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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!
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mitch2
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@dsper Ever shop at Dodd’s Record Shop, or....Believe in Music (records and paraphernalia) back in the day in GR?
mitch2
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Back then, once your system achieved the level of dynamics and tone that suited your tastes, it became all about the music.

I spent more than a few happy years with a Sansui 5000 series receiver (i.e.,
pre, amp, tuner), Phillips 212 turntable (later upgraded to Thorens TD160), and DIY speakers consisting of large, ported, birch-ply boxes with heavy front baffles, 12-inch Jensen Triaxial drivers, and add-on Phillips dome tweeters. Nowhere near what I have now in terms of extension, clarity, drive, and sound staging, but it sure got the tone right and had sufficient dynamics to sound good from low-level dorm listening to rock-out parties. I still have the speakers and would like to find a reason to have them reconed so I could give them a spin again!

Thanks for the post, it was fun to think back to a simpler and, in many ways, more satisfying time of life.

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