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

Igo

Interesting. This thread has been revived several times and will be 6 years old next month. Cool.

ben62670

JVC receiver 130wpc and some ininity's. I am not looking back(1989-2006).

philr168

First real system
nad 3150 (that my son still uses)
technices turntable with a grado cartrage
pioneer reciever used for a tuner
akai cassette deck
kenwood speakers

MillerLiteScott

1980-1989 ish

Kenwood KR 4010?
Technics Tape deck
Pioneer 3 ways
Technics SL5

nikolas812

Polk Audio RT800's
Yamaha HTR 5560
A Cheap Sony DVD player
Monster XP speakers cables
In the Box Interconnects


It was the biggest let down ever.... I've had between 5 and 10 different systems since then... Probably closer to 10.


I got into the hobby two years ago.:eek::D:eek:


Thats right, 10 rigs in 2 years....... Its a sickness.






Nick

rru2s

circa 1979: Polk Model 10s, Advent Receiver, Dual turntable, SpectroAcoustics 180 wpc amp, ADC soundshaper equalizer.

I switched from turntable to Sony ES series CD player around 1990. However, my college-age son is still angry I threw out about 300 vinyl recordings in 2002.

That rig kept me very happy with 2-channel for 28 years. The Model 10s have excellent midrange and the equalizer increased the bass enough so the 10 inch passive radiator did the job.

What finally ended it was replacing blowing the tweeter about the 5th or 6th time, and a second failure in 5 years of the power amp. The dual turntable had also stopped working, and the equalizer had 2 repairs in the last 5 years as well.

That is one reason I have simplified my system: One receiver to do everything - Outlaw RR2150, plus a CD player, Polk Monitor 70s, and an Epik Valor sub. Oh, and another system in my bedroom - Monitor 60s, Velodyne sub, HK 3490 receiver, and Marantz CD player.

TNRabbit

1979~
Pioneer SX-880/ 60 wpc receiver
Zenith 2-way ported speakers
Pioneer PL-590 DD turntable

rayslifecycle

1st system: Purchased when I was 16 yrs old - 18yrs ago:

Fisher - Studio Standard - Split purchase with my brother from "The Wiz" for 500 bucks
TT, Dual Cassette, Stereo Reciever, 3-way tower speakers, w/ Stereo Cabinet

My parents are still using the reciever and the speakers.

1st REAL system - still working on obtaining it.

NJPOLKER

1979
Bose 901's
Rotel Reciever
Dual Turn Table
Bi-Amp equalizer

Can't remember model #'s but the Rotel was a beast and had plenty of power to drive the 901's.

dalylaleahthor

I was a freshman in high school.* This was in 99.* My first real 2 channel system consisted of an Aiwa Reciever, Sony 50+1 Cd player, and some cheap bookself speakers from RadioShack.:o