Rose colored memories

Dahlquist DQ 10 (as well), Magnepan Tympani speakers, original Bryston 4b amp, Apt-Holman pre-amp (it was excellent!), Nakamichi 600 cassette deck...

Large Advents playing Phoebe Snow and George Benson were awesome Jim - your original take was spot on.

DeKay

My 80s LP12/Ittok and Monitor Audio R352 speakers were very good in their time. 

Maybe I harbor a bit of nostalgia for my Quicksilver Mono Amps, but all told I now get the best audio quality I've ever gotten.

Quad 57's that I owned from 1981 to 2000, then reluctantly sold. Several years ago I bought TWO pairs and plan to stack them!

Oh, let's see....

Had a couple of Yamaha amps that were quite powerful, yet colored. Those were a good time.

A pair of Rogers Ls3/5a's. A classic, but I do wonder how'd they stack up to my current speakers....

I remember an old pair of Cerwin Vega speakers pretty fondly, though I have no doubt they'd sound like crap in my current system....

Ahhh, those were the days before I knew any better.

2 of my friends both had Large Advents driven by Sherwood receivers and with Dual 1229/Shure V15. Sounded great!

My large Advents were driven by a Marantz receiver until I switched to a NAD 3140 integrated amp. I was shocked how much better the Advents sounded and that started me on a long journey of constantly upgrading everything. I wish I knew then what I know now and had the money to buy better in bigger increments.