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In Reply to: Mcintosh Early Days. posted by Michael Samra on June 27, 2016 at 01:16:44:
At a summer job between HS and college in 1960, one of the staff learned I was interested in music. So he invited me to come hear his system. He was married and still in his 20s but they had no children so I suppose more disposable income.When I entered their living room I saw what I took to be a walnut console, but longer than the one my parents had. Oh, and it had this gracefully curved front center section. He told me it was a stereo speaker system called a JBL Paragon. Then I saw some chrome devices with blue lights and meters. He explained they were McIntosh components, the electronics of the system. He also had a turntable but I don't remember anything about that, probably a Thorens.
Well once he played some music even my uneducated ears told me this was something very different than anything I'd experienced before. My little Steelman portable AM/record player was suddenly woefully inadequate.
"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing, if you can fake that you've got it made." Groucho
Edits: 06/27/16
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- My first exposure to "high end" audio - M3 lover 10:15:11 06/27/16 (4)
- RE: My first exposure to "high end" audio - Michael Samra 11:55:19 06/27/16 (3)
- RE: blue lights and meters . . . - M3 lover 12:19:53 06/27/16 (2)
- RE: blue lights and meters . . . - Michael Samra 18:01:40 06/27/16 (1)
- RE: blue lights and meters . . . - Crazy Dave 09:40:46 06/28/16 (0)
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