Current speakers or the very first speakers. the very first it was the first movement of Beethovens 5th, second was a Felix Slatkin album called marching the blues, some Glenn miller, and Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra.
The current system in the HT mode was Ben Hur, Dr Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, In the stereo mode its was probably the third movement of Holst's First Suite in Eb, the March on Telarc with the Cincinnati Winds. Then some Cincinnatti Pop Orchestra on Telarc, followed by some Chanticleer, and then Basie. But the order might be a little off. Lets see then some E power Biggs or Michael Murray playing Pipe organ. There is a Laser disc of Buddy Rich in San Francisco, I always play. I have done it so many times, with each update or reconfiguration its hard to be sure. in the past 56 years.
When I first started it seems after the first year there were changes every time the opportunity came along. From Scott, to Fisher, to Mcintosh, to bigger and bigger speakers and bigger and bigger amps. Then. came the switch to Solid state in stages, then came bi-amping tri - amping, switch to Crown amps, adding Room voicing, CD's, using the Sound System with Laser discs, up grading the stereo system, back to Mac amps then HT systems with DVD's and adding the Plasma and more up grades adding more amps changing processors, etc etc. Every change making the system new again. Changing from Stanton/Shure cartridges, to Dynavector was a very big change, just like when I finally gave up on Ortofon and went with Stanton 981 for a long time. Some where in their All the analog tape machines were retired and CD and DVD recorders were added. in 2009 Apple computer and Apple TV entered the picture. The last big change was changing over to Blu-ray, HDMI and adding big new processor with Room perfect. Almost like getting an entirely new system. Programming the HT processor brought back the memories of struggling with B&K HT processors. Mcintosh is so much more simple and satisfying. Yamaha is the champ when it comes to different HT modes and getting them sounding right for a customer who doesn't want to be bothered with the initial set up can be a chore. Though Denon, Marantz, and Sony aren't to far behind. A little change was adding and iPhone to the mix and getting the sound straightened out. Whats next, a dedicated amp and speakers for an All Mcintosh system using either stacked ML series or XR series, or a pair of XR or XRT line arrays. If I win the lottery I want to try big Magico for HT or big JBL DD series for HT.
I haven't changed TT in over 45 years. Something I used to do at the drop of a hat. Maybe I'll get that model 15 A or Synergy from SME. But I would love to have a model 20 with a 12 inch arm. But as I like linear arms, maybe a Bergmann table or a Clear audio Innovation with linear arms.
