MotorToad
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It's been a long time since I've had a group of people that understood the hobby. Almost all my friends are into music, but it's either electronica or they're in really horrid bar bands. Reading through the forum reminds me a lot of my journey through more and more gear, always upgrading or at least lusting after something... Tell us what gear you've gone through since you gave up on the everything-in-a-box Emerson system (where the speakers plugged into the cardboard back of the system with RCA plugs) that your dad got you from K-mart. So here it is for me.
First, right out of high school was a Technic receiver and tape deck, with big Fisher tower speakers I got from Monkey Ward's. My dad had (I now have) a Fisher tube tuner (R-200) and their first solid state integrated amp (TX-300), which I knew were about as good as you could get in the day. I didn't know that Fisher had been bought and were making McAudio in the '80s.
The Fishers fell to some Pinnacle PN-7s (?) and the receiver to my present NAD 2100 and B&K Pro 5 pre. The NAD was a bit much for the woofers in the little Pinnacles and those got replaced with the Mirage M-490 bookshelfs that just got crushed by my new Sequels.
Somewhere along the way I've also picked up an Advent Model 300 receiver that's been my shop tunes for a decade or so. It's a neat little unit.
[pause here] I was looking for some photos of this thing, and I might just have to sell it. IIRC, I paid $20, maybe $30 for it at a pawn shop or a garage sale. I just found one on ebay for $190. YIKES!
Gratuitous photo of the Fisher tuner (can't find the amp).
First, right out of high school was a Technic receiver and tape deck, with big Fisher tower speakers I got from Monkey Ward's. My dad had (I now have) a Fisher tube tuner (R-200) and their first solid state integrated amp (TX-300), which I knew were about as good as you could get in the day. I didn't know that Fisher had been bought and were making McAudio in the '80s.
The Fishers fell to some Pinnacle PN-7s (?) and the receiver to my present NAD 2100 and B&K Pro 5 pre. The NAD was a bit much for the woofers in the little Pinnacles and those got replaced with the Mirage M-490 bookshelfs that just got crushed by my new Sequels.
Somewhere along the way I've also picked up an Advent Model 300 receiver that's been my shop tunes for a decade or so. It's a neat little unit.
[pause here] I was looking for some photos of this thing, and I might just have to sell it. IIRC, I paid $20, maybe $30 for it at a pawn shop or a garage sale. I just found one on ebay for $190. YIKES!
Gratuitous photo of the Fisher tuner (can't find the amp).