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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
avitacom
90 posts
 
Bought the above turntable & preamp from HiFi Buys when Underwood Wally was working there!
sns
3,003 posts
 
In early days don't recall an entire system I'd call high end/audiophile. I always had pieces of a high end system, early on had AR 3A, then Dahlquist DQ10, never had top of line amplification or source equipment to use with them. Only when I rediscovered tube amplification in form of Conrad Johnson MV55 did I really move into what I considered high end territory.
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thepigdog
255 posts
 
2003 I jumped in w/ Silverline Sonatina speakers (still using and loving them), Classe CP-50 pre-amp, Adcom 5500 amp, Cal Audio 5 disc cd player and denon CD player/recorder, Transparent music link interconnects and signal cable power cords, although the power cords came a little later.
speakermaster
738 posts
 
My first high end system was classe 15 amp, cal icon 2 mark 2 power boss cd player, adcom gfp750 preamp, dunlavy sc3 speakers, with tara labs wire and interconnects. It was as good as i had the money for then, but boy do i have a hell of a lot better now.
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tim_p
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I should have read the thread title better, my previous post was the 1st system I ever owned. My 1st "audiophile system" I purchased through the American PX in Frankfurt back in 93, Klipschorns, Adcom 585LE(w/optional fan kit), GTP750, GCD750, AC515 Enhancer, and cables were all German made. 
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