What was your first "audiophile" system...the one that got you hooked?

[Audiophon]

Back in 1988 (at the sweet age of 18) I just completed my first "serious" hifi-system:

Speakers: Heco Superior 930 BS

Integrated: Sony TA-800 ES

Phono: Thorens TD 320 MK II with Ortofon X5 MC

Digital: Sony CDP 950

I happily lived with this system for many years...

 

[AlterEgo]

My first system for many, many years:

LS Quadral Wotan

Integrated Amp Luxman LV-105

TT JVC QL Y 55 F

Nakamichi BX-2 & Yamaha T-500

 

[Audiophon]

@AlterEgo: I see we grew up in the same age ;-)

 

[Audiophon]

OMG... I forgot to mention two other vintage sources... the tuner and the cassette deck:

Pioneer CT 737 MK II:

Pioneer CT-757 MK II:

 

[tino27]

I remember my first system was in high school and it was kind of your standard Kenwood receiver/Sony CD player/Radio Shack speaker (with supertweeter!), but the first system where I began to see the potential was a California Audio Labs Icon Mk. II CD player, Carver integrated amplifier, and Genesis 44/2 floorstanders. The Fisher tape deck I acquired in high school kind of stuck around through college (it had Dolby C NR after all).

 

[joeinid]

Welcome to the forum Tino, thank you for joining.

 

[tino27]

Thanks, Joe.

 

[DSkip]

Usher CP-6311
Jolida SJ-302a
Pioneer BDP-51fd (dynamatted)
PNF Audio IC's and SC's
Pangea AC-14SE PC's

I still have the Ushers. Shortly after amassing that system, I purchased the Shuguang S845MK and S200MK mono/pre set and still own those. That first 'real' system is hard to let go of for me. My first wife loved those pieces which makes selling them even more difficult. She passed away 2 years ago and never wanted me to sell them, even when times got tough.

 

[jussy1254]

I sold my sansui integrated, Thorens 160 and kept my celestion speakers...
Bought a quad amp and pre, a nakamichi tape deck and michell hydraulic reference.. it was the bee’s knees
so happy and loved it for years and then I bought a hifi magazine........

 

[blownsi]

First real system was my dad's Garrard TT, Teac Receiver and Sansui SP-2000
First decent shop demo was a Carver setup with HK CDP feeding Martin Logans
First audiophile system was my buddy's ARC Preamp & CDP feeding Aragon 1k monoblocks through Aerial 10Ts. That one did it for me.

 

[LenWhite]

Mine was JSE Infinite Slope speakers, NAD receiver and a California Audio Labs cd player....Monster cables. Purchased at Harvey Sound and Lyric Hifi in White Plains, N.Y., early 1980s. $1000 for speakers was a huge leap for me. Pretty sure that Jeff Joseph was working at Harvey Sound at the time....The beginning of the Infinite Slope X-over used in his speakers.

Although I owned several mid-fi systems previously, the first audiophile system I owned was the Infinity Beta driven by the VTL 300 monoblocks circa mid-80's. Slightly large for my listening room at the time

 

[Phishphan]

My car stereo as a (punk) kid. Eclipse deck, MB Quart Q series fronts, 3 JL Audio 12w6 subs, all Precision Power (PPI) amps.

I had about 7 grand in equipment in a car worth half that. But I loved it. It makes me smile that I still run JL today in my house.


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[Arnoldhasmail]

1980's...My brother had a Sansui Rack...HUGE integrated amp, beautiful tuner, turntable and a pair of Bose 901's...I was hooked!

 

[steve59]

The first time I smoked grass baba o'riley was playing on a clock radio and I believe that was the first time I discovered music.