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The first system you had that was "high end/audiophile", by you standards

I did have some others before, but the first system that hooked me on this passion/hobby and would still be pretty good today was:

Stacked Large Walnut Advents, with the top ones upside down so the tweeters were close together,
Yamaha CA-1000 integrated (usually run in the class A mode)
Yamaha top end direct drive turntable (YP-800?) with ADC XLM II cartridge 
Yamaha CT-7000 tuner
Early Monster interconnects and speaker cables 
Advent cassette deck
Teac reel to reel with 10" reels (model ?)

The first thing(s) that were replaced was the Large Advents that gave way to a pair of 
Dahlquist DQ-10.

From that system I have gone on to several others that I have enjoyed, but I do remember that first one.







jusam
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whart
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+1 @tomic601 !
:)
You gotta be a little crazy to enjoy this as much as all of us do. 
joey54
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Marantz 2275 receiver, Gale 401A speakers, AR turntable with a Shure V15 IIII and a Scott 350 tuner. The Gale's are one of the few things I sold that I regret.
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bobthenailer
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Bose 901 series IV, Kenwood integrated amp, Technics turntable, Revox 10” tape deck, DBX 3-BX compander, Sony cassette deck. 
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@tomic601: I discovered the high end in 1971 (Infinity Servo-Static’s, ESS TranStatics, SAE electronics, then ARC), and commenced visiting every HE shop in the Bay Area. One was The Audio Clinic in Berkeley, which I visited to hear the Dayton Wright ESL’s. The proprietor was David Fletcher, who later was one of the principles of both Sumiko and SOTA.

David’s shop was a mess, as was his personal appearance ;-) . In speaking with him, I instantly realized this was no ordinary hi-fi salesman, or even human being. The current status of the shop made an audition of the ESL’s impossible, David asking if I could check back with him in a while.

Before that could happen I visited Audio Arts in Livermore, where Bill Johnson just happened to be setting up a complete ARC/Magneplanar Tympani system. Sorry David, I’m going in THIS direction instead. ;-)
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