Six years ago bought a pair of DQ10’s with upgraded crossovers, new woofer surrounds and custom stands/new black grill cloth/new walnut side pieces. Still a formidable sounding speaker! Cost $375/local pickup. I first listened to DQ10’s back in ’77 at my local high end emporium.
Old man pointing and wheezing,. I remember when........
I am happy for all of you (us) that have been in this rat race....er, ah Hobby for sometime and remember your own Golden Oldies. Some that I remember fondly:
Pioneer PD-65
Advent Receiver
Original Large Advents
Dahlquist DQ-10
Martin Logan Sequel
Original Monster cables/interconnects
These were some of the beginnings. I had the CJ-ART, many Audio Research units..and other big names, but I expected those to be good. That little Advent Receiver was not expected to be much...but really gave much pleasure and growth to my audio journey (a nod to Steve Perry)
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Back in the Jurassic age of this hobby ( early to mid 70’s) in my university residence dorm soaked in beer and the wisps of Maui Wowee…. I had a killer system for THAT time. (emphasis added) MARANTZ 2245 receiver JBL L100 bookshelf speakers (referred to as “studio monitors” cuz they were widely used as such by recording studios) ELAC MIRACORD turntable with SHURE V15 cartridge OEM unit throw-in IC’s and zip cord speaker cables. This system still sounded great in that early emerging audio hobby era with that ethereal “ California Sound “ (… Google it …) with big frequency curve humps in the bass, mid, and treble. They were perfect for 60’s pop and 70’s rock . Why? Because that’s the way the recording engineers mastered those era tunes. If you are a nostalgia fan and bass-head …rock on! However, this old ergo “vintage” system gets smoked performance-wise by even the modest high-end build offerings in today’s offerings.
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