Well, my very first radio was an early '80s clock/radio that my mom gave to me when she bought her new one. I still have it, and I still use it every day.
My first "stereo" was a shitty little portable AM/FM cassette. It was a total POS, but it was my first, and I loved it. I would go down to the store with my mom and spend my allowance on cassettes. I still have some tapes i recorded of myself way back then hehe, aaah good times. I just wish I had kept more of them. I still remember my very first blank cassette; one of those vintage (new at the time) Memorex ones with the dark gray cartridge and paper label.
A little while after that, I got a Sony cassette walkman for my birthday, and it came with rechargable batteries and a recharger. I still have and use both the rechargable batteries and charger! Who else can say they still regularly use 15 year old rechargable batteries? Still work like new too lol, though the walkman is long gone. Got many years of service out of it though.
A number of years later, came my Lloyd's all in one. It had a record changer, 8 track deck, tuner, and even the original speakers. It was like a world class top notch stereo to me. Also my first turntable and 8 track player. I started gathering up records and 8 tracks from the thrift store, second hand store, etc.
That Lloyd's is loooong gone now.
And a number of years after that, came my 1992 Kenwood KR-A4040 reciever. From that Kenwood reciever, I built up what is today my main system.
I even have a secondary system now, which is another Lloyd's all in one. I only bought it because it has an 8 track recorder, but i got a little attatched to it, because it reminds me of my first real stereo.
And that, people, is why I like my Lloyd's so much.
Thanks for bringing me on this trip down memory lane hehe
