I had lusted after one ever since I could remember. I used to patiently wait for some neighbors to come home so that I could listen to my cassette in its full glory on their HiFi or on a good day have them play a record. Dad only had a mono boom box at that time. We were lower middle class.

Last year of college, my brother and I hit upon the idea of applying for a TV loan and then cashing the check to buy separates. The loan took its sweet ass time, it was a small credit union, and by that time the rack we were looking at was sold. I was shattered. I still miss the Teac equalizer with the green spectrum analyzer.

Then I found a beautiful Kenwood KA405 Amp, a Sansui D90 cassette deck and Pioneer CS405 speakers.

I was king !

Later I added a beautiful dark grey Akai analog tuner and a Sansui SR333 turntable. :)

And in 1991 added a small Crown CD player that would read old and scratched disks very well but brand new ones would play with a lot of terrible crackling. No one including the technician could figure out why.

  • kronco@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I grew up with a Pioneer SX1500T receiver, Altec Valencia speakers and a Miracord turntable/Stanton cartridge. My father purchased them when I was about seven years old. My dad was not an audiophile; but, a co-worker of his had left his engineering job to open a high-end audio store and my dad was an early customer and ended up with a very nice hi-fi (I think it cost about 10% of his annual salary). Teenage me loved that system. I added a Teac cassette deck when I learned to drive to make tapes for the car. I still have the speakers and my parents record collection. My dad’s best friend from that time period has the receiver.

    My first system was a Kenwood KA3500, Electro-Voice Interface 1A speakers, Audio Pulse Model two digital time delay with some back channel speakers I build from Radio Shack parts using wood wine crates for the box. I also had a Techniques SL1200 turntable with a Shure cartridge. I spent way too much of my money on audio gear and records. I have none of that gear now but still have my record collection.