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Kid aker's system's

way way way back when I was 16 I was taking my monthly paycheck from working around the base up to the BX and would buy myself a new piece of Pioneer, or Sansui, or Kenwood gear... By the time I was 17 I had a system that made a lot of the GI's green with envy.. and I'd even buy a used piece from one of them every now and then, or sell them a piece off mine so I could go get something else new..

I have none of that stuff left, but I do have a few pieces that are the same brand and model as I had back then.

Me and my brother were always competing to see who could have the better sounding stereo.. We were also not the norm of most kids on the base. Most of them were fine buying a really nice boom box... I had one of those too, but it just wasn't loud enough...

I finally had to start budgeting my money because i was spending it all on audio gear and i never had any money for bikes or anything else. and now i go for the higher end stuff only unless there happens to be some really cheap BOTL gear for sale :D all of my friends are jealous of my stereo and so were my brother and sister, then i built my bro one for Christmas and now there are two people my mom has to tell to turn down the music, but i am working on getting her a setup, and she actually wants one now :D it took a few months but it was worth it :thmbsp:
 
While my setup as a whole looks pretty awful, and pales in comparison to the perfectly clean and organized setup Will has, I think I've done alright being only 18. I've got a few different setups around the house, and then some random gear lying around. I have another 4 or 5 pairs of speakers in the garage that I didn't get photos of, the light in there is burnt out, and I'm to lazy to deal with it... Sorry for the awful photos, I ought to get some better ones eventually.


Main main setup:
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Infinity Kappa 7 Speakers, my absolutely no questions number one favorite piece of gear. No other speaker I have holds any ground against these...

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Yamaha C-65 Preamp and Mitsubishi LT-5V, the preamp I got from another very generous AKer to match the M-65 Power amp I got for next to nothing locally. The table isn't the best one I have most likely, but its just so damned neat looking, it stays in the main main setup.

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Yamaha M-65 Power Amp, probably one of my other top favorites. I auditioned it against the AU-517 and BA-2000 I've had to work on, and for my tastes, it beats both of them, though the BA only by a small margin...

Downstairs Main Setup:
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Spectro-Acoustics 200R, yet another contender for my favorites list. Awesome awesome amplifier, though it has a few issues with ground loops or something, which can be annoying. Sounds great though.

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Marantz Imperial 8 speakers, probably one of the neatest looking speakers I've seen. They sound pretty good, handle most music well. Only complaint is the high frequencies aren't as clear as I'd like.

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These are running HT duty downstairs near the above gear. First pair of speakers I bought.

Room Setup:
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Realistic STA-120, Bang & Olufsen Beogram 2400, and one of the RtR (not BIC era) EXP-8 speakers. The STA isn't a great sounding receiver, but it has lots of cool lights, so I like it :). The Beogram is probably the best sounding turntable I have, and was the first turntable I had. The RtR has a complete piece of trash tweeter in it, as the original cone tweeters were blown, so they don't sound great atm, but I am going to fix that eventually.

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The other RtR, a Technics SL-QL15, one of the blown RtR tweeters, and a woofer from some Infinity RS9s. The SL-QL15 is a fun turntable with the automatic track seek feature and a decent Ortofon cartridge.

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Kenwood KA-6000, first amp I bought, first amp I got working. It sounds awful at the moment due to the fact that I've still not managed to recap it. Once I do, it'll take the place of that Realistic.

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A mess of tubes I've managed to collect for projects. More driver tubes than I can count with a few big power tubes and rectifiers in there. I think I've got 2 Mullards, but the rest are pretty common vintage era brands.

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Workbench with a VSP Labs TransMos amplifier which I am using as an amp project enclosure. Also got this from the generous AKer in a seriously toasted condition. I'll be building my 1300WPC amp in this thing.

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A Harman-Kardon Three Thirty receiver on top of an ADS Model 10-01 digital delay, which I've never seen another of. The Three Thirty is a fun little receiver, with next to no power output, and an insanely warm sound. But it looks great, and does well on efficient speakers.

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Infinity RS-4000, my main room speakers. Out of commission atm as they were being driven by the Spectro-Acoustic amp until I moved it downstairs. They'll be put back to use as soon as I get the Kenwood working well again, or find another amp.

Lot of writing, lots of stuff. And that's only about half of it. The rest is pretty much not worth mentioning, other than for the fact that it takes up a bunch of space. But whatever.
 
Wow you guys have got some seriously awesome stuff... my gear's hardly worth mentioning.

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Oh yeah... 17 right now
 
Wow you guys have got some seriously awesome stuff... my gear's hardly worth mentioning.

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Oh yeah... 17 right now

Thanks :thmbsp: but dont feel left out, you have a great system and as long as you like it and can enjoy your music that is all that matters :D


Yah i have found a few. i love the fact that people my age are getting involved with vintage gear


I don't,now there's gonna be less gear around and it's because of you meddling kids and your stupid dog!:sigh:

Yah i kinda get almost all the gear in bellingham...cuz i have posters up all over town and an add on CL and the people at SA save any broken electronics that they get so that i can have them :D And i actually have a dog :P not that i take him with me everywhere or that he can talk or anything...
 
Nice gear . Does your mom know what you're doing ? Souldnt you be out chasing girls ?! When I was 16 I was more into car audio as I had my first car . A 1970 Chevy Monte Carlo....what all good Mexicans drive .:smoke:
But at 51 I still ride my MTB . Lots of empty lots with great trails out here in the desert .

All kidding aside...cool stuff man . You're on your way . Cant wait to see what you'll have when you're...(ugh)..grown up .:thmbsp:
Cheers ,
Rudy .
 
Nice gear . Does your mom know what you're doing ? Souldnt you be out chasing girls ?! When I was 16 I was more into car audio as I had my first car . A 1970 Chevy Monte Carlo....what all good Mexicans drive .:smoke:
But at 51 I still ride my MTB . Lots of empty lots with great trails out here in the desert .

All kidding aside...cool stuff man . You're on your way . Cant wait to see what you'll have when you're...(ugh)..grown up .:thmbsp:
Cheers ,
Rudy .

lol i dont care to have a girlfriend, i cant get married yet and they cost a lot of money :D actually yes my mom knows what i am doing, she can hear it three blocks away :huge: and i to cant wait to see what i will have when i grow up :D
 
Well OP, I'm not ten years older than you yet..

Main system centers around a Pioneer SA950 Integrated Amplifier. Sources are the matching tuner and my Playstation 1 SCPH-1001. It's propped up on Atari cartridges right now to improve bottom ventilation and eventually I'll be modding the side panels so as to improve airflow on the inside. When it gets hot it skips. Everything is connected with Acoustic Research Silver three foot long directional RCA cables. Speakers are Acoustic Research AR7 bookshelfs. Speaker cable is just lamp cord for now.

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Portable setup is what I would call my only "complete" system. It's a SanDisk Sansa Clip+ music player loaded with FLAC files and even a few FM presets on it's tuner. Headphone amp is a Fiio E5 and it'll drive any headphone I feel like using :)

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Why'd I post? I'm pretty much still a kid compared to most of the other flops floating around here :)
 
I'm not that much older than you, 23 this year. This is my college bedroom system, nothing fancy as I'm still surviving on a student budget.

Turntable: Pioneer SPL-120

Amplifier #1 : Pioneer SA-6300
Amplifier #2: Yamaha Natural Sound CR-420

Speaker #1: Unknown Pioneer 3-way floor speakers
Speaker #2: Dynatron LS-101

I have spent far more on my record collection than the equipment I use to play it on. I figured the whole point of having stereo equipment is to enjoy music, so music is my priority :D
 

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Anyways People 18 years and younger, post your systems! And remember: :worthless

I didn't get the audio bug until age 19 or 20, but I wanted to congratulate the OP and other teenage posters on some seriously nice gear!

I just had this bad boy when I was in high school (not my own pic):
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Well OP, I'm not ten years older than you yet..

Why'd I post? I'm pretty much still a kid compared to most of the other flops floating around here :)

RamblinE--The good news is: If you aren't 10 years older than him yet, you never will be! :thmbsp: But seriously, I like seeing your posts about your ever changing systems. At age 25, I can seriously appreciate your gear choices from a quality and budget standpoint.

Yah i have found a few. i love the fact that people my age are getting involved with vintage gear

I don't,now there's gonna be less gear around and it's because of you meddling kids and your stupid dog!:sigh:

Haha, I was reading one of the many the-internet-is-ruining-vintage-audio-bargain-hunting threads and I felt disappointed that I missed out on the deals of the vinyl 'dark ages' of the past few decades. Then I came to the realization that I wouldn't be vintage-audio-bargain-hunting at all if I couldn't research it on the internet! My dog doesn't help me sniff out good deals though--he is more interested in things he can eat.
 
Your welcome man!

I'm not that much older than you, 23 this year. This is my college bedroom system, nothing fancy as I'm still surviving on a student budget.

Turntable: Pioneer SPL-120

Amplifier #1 : Pioneer SA-6300
Amplifier #2: Yamaha Natural Sound CR-420

Speaker #1: Unknown Pioneer 3-way floor speakers
Speaker #2: Dynatron LS-101

I have spent far more on my record collection than the equipment I use to play it on. I figured the whole point of having stereo equipment is to enjoy music, so music is my priority :D

i love my CR-420, how do you like yours? i noticed you have the black wood one, mine the normal wood and ic ant determine which one i like more :scratch2:
 
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