The first system you had that was "high end/audiophile", by you standards


I did have some others before, but the first system that hooked me on this passion/hobby and would still be pretty good today was:

Stacked Large Walnut Advents, with the top ones upside down so the tweeters were close together,
Yamaha CA-1000 integrated (usually run in the class A mode)
Yamaha top end direct drive turntable (YP-800?) with ADC XLM II cartridge 
Yamaha CT-7000 tuner
Early Monster interconnects and speaker cables 
Advent cassette deck
Teac reel to reel with 10" reels (model ?)

The first thing(s) that were replaced was the Large Advents that gave way to a pair of 
Dahlquist DQ-10.

From that system I have gone on to several others that I have enjoyed, but I do remember that first one.







jusam
1979- 81 McIntosh C28 preamp 2105 Power amp Bose 901 series 2`s Duel 1229 TT Teac 4010 GSL R/R Mitsubishi tuner. 1982 ARC Sp3 tube preamp  2 David Hafler 200 wpc power amps as monoblocks.  speakers Maggies Typani 1d`s Monster speaker Cable Technics original SL1200 TT stanton 681ee Cart.
In 1969 my first system

Sansui AU-555 amplifier
Sansui TU-555 tuner
Dual 1019 TT
Sansui SP-100 speakers
AKAI R2R

My first “separates” and to my ears, fabulous.  It gave me as much pleasure as my current system: McIntosh MC 501 mono blocks, C220 preamp, MVP871 CD, Mac Mini for streaming and 3.6 Maggie’s.
Circa 1975:
Marantz 8 with original tubes
ADS modified Dynaco PAS 3
Quad 57 ELS
Ariston RD11 (replacing Lenco 78)
Mayware Formula IV (replacing Grado unipivot)
Decca London
NAD 3240
Nakamichi OMS-1A cd player
Alta 0.7 loudspeakers (Southern California company)
Monster Cables

Circa 1987