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In Reply to: RE: Neato posted by Awe-d-o-file on April 23, 2015 at 10:56:09
just before getting out of the Navy to return home and finish school, I ordered my first stereo system from an East coast discount house. That included Dynakits (ST-70, PAS -3, FM-3), a pair of AR-4s in oiled walnut, and a Dual 1009 with base, dustcover, and Empire cartridge.
Wish I had record of the exact price but it was about $350, including shipping to my parent's home.
I loved that system and what a way to begin my audio hobby!
"You can't know what the "best" is unless you have heard everything, and keep in mind that given individual tastes, there really isn't any such thing." HP
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What was your rate? I was an AT, but I would have been an AX before the rate change....
Illustrator Draftsman 3rd Class. I had a three year enlistment so not qualified for A school. I had to study and advance on my own. Most of my active duty was at Fleet Intelligence in Hawaii.Obviously that was nothing to do with electronics. But building the Dynakits allowed me to become very good at measuring and stripping a green wire 6" long! ;^)
BTW, all three kits worked upon completion. Then a couple of years later I was working just outside Philadelphia so took all three components to the factory for check up. They touched up a few solder joints, realigned the FM-3, and sent me happily on my way.
"You can't know what the "best" is unless you have heard everything, and keep in mind that given individual tastes, there really isn't any such thing." HP
Edits: 04/28/15
Truly classic system! I gotta ask if you still have any of it?
That system served me finishing school and my first job after graduation. Then due to a job move across country I sold the whole system to friends who wanted it. A year later they followed me to So. Cal. so I continued servicing it for them for several more years - checking tubes, setting bias, changing cartridge, etc.
Since then I have owned a couple more ST-70s and another PAS-3. I did a mod on the PAS at Audio Directions, the old hi-end store in San Diego. That was a mixed result - tightened up some detail and bass but diminished some of the sense of spaciousness.
Interesting that after beginning with the ST-70 I later owned a Marantz 8B and then a RM-9. Very recently I came back to the EL-34/6CA7 with a wonderful pair of Manley Snappers. They retain some of that mid-range magic I remember while being more extended at both frequency ends, more dynamic, and faster (apparent) rise time.
"You can't know what the "best" is unless you have heard everything, and keep in mind that given individual tastes, there really isn't any such thing." HP
Thanks for sharing.
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