Audiophile remembers the 80’s?

Some pictures of my full spec LP12 except for the cartridge which isn’t Linn.
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My system pictures were recently backed up by my son and I can’t access them at the moment.
 
haha... man. my golden era of hifi woulda been the late 80s early 90s... all of my gears from then cause only NOW is it affordable 😄

rega planar 2 from '81- replaced the arm with an rb 350- just a solid rotel phono pre and a grado gold

audio research ls2b

classe ca150

and two sets of speaks- b&w 603s and a pair of matrix 805s.

and these days i mostly use an ifi usb dac and stream in.

always always on if im home.
 
Ah, the 80's and the young lust for audiophile equipment! I had subscriptions to both "High Fidelity" and "Stereo Review" magazines. I lusted after just about every high end piece I laid my eyes on, and could afford none of them ;~)) My dream system would have been Macintosh Amp and Preamp (separate of course, not a receiver), Oracle Delphi turntable (though i would have settled for a Rega Planar 3) and B&W 801 speakers. What I did have was Nakamichi 630 preamp/tuner, Philips GA212 turntable, some Klipsch speakers and I don't remember what my amp was. I really wanted the Nakamichi 620 amp that matched my preamp/tuner, and even had it on layaway at the store where I purchased my 620, but had to let it go as I never got the cash together before I had to give up on it (washing dishes at a young age does not audiophile purchase power create)! Here are some pix (not mine) of the pieces I remember (I had the preamp only, but this is a pic of it and the matching amp - the 620 - I still have the preamp but doubt it still works).

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These days I am running a mid grade Yamaha receiver with a Klipsch 5.1 speaker system all bought around 2012. I would love to have some high end gear, but all my disposable income (which is zero right now) these days goes to music creation equipment rather than playback ;~)) If I ever find my way to some serious padding in my bank account, I will definitely put together a world class system ;~))

I will add that about half of the music I listened to in that era was at a friend's house where he could turn it up as loud as he wanted. I don't remember anything about his system other than the Pioneer HPM100 speakers, which were great IMO at the time!
 
damn son... serious bass firepower! 😁
REL Handles the Punch and Blends with the KEF the Velodyne is Sub territory Both are crossed over differently , and volume is not high especially on the Velodyne its balanced and nothing is being over powered
 
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