Thread: What Was Your First Setup?

My first was a Zenith Quad 8 track & all in one, sounded fairly good for it's time had 4 speakers (still have those) stolen...
2nd was a Pioneer Reciever with Marantz Bookshelf (good sized) Speakers, stolen at same time along with a turntable...

Hmm, my first receiver was a used Sherwood, not very good. I don't even remember, or want to remember, what speakers I used with it. After that I got a Pioneer SX-1010 receiver and EV Interface A speakers. I have the receiver still, and the Teac A2300 reel to reel recorder I used with it. I also had an AR XA turntable, which I also still have. That was back around 1975. I have trouble letting go!

Same here, my (mid 80's?)replacement for the Pioneer & Marantz was a Hafler Pre-Amp with 2 Carver 200 watt per channel amps (bridged = 400 watts) added a Nakamichi LX7 cassette deck and a Technics turntable along with JBL speakers (still in use), the pre-amp needs work but the Carvers will still work, replaced the woofers on the JBL's...

I bought mine while in the Air Force in 1970. Was just coming back from overseas deployment and had money to burn. Bought a Pioneer receiver (with genuine teak case!), Fisher speakers (back when they meant something) and a Dual turntable. Addded a Teac cassette deck abouut a year later.

For home theater, I bought the sixth Magnavox Discovision player (laserdisc) sold in Denver in 1978. Paid a fortune. I already had inherited a harmon kardon quad receiver and quickly learned that the soundtracks worked well with the old QS matrix decoder. So I had a 4 channel surround system in 1978.

That Pioneer SX1010 had four discrete channels, but to get quad you had to add a processor, something a 20 year old stoned out hippie couldn't afford!

First real setup bought in 1975. Sherwood receiver, Dual turntable, Design Acoustic D6 speakers. Still use the speakers!

In 1965, I had:

Heathkit amplifier I built
Lafayette Radio Electronics FM tuner
Dual turntable
HH Scott speakers
Sony reel-to-reel tape deck

Sounded great!

Originally Posted by ripnbigc

First real setup bought in 1975. Sherwood receiver, Dual turntable, Design Acoustic D6 speakers. Still use the speakers!

Did you buy your Sherwood from me? That's about when I sold mine and got the Pioneer.

Loved those mid-70 vintage Pioneers. Real wood cases, brushed aluminum billet faceplate and knobs, nice heft and inertia on the tuning knob, and the funky blue and red backlit displays. Pure class, polyester era.