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My first Stereo was …

Bradbrews

Bradbrews

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After a while my clock radio, which had mechanical digital numbers that looked like they melted one to another-vs the flip clocks- failed to satisfy me and I bought a Soundesign, at JC Penny’s I think. Paper route money made it happen.
I just found the schematic while digging around in my rat hole!
Posting it here for posterity.
Looks like it was a good 7 watts per channel out of a stereo STK module.
I added a Gerard changer turntable I scored at a garage sale to the system and then my room was Rockin!:rockon:
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Teac top-loading cassette deck and a pair of Superex sealed back headphones. Added a Dynaco SCA80Q (which I built as a teenager and still have) and a pair of Lafayette speakers I bought from a college roommate (who is still ine of my closest friends). Added an automatic Dual turntable with Grado cartridge my Dad passed to me when he bought a newer AR.
 
My first Yamaha " starter set " I picked up at Bitburg BX .. Bitburg , W.Germany at the time 1980-82..

Yamaha M-4
Yamaha C-6
Yamaha T-1
Yamaha P750 with a SHURE V15 type IV cart.
Nakamichi 480 tape deck

Yamaha NS-1000 Macassar ebony speakers.
 
some old soundesign receiver w/ 8track. it was interesting in that it had cables with phono plugs to be plugged into a built in turntable for another model, tied up inside of it.

and some soundesign speakers that had the appearance of 2ways but were only a full range 5"

given to my dad to give to me when i was like 12...tuning string was broken so i had to open it up to tune it. luckily there was only one real station to listen to in this area . wwct 106, the home of rock n roll.

the days of the king biscuit flour hour and dr. dimento.
 
Pioneer SX-3600 along with headphones to listen. Then ended up with a Pioneer PL-200 turntable and Omega 300 speakers. Ended up selling the SX-3600 after the second time in the shop for a broken switch under warranty. I replaced it with a JVC R-X40. I sold the speakers later on and bought Boston A100's. I still use them now. The Pioneer TT still works too.
 
My first was an old Magnovox console with TT, AM-FM radio and an 8 track player that I saved from the trash that my nieghbor tossed. I think it was in 1969. It worked fine and they just didn't want it anymore. My first real seperates rig was a complete Radio Shack setup with a STA-2000 reciever a cassette player turntable and 4 T-100 speakers all for I believe it was on sale for $899 complete. I wish I still had it. :music:
 
My first stereo was underpowered, ugly sound device that barely made the grade as a receiver. It was a "Lloyd". And to make matters worse, the speakers were of the same dismal build.

Even my little plastic transistor would give this first stereo system a run-for-its-money!:rolleyes:

After four years of enduring the above system as a poor student, I managed to obtain a much needed, much improved "SONY" system with two decent "mini 7" speakers.


And as many have shared... the rest was history, with improved audio gear in the years that followed.


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1969-70: Electro-Voice EV-1179 receiver, Realistic (BSR) Lab-6 turntable with Shure M75 cart, 2 Realistic Solo-1 speakers...and eventually Columbia House or similar 8-track playback deck.

This replaced my parents' Westinghouse tube record player, which was actually quite nice...
 
Bill Ashton said:
1969-70: Electro-Voice EV-1179 receiver, Realistic (BSR) Lab-6 turntable with Shure M75 cart, 2 Realistic Solo-1 speakers...and eventually Columbia House or similar 8-track playback deck.

This replaced my parents' Westinghouse tube record player, which was actually quite nice...
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Got 700+ 8tracks to sell you Bill...if interested. :D


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In college I worked as a furniture mover which paid pretty well for a part-time job. I bought a:
Pioneer SX-525 receiver
Dual 1229 turntable
A pair of big-ass 2-way Cerwin-Vega speakers that someone traded in at the stereo store where I bought the other components.
 
In 1975 i was 20 and put together my first stereo system. Marantz 2245 receiver, Janszen Z410 Electrostat speakers, Either a Dual 1019 or 1218 turntable not sure which but i put a Stanton 681eee cart on it. i had a Pioneer cassette deck and 8 track too but i dont recall models. The 2245 is still going strong, i threw out the Dual when it went wonky after about 10 years ( dumb ) Speakers are in storage but shot and in bad shape.

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First stereo was an all-in-one Electrophonic (1974) with record changer and 8-track player; bought it at K-Mart. First real system (1977) was a Kenwood KA-3500 integrated amp, Technics ST-7600 tuner, Sony TC-377 RTR and Pioneer PL-12D turntable with home-built Utah speakers.
 
My uncle gave me a hand me down Sansui 350a (oldest daughter has), AR XA (still my main table) and some KLH-17’s (oldest daughter has) when I was 11 in 1976. Before that it was a free standing GE TT with speakers on the side that opened up.
 
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