It was 20 years ago today. . What was your system?


I've ha a stereo in one way or another since the 70's.

Right now I am listening to an Art Pepper LP I've had more than 20 years so I got thinking, what was my system like 20 years ago.

Here's the snapshot-

Magnepan MG2.6R speakers
Bryston .5b preamp
Bryston 4b amp.
Rega Planar 3 with Linn K9 cartridge
CAL Icon CDP
Onkyo T9090mkII tuner.

I think I had Naim speaker cable and Audioquest IC's.

The only thing I still have from back in the day is my Zerostat (red) and Shure balance beam tracking force guage.

What were you listening through in 1993?
128x128zavato
Sansui B2101 amp
Kenwwod C-2 pre
Sony 5 disc cdp (forget model, although I could call my daughter as she still has it)
Teac V800X cassette deck (wish I still had this one)
Technics SL1500? tt with various carts
Bose 901s (forget which series)
A SHortly after that I sold the 901s and purchased a pair of Paradigm 9SE MkIIIs.
Linn LP-12/Ittok/not sure about cart
JVC CDP
Spectral MS-One or maybe Melos SHA-1
ARC Classic 30
Quad 57s
My system in the early 90s

Apogee full range speakers
Mark levinson active cross over
Bi amped with Krell KSA250s
Ariston TT with sumiko Blackbird cartridge
PS Audio CD player
Van den hull silver cabling

Talk about bright !
I was just out of college and flat broke, so all I had was a crappy boombox. As soon as I really started making money, sadly nearly 8 years later, I immediately started assembling a good stereo. The rest, as they say, is history.
In '93 my system hadn't changed since the mid-70s. Dahlquist DQ-10 speakers, Epicure One amp (125 WPC), Audio Research SP3A1 preamp, Lenco L75 turntable, ADC XLM III cartridge, Nakamichi 550 cassette deck. No CD player then, and still none today.