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Your First System

This should be good!!! Most of us have been in this expensive hobby for years now and have worked our way up to components we only dreamed of. I want to know what was your first system of separate components going back as far as you can remember. My first consisted of a Pioneer SX-680 receiver, a Technics SLD-1 turntable (I think that's the right model #), a Sharp tapedeck, and KLH floorstanding speakers. I was 16 at the time and thought I was the biggest badass on the block. Now, 20+ years later I have a ML 334, Meridian 507 CD, CJ PV10A, Canton Ergo 900 speakers, and a Transparent Power Isolator 4. I'm in the process of upgrading to a ML 390. It goes without saying the IC's and speaker cables are top notch as well. I know my system is WAAAYYYYY down the foodchain compared to what I've seen here but It would be interesting to see what everyone started out with.
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In 1982, I was 13, I got a Technics SA-222 receiver (30wpc), a Denon DP-31L turntable with a Micro-Acoustics cartridge, a Sony cassette deck and some "AES - Audio Electronics Systems 3-way speakers. Pretty sweet sound for a 13 year old kid. And by "sweet" I mean that it could play unbelievably loud!

The Sony conked out after a few years and I replaced it with a Denon 3-head cassette deck. I gave away the speakers years ago. I recently pulled the rest of the components out of the attic and discovered they still worked perfectly, so I sold them for a few bucks on eBay, which was more trouble than it was worth. Should have donated it to Goodwill.
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