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In Reply to: RE: I'm sure I wouldn't want anyone here to know what I was listening to.... posted by Ivan303 on November 13, 2014 at 12:12:06
Isn't it about the journey and what you've learned?
I first became aware of the magazine by meeting JWC at the audio shop where I hung out / worked around 1976. Fellow inmate Rick McGinnis was another regular at Fat Julian's Audio.
1973 was the year TAS began. Hmmm. I was 16. Here's the system:
Lenco L-75A w/Shure M91ED
Dynaco PAS3X preamp
Dynaco ST120 amp
Dynaco FM-5 tuner (I build that from a kit as I did with a later PAT-5)
Advent loudspeaker w/Microstatic tweeters
Smaller Advent loudspeaker
Dynaco QD-1 Quadaptor
Follow Ups:
I was sporting a "true" quadrophonic system:
1) Sansui 9090 db receiver - *loved* that walnut cabinet!
2) Dual 1249 table with Shure V-15 Type III and Pickering CD-4 carts
3) 4 JBL L-100s (later replaced by JBL L-65 Jubals - *great* speakers!)
4) Teac 4 channel open reel deck, 3.75 and 7.5 IPS with auto-reverse
5) Technics RS-676US cassette recorder
IMHO, this very same system would still sound pretty good today. I later replaced the Sansui with a Marantz 4270 4-channel receiver. Lord knows, that was one sweet piece!
No matter, it was entirely possible to assemble a very good sounding system back in the mid-70s and early 80s if you knew your stuff and had the money...
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Garrard Lab 80 with a wooden tone arm yet! Who knows what cartridge?
Akia M8 reel to reel
Scott integrated amp of some kind.
Jensen TF-3a speakers
All completely destroyed in shipping while returning from overseas. :-(
Down hill after that, thanks to the scummy sales people at Pacific Stereo (many of which own big name audio companies today).
Crappy sand amps and crap speakers in the early to mid 70's. Name brands to be sure but just awful crap with recognizable brand names on it. I suspect this is what HP was reacting so strongly against. Not that it mattered considering the 'lifestyle choices' I was making at the time! =:-0
Better and more expensive sand amps and speakers in the mid to late 70's. Marantz 2325 receiver, JBL 166 Horizon speakers, B&O turntable, sounded good to me. Still enjoying those 'lifestyle' choices, just better choices! ;-)
Not into audio at all in the 80's or early 90's. Mostly traveling and trying to make money.
Still, I bet those stacked Advents sounded pretty good!
Still, I bet those stacked Advents sounded pretty good!
They did crank in my small bedroom. My brother would comment as to how the medicine cabinet in the bathroom between our rooms would buzz when I played some bass heavy content from EL&P, Rick Wakeman and yes Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra . The Advent brochure specifically mentioned how well the Mehta performance did with first octave bass. :)
As the resident audio geek in high school, I was asked to provide the sound system for playing music at the 1974 Miss RHS pageant. By 1974, I had upgraded parts of the system. Now used a Technics SL-110a table/SME 3009 arm/Ortofon M15, H-K Citation 11/Crown D-150 driving double Advents with the Microstatic tweeters. Since we needed more horizontal dispersion, the speakers were deployed side-by-side.
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