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- 02-19-2012 09:52 PM #21
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First "audiophile" setup was a Hafler preamp and amp with KEF 104.2 speakers.
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- 02-20-2012 09:52 AM #22
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- 02-24-2012 07:09 AM #23
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Proud Staff MemberI had a Technics Dolby Pro Logic surround receiver and just a bunch of mismatch speakers I found.
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- 02-28-2012 01:34 PM #24
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Proud Staff MemberJust repurchased my first setup Haman Kardon 430 Twin Power receiver and DLK 1 speakers
Samsung HL-S5086W DLP/Panasonic DMP-BD55, Harmon Kardon AVR 254, Mirage Nanosats , Nintendo Wii-- Family Room
Olevia 332H 32inch LCD- in BAR
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Youngest son's room Empty moved into Big brothers room.
Vizio VX32L LCD -no longer in the Bar- Gone to college with oldest Son( temporarily back for summer)
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- 02-28-2012 05:39 PM #25
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First "real" setup was a Yamaha M-70 amp, C-70 control amp, and T-70 tuner that I purchased overseas in '82. They blew-out a pair of Marantz tower speakers so I picked up a pair of JBL Studio Monitors. Lesson Learned: don't play Ozzy and Judas Priest on Jazz speakers. Also picked-up a Teac "remote control" cassette player, top-notch turntable (don't recall the brand) and DBX equalizer and noise reduction components. I remember the "remote" consisting of a plastic touchpad attached to a 30ft. cable...and I was as happy as a pig in slop controlling the cassette player while paying in bed. Anyway, I still have the Yamaha amp and it works as well as the day I purchased 'em.
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- 02-28-2012 07:32 PM #26
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My first setup was a Sony HTiB in 2003. First "real" setup was Polk Monitor series and an Onkyo AVR in 2008. I consider what I have now a "real" setup though.
TC-P65GT30/DMP-BDT500
Marantz SR6005/Klipsch RF82 II's/RC62 II/VTF2 MK4
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- 02-28-2012 07:34 PM #27
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Proud Staff MemberI need to see if my Hafler can be repaired... slightly off topic, in my storage the other day I ran across Stereo Review magazines from the 80's
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- 02-28-2012 09:30 PM #28
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For those growing-up in the '70...who here didn't have something like this in their bedroom?
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What a time warp! I was also in college in the 70s and it's downright scary how very similar my first set-up was to a lot of other posters:
Sherwood stereo receiver -- #1 rated in Consumer reports back then, as I recall
Pioneer Dual cassette deck -- don't remember why. I guess I wanted to make copies or something
DSR Belt-drive turntable with a strobe disc to precisely calibrate the speed
Teac 2300S real-to-real deck
AR-6 speakers -- the cabinets were unfinished, so I had fun staining them.
When I was assigned to the UK (USAF) in the mid-1980s, I bought 50Hz conversion kits for the Teac and turntable: larger spindles, different size belts, etc.
My first full-size TV was a 1979-vintage MGA with digital tuning. I still have it and it still works. It's hooked up to a converter box and is in front of our treadmill. At the same time, I bought one of the first Panasonic "top-loader" VCRs, because I wanted to tape the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. I still have the tapes somewhere, including the entire set of hockey games. In 1979, the VCR cost ~$500 and each 2-hour VHS take cost ~$10.
I still have everything except for the VCR. I even replaced the woofers in the AR-6s several years ago.
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