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Your First System

This should be good!!! Most of us have been in this expensive hobby for years now and have worked our way up to components we only dreamed of. I want to know what was your first system of separate components going back as far as you can remember. My first consisted of a Pioneer SX-680 receiver, a Technics SLD-1 turntable (I think that's the right model #), a Sharp tapedeck, and KLH floorstanding speakers. I was 16 at the time and thought I was the biggest badass on the block. Now, 20+ years later I have a ML 334, Meridian 507 CD, CJ PV10A, Canton Ergo 900 speakers, and a Transparent Power Isolator 4. I'm in the process of upgrading to a ML 390. It goes without saying the IC's and speaker cables are top notch as well. I know my system is WAAAYYYYY down the foodchain compared to what I've seen here but It would be interesting to see what everyone started out with.
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klama2006
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Its time too show my age in the Hobby.

I've had a few bestbuy type systems in the past, but my first attempt at doing something different was a tri-amped system consisting of Sonic T-Amps.

I have a pair of Kinetic Audio speakers that allow for a tri-amped configuration.

I run two sonic t-amps with the left/right inputs mono'd together. This was run of a entech dac, fed by a cambridge audio CD player.

I then ran a third t-amp off the analog outputs for just the tweeters. I control the system with two Luminous Audio pre-amps.

The system is very un-conventional, a pain to adjust but very efficient.

Its no longer my primary setup, but I still enjoy it in a remote corner of my house, infact alot more than my previous BestBuy/Circuit city over-priced bargains.
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