Wow, EJ Korvette's!! Man, I remember them from the store in Rockville, MD. The story I heard was that they were founded by Eleven Jewish Korean Veterans, hence the name. Is there any truth to that?
Anyway, I was extremely fortunate in that my dad bought an Ampex reel to reel deck waaaay back in the early 60s when we lived in Kensington, MD. Since he was an electrical engineer, I persuaded him to buy a Heathkit receiver and we spent several weeks putting that rascal together. Boy, oh boy, that was some experience!.
We graduated from that to a Marantz top of the line *quad* receiver, I forget the model, 4 Jensen 6 speakers, and a Garrard Zero-100 turntable with a Shure SME cartridge. That was a pretty darn good system for 1967 or so. And my systems have gotten progressively better as the years have flown by!
I am still digging the hell out of audio - AND video. I'm rocking Gallo Reference 3.1s all around in a 5.2 configuration with an Integra DHC-80.3 processor, Oppo 105 universal shiny disc player and a coupla Crown digital amps (front speakers, bi-amped) along with an Acurus 3 channel amp to drive the Center and Surrounds. Oh yeah, snagged a very nice LG 60" 4K HDTV for the video side of things.
The Integra with Audyssey MultiEQ XT32 sounds *marvelous* with the Gallos and I doubt I'll be changing much of anything for quite a while. I now spend most of my (retired) daze searching for the very best quality source material and I'm in AV Heaven, brother!! Can I get an amen??!!
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Anyway, I was extremely fortunate in that my dad bought an Ampex reel to reel deck waaaay back in the early 60s when we lived in Kensington, MD. Since he was an electrical engineer, I persuaded him to buy a Heathkit receiver and we spent several weeks putting that rascal together. Boy, oh boy, that was some experience!.
We graduated from that to a Marantz top of the line *quad* receiver, I forget the model, 4 Jensen 6 speakers, and a Garrard Zero-100 turntable with a Shure SME cartridge. That was a pretty darn good system for 1967 or so. And my systems have gotten progressively better as the years have flown by!
I am still digging the hell out of audio - AND video. I'm rocking Gallo Reference 3.1s all around in a 5.2 configuration with an Integra DHC-80.3 processor, Oppo 105 universal shiny disc player and a coupla Crown digital amps (front speakers, bi-amped) along with an Acurus 3 channel amp to drive the Center and Surrounds. Oh yeah, snagged a very nice LG 60" 4K HDTV for the video side of things.
The Integra with Audyssey MultiEQ XT32 sounds *marvelous* with the Gallos and I doubt I'll be changing much of anything for quite a while. I now spend most of my (retired) daze searching for the very best quality source material and I'm in AV Heaven, brother!! Can I get an amen??!!
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