University 6201 speakers in Rockford cabinets, probably Viking 88 tape deck, JBL SA 600 Integrated amp, first Harmon Kardan tuner and I'm blanking on the record player(s). maybe a Presto Pirouette or Scott 710 turntable with Grado wood arm. Those were the days (not). Dave
What did you own in the 60's?
Here is one for the more mature folks here.
My first component system was a XAM 20 watt receiver, a Garrard 40B turntable with a 1 cent Grado cartridge, & a pair of XAM speakers with single 8" "full range" speakers. It was the house brand of EJ Korvette, a discount department store on Long Island. I probably would have done better if I could have talked my dad into going to Lafayette, but it was a longer trip.
I replaced the Garrard with a $91 AR XA in 1969. It was obvious that turntables sounded different, even to a 16 year old! I don't recall reading that in Stereo Review!
My first component system was a XAM 20 watt receiver, a Garrard 40B turntable with a 1 cent Grado cartridge, & a pair of XAM speakers with single 8" "full range" speakers. It was the house brand of EJ Korvette, a discount department store on Long Island. I probably would have done better if I could have talked my dad into going to Lafayette, but it was a longer trip.
I replaced the Garrard with a $91 AR XA in 1969. It was obvious that turntables sounded different, even to a 16 year old! I don't recall reading that in Stereo Review!
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I didn't have stereo gear in the 60'S.Just a Panasonic clock radio.To busy chasing the ladies and enjoying the tunes on my AM radio in my 1963 Ford Falcon.I did get some Radio Shack gear in the 70's..as a matter of fact I still have the STA 225 Shack Receiver in the Garage..AaHHHH the 60's what a great time to be young...Almost made it to Woodstock in 1969..I didn't want to leave the Falcon parked on the NY Thruway and walk the rest of the way,so headed back to Jersey. |
EJ Korvettes Urban Legend see http://www.snopes.com/business/names/ejkorvette.asp From the mid 1960s to the mid 1980s My parents had a really cheap KLH system. But they had pretty cool taste in music--mostly bebop jazz. I, however, gravitated towards their Beatles records. |
In 1969 I talked my Mom into buying me one of those all in one stereos from Korvette's in greater Chicagoland without my Dad knowing about it. I think it cost about $300. I thought it was great. Well, when my Dad found out about it he threw a fit and back it went for a refund, after barely a record was played. But then he says, "We'll get you a REAL stereo" and down to Allied Radio we went (Western Ave, I think). We walked out with an Allied turntable (low end Garrard) with an Empire cartridge, Sansui AU555A integrated, a pair of Fisher 12" 3-ways ($100 for the first speaker and 1 cent for the second) and a small Crown FM tuner. Then he amazed me by hooking it all up without reading any directions (a trait that I inherited)! I guess I was lucky! PS. I think he kind of regretted it when I went out and got Led Zepplin II. That's when he got me some cheap Koss headphones. |
ca. 1969- Radio Shack 20 wpc receiver, 8" speakers, RS/Garrard TT. Cart was included, so I used the penny to keep it from skipping! Then a family friend went to 'Nam and sent me back a Pioneer SX-1000 TW and I got a pair of Advents and an AR TT! Boy did we have a high old time listening to tunes.... |
I love you guys, (and gal)! (I just turned 50 this year, so I was feeling really old, but you've reminded me that I am not so old for an Audiophile!) In 1960, my turntable was one of those kid's turntables that had a kind of a slide projector that pulled the strips of slides in, and when played with the appropriate record, not only told a story, but showed pictures that were timed to coincide with the story. (Pretty cool technology for the time.) And of course it also worked as a regular turntable, albeit with dubious sound quality, and for all I know, it played in mono. Although, for a kid, it sounded fine. I did not have a stereo turntable until I borrowed the family portable turntable that we got when I was about 13 or 14, (which would have been about 1974 or so). I did not get my own stereo until I was out of college, and had a job at age 20, (1980). (And of course it was the standard Japanese receiver, turntable and speakers). But from then on, I was pretty much hooked, and have upgraded my rig on a semi-regular basis since then, (say every 5 or so years). |
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