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Do you rember your first?

I went over to Peter Edward's house, after school one day. He puts on a record by Simon and Garfunkel, called Sounds of Silence. Anybody ever hear of them,? Anyway, he puts, the song I am a Rock on and I'm blown away at what I'm hearing from his dad's Fisher reciever, Empire turntable(that was state of the art, at the time) and AR 3a Speakers. The bass was freaking me out. He played more and more and then let me groove with his dad's headphones. Whoa! This was big time for this 9th grader. I was hooked. After saving, and saving, (my parents didn't have the money, although, I believe they helped me a little) I bought my first hi end system. You've got to remember, this was a time I was listening to a Victrola, and my Mom's Zeneith reined supreme. I purchased a Lafayette receiver, Garrad turntable and the AR 4xs. I bought the Simon and Garfunkel album that Pete played for me, and I was in heaven. The rest is history. Thanks Pete.
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I had a few hand-me-down record players, including a Zenith console. But, the first COMPONENT system I bought for myself will never be forgotten.

Pioneer QX-747 Quad receiver - later trade even up for a Marantz 4400 receiver
Pioneer PL-55DX direct drive TT with an AT cartridge I can't now recall, but it had a gold body (cool!)
ESS Satellite 4 speakers - these were made for quad and had 4 small "satellite" 2-ways and a 12" bass reflex speaker all run through a crossover box. I challenge anyone to remember these! I still have two of the satellites (replaced dirvers) which I use in the bedroom. Plus, the 12", which has long since melted away, was housed in a beautiful zebrawood-veneered cabinet with a texured vinyl top that I use as an end table, of sorts, in my stereo room.
Pioneer CT-F9191 Cassette Deck which I still have as a memento to the past
Sony ST-3950SD tuner which I STILL use!!
Teac 4070G Reel-to-reel deck which I traded for something in a VERY BIG bag.

Of course, folks spend more on a single set of speaker cables than I spent for all of this stuff.

Ah, the memories..................
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