Not in my case, current system is much much superior ... No Contest!
I just realized my Krell FPB600 bought new back in late 90's is 2X more expensive than current amp not accounting for inflation ... same with the MIT ICs and SCs. I guess I have different priorities back then, earning less and spending more.
IMO, the Krell is still competitive in current market but NOT the MIT cables. |
... come to think of it, same with the Krell cd players. Cost 2X more than my current PS Audio PWD MKII w/bridge. (-: |
P.S. Audio 6.0 preamp
B&K M200 Sonata monos
Thorens TD 160
Sanyo RD 5370 cassette deck
Sansui TU D99x tuner
Paradigm Studio 100 speakers |
A snapshot 20 years ago would look almost like 30 years ago.
An early Apt/Holman preamp/Bryston3B(chrome handles-curley cord)
powering a pair of Kef 103/3 w/Kube speakers.
Linn LP12 / Ittok LVll/Argent Ruby and a Yamaha T-2 tuner.
I wore the lettering off the Apt/Holman and replaced it with a Bryston.
The Kef's, 3B,T-2 and the Linn still sound wonderful and all are 9 on the Audiogon condition scale! |
Acoustat X Speakers with the Acoustat dedicated tube amps
Pioneer C-21 preamp
Thorens TD 160 Super turntable
Mayware Formula 4 tonearm
Sonus Blue cartridge |
1993 system? I might miss some but as I recall:
Versa Dynamics table with Benz Micro cartridge
Marantz 10B tuner
Counterpoint SA9 phono
Counterpoint SA11 preamp
Counterpoint SA4 OTL amps
Sound-Lab A1 Speakers |
Folks- thank you. It's been interesting to read what people used to listen too |
Rowland Consummate + Rowland Model 8 + Magneplanars + Well Tempered Sign. + Benz Ruby nude + XLO Signature cables |
As a follow up to my previous post I was looking at some old photos the other day and realized I also had a Cary SLP 50 preamp as well as a California Audio Lab CL 10 circa this date, maybe 1995-1996. |
Pink Triangle Turntable-Syrinx PU-2 Tonearm-Carnegie Model 1 Cartridge
Nakamichi 600 Mk.II Cassette Deck
Spectral DMC10-Delta Preamplifier
Spectral DMA80 Power Amplifier
Martin-Logan CLSII Loudspeakers-Audio Pro Ace Bass B5-50 Subwoofer
MIT-Cardas-Audioquest-Monster Cable Interconnects and Speaker Cable
System has undergone multiple rounds of turnover of nearly every component since, with the exception of the Nak. |
Didn't have much discretionary income and had lots of school and mortgage debt so same system as in the 80s and late 70s pre grad school. SAE preamp/EQ and power amp,Ohm C2 and Rogers LS3/5, Dual belt TT. Sole step up was a Sony CD bought by my wife for a birthday. Still have some of that stuff in a closet but system is improved today. Only got back into audio 6 years ago and went crazy buying a bunch of "new" used stuff...now trying to better match pieces to each other. |
Was an expat living in Rep of Ireland in the early 90s and had my 115v, 60Hz system in storage.
In Ireland
Roksan CD player
NAD tuner
Classe 6 preamp
Classe 200 amp
Sonus Faber Electa Amators
Siltec ICs, Transparent speaker cables
Stored in US
Rotel CD player
AR the Turntable, Signet cartridge
NAD tuner
Acoustat PNP preamp
Acoustat TNT 200 amp
Acoustat 2+2s
Audioquest/Monster cables |
20 years ago I still ran Apogee Caliper speakers. They're gone.
I still have the CAL Delta/Sigma. Still works.
The cj has been upgraded to another cj.
I sold the Sumo Andromeda II in Audiogon a few years ago. I hope the guy who bought it is still using it. |
IIRC I had Acoustat 1+1 driven by a GAS Ampzilla II with a full Gasworks reference mod, a Mission DAD7000 CD with a reference mod by a mid west company that I forget, a Audio Alchemy DLC pre. and an Audio Pro B2-50 sub. Speaker cables were Tara Labs Space & Time with TFA return and the IC were Monster M1000. I miss that system and can't believe I remembered all this LOL. Oh, the signal from the Mission went to a Magnapan X01 box that cut the lows at about 100hz using Wondercaps and which I modded with better RCA jacks an silver wire. |
Magnepan IIIa speakers
Audio Research D240 Mk II power amp
Audio Research SP-14 preamp
Oracle Delphi MKIII turntable
SME IV arm
Monster Sigma Genesis 2000 MKiII cartridge
NO CD |
Remember it like it was yesterday. My daughter was born 20 yrs and 2 months ago. I had ProAc Studio 1's percariously perched up on spiked & lead-filled Chicago stands...would have to get rid of them as soon as she began to crawl and find some baby-proof speakers and the system would have to be stacked up on the living room built-ins. That journey led me to owning 4 different tube amps within a 6-7 month period.
The system was: ProAc Studio 1's, B&K EX442 Sonata, Music Reference RM5 mk II, Rega Planar 3, Pioneer TX9800, Onkyo cd player, Nakamichi BX125 all neatly displayed on a Target TT5T rack
In the next 6-7 months:
TRADED: ProAc's for super ugly but great sounding 8417 based Paoli M60 monoblocks
SOLD: B&K ex442
TRADED: Paoli's + $200 for cj MV50
ON LOAN: CELESTION C-7'S & Infinity Qe's
TRADED: cj MV50 + $325 for Music Reference RM9 as cj didn't mate up with Music Reference preamp
ACQUIRED: The smaller Advent loudspeaker - couldn't afford anything else with the new baby
TRADED: Music Reference RM-9 for AMC CVT3030 + CD6
ACQUIRED: Chateau Reference 1.5 speakers
A few months later hit audio rock bottom as I had a Mitsubishi DA-R7 receiver, ADS CM6 spkrs, and gave away 100's of Stereophile and TAS magazines and then got completely out of audio for the next 3 years as raising a child was much more important |
