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

Now I know where my thumbnail came from!

Sansui 771 receiver

Technics manual turntable

Generic 12 inch 3-way box speakers that sat on the floor (nice real wood veneer)

Dokorder 1120 reel to reel

SuperScope cassette deck

My parents had a Technics receiver when I was a kid I cannot remember the model number. Part of a Technics rack system no idea if it sounded any good but I was pretty young back then.

My Garage/Shop system was driven by this wonderful Tandberg 2080. my friend Wayne at Harvey's told me when it was hitting the used shelf.

The connectors in the back pulled out, mostly my fault tugging in tight space.

I never understood the need for a receiver other than as a throwback to the old wireless in the livingroom.

The Fisher 500c.  Still have the Dual 1019

Onkyo TX-220 purchased at age 18 and a pair of 3rd or 4th hand Fisher speakers. I don't know if I've been any happier with my gear than I was then.

 Sansui G-4700, purchased in 1980 with money saved from a Summer job while in college. 

 

Yamaha receiver, Connoisseur/Dynavector table, Advent speakers, early 80’s durning college.

Soon as I graduated I bought a pair of Accoustat Model X and the games been on ever since…

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Marantz 2252B. Loved it but sold it, couldn't find a shop locally to service it 

My first stereo included a used Technics SA-500 bought in 1982, and mated to a fairly respectable used pair of Mariah LS-2 speakers.  That receiver looked cool, but I never thought it sounded like anything special....not a bad start though.

as  a preteen i had a hand me town hh scott tube receiver, then the first one i bought on my own in college was a harman kardon 330b

Toshiba SA-750. Purchased in April 1979 at the ripe old age of 14.

My first real hifi was a Lafayette integrated amp and separate tuner. 

My 1st component system consisted of a Sansui AU-555. Added the matching Tuner a couple months later.

My 1st ’real’ audio system included Fisher’s 220T Receiver, got it in 1967

We had $500. wedding money, went to Sam Goody’s, got this Receiver and Audio Research AR-2ax speakers and a TT of some sort.

Ransacked, Speakers Stolen, ’missed most’ discussion here, I restored 2 pairs, one in my office. I highly recommend them to anyone wanting a true bookshelf speaker

great memories yogiboy

this photo from the article shows the summation of the wars, look at the size of these beasts

When I got out of college and bought my first "nice" stereo, all I could afford was a pioneer SX780 and some junky speakers.  Eventually I bought a pair of Mirage M3si but my budget started to be stretched for other things, rock climbing gear, triathlon, travel, etc and the stereo was very mid-fi until a few years ago.