What was your first 'hi-end' system?


Late 1980's-

Magnepan SMGa
Adcom GFA-545
Adcom GTP-500II
Thorens TD-166 Mk. IV
Shure V15 Type 5 MR
Technics CD player, model unknown

Within 3 years that morphed into the following

Magnepan MG2.6R
Bryston 4B
Bryston .5B
Rega Planar 3
Linn K9
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Showing 1 response by rwbadley

Back in about 1975 I had a Stromberg-Carlson integrated tube amp hooked to some very large plywood boxes with 18" Radio Shack guitar speakers inside. No tweeters.

The source was a Gerrard TT with a nickel taped to the top end of the tone arm. This gave more bass and helped keep the needle in the groove while playing to death my Rolling Stones Honky Tonk woman 45 rpm record. I eventually bought Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti and Doobie Bros Captain and Me LP's

This system was a vast upgrade over what most of my contemporaries had at the time. 'hi end' for sure ;-)