What was your very first piece of audio equipment

My very first piece of equipment was a Sansui receiver. I think it was a series 6000 or something like that. I purchased it at the PX at Long Binh Post Vietnam in 1968. I think I paid under $100 bucks for it. I can't remember what speakers I had. Also, I think the only FM station was Armed Forces Radio. That was the beginning for me.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,042
    edited June 2017
    Pioneer SX-6 something or other receiver followed by Acoustic Research bookies that same day.

    Months of newspaper delivering.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • sgtmick63
    sgtmick63 Posts: 166
    Back in '68 I was a buck Sgt making about $300.00 a month including combat pay.
  • sgtmick63
    sgtmick63 Posts: 166
    Didn't own a transistor radio but did make a crystal radio back in the late 50's. I completely forgot about it. And Damn It did work.
  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,892
    Transistor radio here as well.
    2 channel: Anthem 225 Integrated amp; Parasound Ztuner; TechnicsTT SL1350; Vincent PHO-8 phono pre; Marantz CD6005 spinner; Polk SDA2BTL's; LAT International speaker cables, ZU Mission IC's and power cables all into a PS Audio Dectet Power center.

    Other; M10 series II, M7C's, Hafler XL600 amp, RB-980BX, Parasound HCA-1500 amp , P5 preamp, all in storage. All vintage Polk have had crossover rebuilds and tweeter upgrades.

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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    My dad a turntable in a big cabinet that I could listen to during the summer thru the 60's when they were working all day :)

    the only vinyl he had was:
    Jim reeves
    Patsy Cline
    Marty Robbins
    The Ventures!

    but I did have a little AM radio!
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,124
    F1nut wrote: »
    A transistor radio when I was a pre-teen.

    I still remember it was silver colored and had a leather slip cover, but I don't recall who made it.

    Same...
    Probably Realistic

    But if you're asking about "stereo", is would be Fisher with some Curtis Mathis speakers
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    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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  • msg
    msg Posts: 9,307
    A little denim covered record player with mono speaker that we probably got in some thrift store. Sanford & Son theme song 45rpm that I played over and over for about a week, until...
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    my parents probably got sick of hearing it, and gave me the little portable radio we had, and I started listening to the FM radio. Got a department store combination stereo for Christmas later that year that came with a tuner, record player and 8-track player, with little bookshelf speakers that the foam would eventually disintegrate on. For cans, I used swiped Sansui SS-10 headphones from my dad. It was great. And the beginning of me thinking my parents were old fogies and listened to crummy music (they were nearly 10 years younger than I am now, and didn't have particularly bad taste in music. It just wasn't "cool" music to a ten yr old)

    There was a lot of "little msg turn it down!" over the years to follow.
    I did not own an Air Supply record at any time.
    I disabled signatures.
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,474
    Panasonic cassette player. Then moved up to a turntable receiver stereo(all in one) hand me down from mom and dad. Speakers hooked up with rca jacks. Dad had ran 50' of all of 24gauge cable to put a speaker in the kitchen.
  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,124
    Speaking of Panasonic...had one of these too
    Remember getting the Richard Pryor 8 tracks out of my step dads car
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    2-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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  • msg
    msg Posts: 9,307
    We had both of those 8-track players at different times, Rick and Ron. I think I still have our Panasonic one. Ours was yellow :)

    Lol to Richard Pryor. Mischievous kids.
    I disabled signatures.
  • machone
    machone Posts: 1,471
    Transistor radio.
    Used to listen to WLS out of Chicago.
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  • Jimbo18
    Jimbo18 Posts: 2,310
    I went straight to "hi-fi". Some Motorola or Zenith stereo with wired speakers (maye about 24ga wire) and a cheap turntable.
  • warren
    warren Posts: 756
    A crystal set with head phones. Put s piece of wire out my bedroom window as the antenna. Favorite jazz program http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pCO0K-UtDMI/Tzk7M8M9UrI/AAAAAAAAMMI/wqg4LmQPuqU/s320/Concert+-+Ad,+Trianon+Ballroom,+Chicago,+Ray+Charles,+Chuck+Willis+-+19560901.jpg
    Some final words,
    "If you keep banging your head against the wall,
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,640
    Pioneer SX-650 was a hand-me-down from my uncle along with a pair of Bolivar Speaker Works Model 18s

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    Those 2 pieces are what got me hooked on audio in junior high.
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  • indyhawg
    indyhawg Posts: 1,633
    edited June 2017
    Some JC Penney stereo from that had 4 speakers. Really cool for the time I was in high school.
  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,021
    Rick88 wrote: »
    This was mine, back in around 1976 or '77. I thought it was great.

    My best friend had an Emerson portable 8-track player. We would have contests to see which would play louder and sound better. Mine always won.... B)

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    I had an uncle who had one of those. I thought it was the greatest thing ever and wanted one so bad. So cool to see that picture.
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  • izafar
    izafar Posts: 814
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    Got this in middle school. This was pared with Sony Speakers that each had 6.5 active driver and 6.5 passive radiator along with 1.5" cone tweeter.
    -izafar

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  • lunazul
    lunazul Posts: 780
    Soundesign 8 track player, record player, AM/FM radio all in one system.
    Along with a Columbia House 12 for a penny subscription.
  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,034
    Hitachi boombox with phono input for a linear tracking Technics SL DL5...
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited June 2017
    LOL. A transistor radio here too. Emerson, I think, with a brown leather case.

    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
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    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
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  • Derf
    Derf Posts: 229
    JCPenny all-in-one with tuner, turntable and 8 track. Then bought this model of Pioneer headphones b/c we know what parents always yelled about.l8rppbaqn02z.jpg
    Integrated Amp: Marantz PM-10
    Speakers: Usher MD2
    Subwoofer: Rythmik F15HP
    DAC: North Star Design Supremo
    Streaming Source: AURALiC Aries Mini
    SACD Player: Marantz SA8004
    Power Source: PS Audio PP3 on dedicated 20amp circuit
  • well little boom boxes when i was a kid.. not sure if those count lol

    first real stereo was techincs receiver and CD player and i think i pair of baby advent speakrs.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    edited June 2017
    not sure how far back you want to go
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    there is a utube of mine
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XrgHuE_jNs
  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,521
    1970, age 8, I got a Lloyds 8 track player for Christmas. At 10, I scored my first piece of real audio, a fischer combo thing Tuner/turntable speakers for cutting my neighbors lawn.
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  • leftwinger57
    leftwinger57 Posts: 2,917
    My 1st was this Zenith drop top suitcase type thing. buttoned up you could take anywhere you went w/ an outlet. You un hooked the speakers and they gave you about 10' of separation and the turntable dropped down for playing. It held about 5 LPs and loved the thing until I got my Lafayette receiver and Dual tt w/ Criterion #100 speakers. I tried finding it but not hing was shown.This was the closest device I could find. Mine was a year or 2 newer more rounded and sleeker.

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  • simm
    simm Posts: 562
    A MCS digital clock radio. I got it for Christmas in either 1978 or '79 when I was 13 or 14. I still have it somewhere in a closet. It was a couple more years before I got a stereo- an all in one Magnavox.
  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,087
    1970-71 bought a console w/Garrard turntable and 8-track from W.T. Grant Co. on payments. A couple of years later upgraded to a Kenwood KR-4400 receiver, Dual 1225 w/Shure M91E, Utah speakers with 15" woofer. Much better than the console.
  • xsmi
    xsmi Posts: 1,786
    1987 JVC Rack System. I still have the integrated from that system in a closet somewhere.
    2-channelBelles 22A Pre, Emotiva XPA-2 Gen 2, Marantz SA8005, Pro-Ject RPM-10 Turntable, Pro-Ject Phono Box DS3B, Polk Audio Legend L800's, AudioQuest Cable throughout.
  • Stew
    Stew Posts: 645
    Rick88 wrote: »
    This was mine, back in around 1976 or '77. I thought it was great.

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    Mine too. I was at a conference with my Dad and won one of these in a raffle. Best thing ever!
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