photo bucket, but these were around 2004 or so.
My first pair of 2.3TL's driven by a Rogue Audio 66 Preamp, Jolida JD-100 CDP and bi-amped with Parasound HCA-1500A and an HCA-1000A
But this is my true Pride and Joy
I hope you are talking about the lady next to you...
Most certainly! She's tolerated my OCD ways and Audio obsession for over thirty three years now
I'm a lucky guy
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Mike Reeter wrote: »Mike Reeter wrote: »Lost some older pics to photo bucket, but these were around 2004 or so.
My first pair of 2.3TL's driven by a Rogue Audio 66 Preamp, Jolida JD-100 CDP and bi-amped with Parasound HCA-1500A and an HCA-1000A
But this is my true Pride and Joy
I hope you are talking about the lady next to you...
Most certainly! She's tolerated my OCD ways and Audio obsession for over thirty three years now I'm a lucky guy
For that you should go buy her a top of the line SACD player and new speakers
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No photos.
Original Large Advents.
Advent receiver pre-out to a Dynaco St-70.
Connoisseur BD-1 turntable on a custom plinth with an SME 3012 arm and Shure V15 III cart.Mojo Audio Illuminati v3>>Quantum Byte w/LMS>>Rpi/PiCoreplayer>> Starlight 7 USB >> Mojo Audio Mystique v2 SE>>ModWright SWL 9.0 SE Signature>>Hafler DH-500 Amp+ (Musical Concepts Fully Modded)>>
SRS 2.3TL (Fully Modded)...Velodyne Optimum 8 subwoofer
1KVA Dreadnought
Marantz SA 8005
Pioneer PLX-1000 Turntable - Shure SC35C/N35X - V15III/VN35HE
Yamaha TX-540 Tuner...Sony BDP-S570
Sony PS4
Separate subpanel with four dedicated 20 amp circuits.
1. Amplification 2. Analog 3. Digital 4. Video
"All THAT IS LOST FROM THE SOURCE IS LOST FOREVER" -
Nice!
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No photos.
Original Large Advents.
Advent receiver pre-out to a Dynaco St-70.
Connoisseur BD-1 turntable on a custom plinth with an SME 3012 arm and Shure V15 III cart.
Weird. All that stuff is for sale right now on the Portland Craigslist.Gustard X26 Pro DAC
Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)
There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus -
Not mine. I still have the Advents, SME and cart (new needle).Mojo Audio Illuminati v3>>Quantum Byte w/LMS>>Rpi/PiCoreplayer>> Starlight 7 USB >> Mojo Audio Mystique v2 SE>>ModWright SWL 9.0 SE Signature>>Hafler DH-500 Amp+ (Musical Concepts Fully Modded)>>
SRS 2.3TL (Fully Modded)...Velodyne Optimum 8 subwoofer
1KVA Dreadnought
Marantz SA 8005
Pioneer PLX-1000 Turntable - Shure SC35C/N35X - V15III/VN35HE
Yamaha TX-540 Tuner...Sony BDP-S570
Sony PS4
Separate subpanel with four dedicated 20 amp circuits.
1. Amplification 2. Analog 3. Digital 4. Video
"All THAT IS LOST FROM THE SOURCE IS LOST FOREVER"
