For me the early 70's a friend's system was my 1st indoctrination into premium sound. His setup was mainly Pioneer with equipment sent from Vietnam from a brother in service. Big speakers with the leather string and beaded grills, turntable, receiver, all pioneer except for his Akai reel to reel.
He upgraded to a Tandberg receiver that was always in for service, but when working sounded much better then the Pioneer that's when I knew there was a substantial difference in sound reproduction compared to what I was using. And I was now on the path to audiophiledom starting in 1973.
Nowadays I check out my local high end HiFi store looking for deals on floor models (anticipating a Atmos upgrade) mainly speakers/receivers not going back to vinyl so no new turntables.
He upgraded to a Tandberg receiver that was always in for service, but when working sounded much better then the Pioneer that's when I knew there was a substantial difference in sound reproduction compared to what I was using. And I was now on the path to audiophiledom starting in 1973.
Nowadays I check out my local high end HiFi store looking for deals on floor models (anticipating a Atmos upgrade) mainly speakers/receivers not going back to vinyl so no new turntables.
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