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What did your first "real" system consist of?

In highschool (1975) I purchased my first nice system and broke away from the family Lloyds 8 track/turntable/tuner combo. I purchased on sale the Radio Shack STA76 (12 WPC) on sale for $159.00 ($259), Miracord 45 turntable on sale for $259.00, and Sansui SP2000 speakers at $150.00 used. I had about 500 albums and later the next year transitioned from 8 tracks to cassette.

My first sepatrates came in 1988? I bought a Hafler 110 pramp $200.00 used, Dynaco 150 w/ meters $150.00 used, Thorens/SME3009 turntable $150.00 used, Panasonic MASH CD player $125.00 new, Energy Pro22 speakers $500.00 new, Monster Cable M1000 I/C @ $50.00 per set, and AQ Midnight Speaker cable cheap.

What did your first system look like or maybe your first steps into high end?
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seandtaylor99
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In 1990 I bought a Dual CS5000 with an AT95 cartridge, a NAD 3020, and a pair of JPW Sonata speakers. It was a great little system and I used it to death. Total cost was about $350 as a package from a dealer.

Three years later I traded the Dual for a Rega P3, which I still have, the NAD3020 for a used Cyrus2 (which my parents still have), and the JPW speakers for Mission 780s, and later Heybrook sextets (which I still have).

Then I moved to the US in 1997 and built a new system around a Densen B100 and spica angelus. When I return to the UK I think the spicas will have to go as they're too hard to ship, but the densen is a keeper ... I just hope it has the juice to drive the heybrooks. I'll miss the spicas ... they're amazing at imaging.

Now I have a young daughter and an american wife, so components will only be relaced as they die of old age.
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