Thinking about the good old days...


I'm definitely  an old geezer, and have a lot of experiences and memories to reflect on.  Lately, I've been remembering the enjoyment of "audio" back when I was just starting down this path: the music was just so amazingly enjoyable and fun.  I think my greatest satisfaction with my own audio stuff was when what-passed-for-my-system was a Fisher 90T tuner/preamp, Fisher 80AZ amp, a University speaker enclosure that I built ftom a lot fitted with 12" University woofer and some University tweeter (I forget what).  The only source was a Lenco turntable with a GE VR2 cartridge.  Dang, that stuff was just so wonderful to my young self!
pinkyboy

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MY "SYSTEM" consisted of a Concord 220 reel to reel connected by alligator clips to the 4x6 speaker of my Dad's Blaupunkt tube radio. 
There was classical and jazz shows on public radio, phone-in request stations for pop-tunes, and late at night when the parents went to bed, there was the "Underground Railroad" playing 60's rock bands (the extended songs). It wasn't much, but I had a lot of fun and enjoyment.
I never missed a chance to go to stores and listen to demo systems. I remember hearing a pair of Empire round-pillar shaped speakers playing the Beatle White album and couldn't believe how good they sounded.
$600 a pair! Aye, but Dad said "no- too expensive!" What can you do?
I bought a cheap pair of headphones, that's what!