The receiver was my intro to HiFi! What say you?


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My first big receiver was (and still is) the Kenwood KR8010 along with the Concept 2QD turntable from Pacific Stereo, I still have both of them and play them on a regular basis in a dedicated listening room, along with a 20+ years old pair of Acoustic Research 308 HO speakers.The sound is still fantastic.

My first real stereo was a fisher receiver turntable and speakers. Can’t remember the model but probably 30wpc but loved that tuner knob for the Am Fm that turned so silky smooth and lightning fast. I was 13 that was 1979. Big time !

The beginning of my audiophile journey was the Marantz 2265B Teak cassette player and Cerwin Vega speakers and a couple of cases of beer 

....any decent receiver was an entry drug to a life of audiotrama.....*snicker*

1972 fall: Sansui 2000x driving large Advents, via a Dual 1215S and Shure M91E. Satisfying for 6 months before I began to rapidly upgrade, shocking myself at each improvement. First improvement was adding a second pai of Advents to stack, sold to me by none other than the late Bill Thalmann. It was off to the races for 10 more years before post-docs, marriage, and kids ossified things for a while!