What did you start with? AKA... Your first legit stereo rig

reeltrouble1

transistor radio..............I love you yea yea yea........I love you yea yea yea

waaaaaaaaaaa, its cool to remember the gear from back in day, hell I still had a couple of pieces until very recently........now all that is left from my teenage days is a fender bandmaster speaker cabinet and head unit.

RT1

A55HAT

Lasareath wrote: »

I really don't remember what brand my reciever was:

It's the middle device in this pic.



the top device was a vcr that has its cover off because I had to manually eject the tapes.

The bottom device is a sony 5 disc changer.

Before the CRS+'s that I pictured here I had 3-way speakers I made with Radio Shack parts when I was 13, they worked for 4 years and then I got the Polk's.

Sal

I had to scroll so much with that picture, I forgot which way gravity went.

Looks like you live in the Matrix. . .

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Lasareath wrote: »

I really don't remember what brand my reciever was:

It's the middle device in this pic.



the top device was a vcr that has its cover off because I had to manually eject the tapes.

The bottom device is a sony 5 disc changer.

Before the CRS+'s that I pictured here I had 3-way speakers I made with Radio Shack parts when I was 13, they worked for 4 years and then I got the Polk's.

Sal

An old school Ultima fan huh Loved that game, played it since the first one came out

rtart

Nikko Alpha 230 amp with Gamma 30 tuner, Beta 30 preamp, Sony PSX7 table, Panny DBX cassette, DCM Timewindows, vintage 1980.

Yashu

Those NS10s are awsome. I almost bought a set when I was looking for 2nd hand monitors. It's funny seeing those mentioned next to Bose.

Xharlix

Technics brand AM/FM tuner w/ matching integrated amp, Radio Shack/Realistic belt drive turntable w/ ADC cartridge, Sharp RT10 cassette deck and Realistic Nova 10 speakers. I still have the speakers but not using them.

hearingimpared

Yashu wrote: »

Those NS10s are awsome. I almost bought a set when I was looking for 2nd hand monitors. It's funny seeing those mentioned next to Bose.

I still have a pair of NS 10ts. I need to install binding posts in the rear of each to replace the broken spring loaded clips. These monitors sounded incredible back in the day. I plan on using them for a little rig that I'm putting in my 10 year old's bedroom. For a while there when I had hit hard times, I used the 10ts as my reference.

Check out this link.

hearingimpared

Keiko wrote: »

Sweeeeeeet!:cool: Is that reel wood veneer or vinyl? Kinda hard for me to tell with my bad eyesight.

Those aren't mine in the link. The ones I've owned for 20+ years now have the wood veneer.

janmike

Akai receiver, TT and 2 speakers. Probably back in the late 70's. A guy who lived in the same building as I did at the time needed the money. The system was 2 months old and he even had the BOS. If I remember correctly, the price I paid was $300 and I think he paid over $600. I am sure the money went to some good drugs.

hearingimpared

Hey what's with the white mid drivers? Mine are black and no they are not dirty.

know nothing

My first system consisted of:
-Garrad Turntable/changer with mid line Shure cartridge (hand me down from my dad),
-JVC cassete deck - cheaply made but recorded and played back very musical tapes
-H.H. Scott tube receiver - pretty good (hand me down from my dad),
-H.H. Scott two-way ported speakers, gorgeous cherry veneer and particle board cabinets with retro styling but speakers were mounted behind front baffle and fired through holes cut in the thick wood - sounded pretty bad, like they were being played through a tunnel, (hand me down from my brother)
-cables by Radio Shack.

I still have the speakers because the Cabinets look so cool. They have been converted to acoustic suspension design and completely rebuilt at least three times including new crossovers, drivers, and moving drivers to front of baffle. Only problem is that cabinets are not up to todays design and construction stds., and even with one inch thick sides, they still get just a touch wooley when the volume is turned up.

I wish I still had the tube receiver!

know nothing

My first system consisted of:
-Garrad Turntable/changer with mid line Shure cartridge (hand me down from my dad),
-JVC cassete deck - cheaply made but recorded and played back very musical tapes (paid for with paper route money)
-H.H. Scott tube receiver - pretty good (hand me down from my dad),
-H.H. Scott two-way ported speakers, gorgeous cherry veneer and particle board cabinets with retro styling but speakers were mounted behind front baffle and fired through holes cut in the thick wood - sounded pretty bad, like they were being played through a tunnel, (hand me down from my brother)
-cables from local hardware store.

I still have the speakers because the Cabinets look so cool. They have been converted to acoustic suspension design and completely rebuilt at least three times including new crossovers, drivers, and moving drivers to front of baffle. Only problem is that cabinets are not up to todays design and construction stds., and even with one inch thick sides, they still get a touch wooley when the volume is turned up.

I wish I still had that tube receiver! kn

shadowofnight

Akai reel to reel
Cerwin Vega D-7's in front
Design Acoustics PS-10's in the rear
Self built 15" subwoofer ( Term subwoofer hadnt even been coined yet )
with a Cerwin Vega driver ( 4 cubic ft ported box tuned to 30Hz with a small red radio shack book called Building speaker enclosures by David Weems )
Technics receiver driving fronts
Sherwood receiver driving rears
Technics Turntable with a Shure V15 phono cartridge
Panasonic Hi-Fi VHS
HUGE ( ) 27" JVC Monitor
Self made Hafler amp for the Cerwin Vega "sub"
Akai cassette deck bought at Pacific stereo super high end capable of using chrome/metal cassette tapes

And probably a bunch of stuff I am forgetting....but friends from all over town would come to listen to the stereo and watch my " Home Theatre" with the huge 27" screen. The 27" monitor was actually mounted on top of the cerwin vega sub ( Painted gloss black ) ...I had my dad weld me a cage for inside the sub to magnetically shield it...and rubber mounts under the 27" for vibration dampening.

The bass was amazing with the 2 12" woofers in the cerwin vegas...15" cerwin vega driven by the Hafler amp ...and the down firing 10" woofers in the design acoustic PS-10's....it was a great time in the early to mid 80's

shadowofnight

Then sold it all in one shot except my Technics/V15 turntable ( Somewhere in late 80's ) to buy

Polk SDA SRS 1.2
Rockford Fosgate RF200 Pre-amp
Rockford Fosgate RF2000 Amp
Nakamichi cassette deck
Sony C87 ES 5 disc changer ( Waited till 1991 to join the CD bandwagon )
Pair of self built 15" subwoofers

Thats what started the Polk obsession

shadowofnight

Interesting use of CRS stands Sal

jimmyzen

around 1973 - 74: a Marantz model 4245 receiver with a built in tuneable Dolby unit, a Marantz cassette deck from the same series as the receiver. I can't recall the model number but it was over $500.00 back then. (I had an Akai cassette deck that had a glass/ferrite head that I had to have replaced twice at $150.00 a pop. The third time it failed I threw it out and bought the Marantz) The speakers were a pair of ESP Studio Monitors which was a hot brand back then for those who liked their music LOUD!! The turntable was a direct drive Pioneer PL1 fully manual unit with a Shure cartridge. The system was stolen about 6 months after I had it. :mad: :mad: :mad: Even with the insurance money I couldn't afford to replace it with the same quality gear because I borrowed money to buy it in the first place. I bought a Pioneer receiver that was 125 watts per channel. I don't remember the model, possibly an SX125 or something like that. It was on the low end of their premium product line I think. I replaced the turntable with a Pioneer PL2 semi automatic unit and the speakers were replaced with a pair BIC Venturi 6 models. It wasn't half the stereo system the Marantz system was.

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jimmyzen wrote: »

I had an Akai cassette deck that had a glass/ferrite head that I had to have replaced twice at $150.00 a pop.

:eek: :eek: In 1974 dollars thats a pricey little part.

know nothing

jimmyzen wrote: »

It wasn't half the stereo system the Marantz system was.[/QUOTE

Yeah, the early seventies Marantz were really great.

Berzerker

Wow...blast from the past. All purchased in/around 1990.

Pioneer SX something (eq were manual sliding levers)..sister is still using.
Pionner CT something dual cassette...still in sisters rig
Sony single cheapo single CD, later got a 5-disc that latest about 2 years
Cerwin-Vega AT-10 (rocked the dorms)

The evolution:

1992 - Sony Strav600 or something
2000 - Sony STR-DE945, Sony ES CD player, Sony cheapo progressive DVD, RT800i, CS400i, RT15i, Velodyne HGS-12, Toshiba Cinema Series 36"
2005 - Samsung HLR-5667W, Samsung DVD-HD850 (terrible), Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300HD (Wow provided)
2006 - Stereo Rig (Rotel RX-1052, B&W 602-used)
2007 - Oppo DV-981HD
2008 - Pioneer Elite VSX94-TXH, Pioneer Elite BDP-95FD, Panamax M5400-EX, Blue Jeans cables all around Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300HDC (Wow provided)

PS...looking for a pair of RT35i or F/X500i (black)

Good times,

Mike

obieone

1979 Sanyo? turntable w/ stereo speakers that plugged in the back.
volume/ bal./ bass/ treble

Serendipity

An Aiwa boombox.

Kex

NAD stereo integrated amplifier and Cabasse Go

analog97

1. Perpetum-Ebner 2038 Turntable
2. Kenwood 6160 receiver
3. Advent loudspeakers
4. Pickering MM cartridge

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

tbyrne

Technics 35 wpc receiver, EPI 110(?) 2-way speakers, Dual 506 TT, Akai tape deck. I think my bro still runs all of them except the badly grounded Dual!

warmit

My first was a system i bought from my mom's boyfreind who didn't needed beer money far more than the stereo.
$400 1975

Technics by Panasonic true quadriphonic amplifier
2 large Wharfedale 3 way spaekers
2 large Wharfedale 2 way speakers
JBL cassette deck
Technics turntable.
original reciept from 1972 for $978

SolidSqual

Polk Rti6
Yamaha HTR 5890
Xbox - CDp
Blue Jeans Cables

Igo

General Electric album stacker
40W Arthur Fulmer amp/graphic equalizer operated by a
120V A/C to 12V D/C converted
2 - Fender Bassman 100 bottoms

I know. OH MY GOD!

Igo

...followed by a very respectable
Sansui 40x2 (can't recall the model but very sweet sounding unit, beautiful too)
ECI profile 620 speakers.....whoever they were
Technics belt drive turntable
Sanyo Dual Well tape deck
I was 18 or 19 by now. Didn't have a bed; slept on the floor.

Face

A bunch of Kenwood and Yamaha BPC.

michaeljhsda2

Altec Seven Series II, Kenwood KR 6030, Technics SL 3200 TT. Total price $1,080 in 1979.