I Counted Up ALL of The Stereo And Audio Components And Speakers I Have Owned Since 1975 PART ONE

September 8, 2019

#327

Gentle reader,

The number 327 is significant to me since my first three cars: 1964 Chevrolet Impala 2-door hardtop, 1964 Chevelle Malibu SS convertible and 1967 Impala SS convertible all had 327 cubic inch V8 engines.

NOTE: Clicking on any photograph will open a second window OVER this one. The images will be larger and you can click through them or use < and > arrow keys to look through them.

Unlike many collectors of vintage audio equipment, I never collected. I bought things to try and/or turn around and sell. But I never stockpiled equipment. Well, not often.

The problem wit Blogger is that one cannot make columns. I have therefore had to remove all the descriptive information from the list and attempted to straighten the component's model name/number as well as the site will allow.

I am scattering group shots throughout the list, to keep you awake.

(B)= Black

(S)= Silver

(G)= Gold

(Ch G)= Champagne Gold

(G)= Grey or is it Gray?

(2) or (3)= more than 1 of the same

Stereo Components I have Enjoyed

Cassette Decks

AIWA                           L22 (S) MINI           
DENON                       DRW-830 (B)           
DENON                       DRM-510 (B)           
DENON                       DR-M20 (B)           
FISHER                      CR-124 (B)     Still use.                  
JVC                             TD-V711 (B)           
JVC                             TD-R411 (G)            
JVC                             KD-V6 (D-M)    Still use.   
LUXMAN                   K-111 (B)           
MITSUBISHI             DT-41P (S) MIDI       
ONKYO                      TA-2044 (B)             
SONY                          TC-FX420R (B)       
SONY                          TC-KE400S (B)       
TEAC                          V-95RX (S-wooden case)   
TECHNICS                M 224    (S)           
TECHNICS                RS-T55R (B)    

     

My stereo, circa 1995. That is my first CD player under the Dynaco tuner. I do not know the brands of any of the other components.

CD Players       

CARVER                    SD/A-360 (B)           
HARMON-KARDON           FL 8380 (B)    HDCD   
DENON                      DCD-1560 (B)       
DENON                      DCM-380 (B)    HDCD   
DENON (2)                 DCD-690 (B)           
DENON                      DCD-425 (B)           
DENON                      DCD-1400 (B)       
DENON                      DCD-1500II (B)       
DENON                      DCM-290 (B)           
PHILIPS MAGNAVOX        CDC-735 (B)       
NAKAMICHI            CD Player 4 (B)       
NAKAMICHI            CDC-200 (B)   Still use.          
ONKYO                     DX-C340 (B)                   
ONKYO                     DX-1400 (B)           
RCA                            RP8078 (S)           
ROTEL                      RCD-940BX (B)       
SONY                        CDP-297 (B)           
SONY                        CDP-491 (B)

My first "White Van" speakers, from before I'd heard of the phenomenon. My original Dynaco A25 speakers on top. This is in the room where I write these articles.

Digital Recorders
                          
JVC                       XL-R5000 (B)      
PHILIPS               CDR-800 (B)          
PIONEER             PDR-555RW (B)      
SONY                    DTC-2000ES (G) DAT      
TDK                       DA-5900 (B)   Still use.

A rack I assembled and it was once in the living room, then moved to the office (where I am right now) when I found the Adcom preamp, 250WPC power amp and power conditioner set at Salvation Army, all for $149.

DVD + Universal Players

DENON             DVD-757 (B)          
DENO                DVD-2500 (B)      
DENON             DVD-2800 (B)      
DENON             DVD-1920 (B)      
DENON (2)       DVD-2910 (B)      
DENON             DVD-2910 (S)      
OPPO (2)          DV-970HD (S)      
OPPO               DV-981HD (B)      
OPPO(2)           DV-980H (B)            Still use both.
PIONEER        CLD-D702 (B)      
SAMSUNG      DVD-HD950 (B)      
SONY               DVP-S9000ES (B)      
SONY               DVP-NC650V (B)      
SONY               DVP-NC875 (B)      
SONY               DVP-NS50P (S)      
SONY    (2)      DVP-NS755V (B)      
SONY               DVP-NS755V (S)      
TOSHIBA        SD-4960 (S)          
YAMAHA        DVD-S2300MK2 (B)  

Another iteration of the rack. Then in this room. The Dynaco St-120 at the bottom is a dual-mono beast someone put together.  

SACD / CD Players

SONY                SCD-CE775 (B)      
SONY(2)           SCD-CE595 (B)  

Finally, I got a hold of a Dynaco ST-400! That is my Dynaco PAT-5 that I built as a kit in 1976.

Turntables

BANG and OLUFSEN        Beogram 1700      
B.I.C                         940  My first turntable             
DENON                   DP-7F              
DENON                   DP-45F          
DENON                   DP-23F  Still use.          
DUAL                      1228              
DUAL                      CS 505-3 (Audiophile Concepts)
DUAL                      1014  Part of Fisher Console             
GARRARD             Synchro-Lab 95      
JVC                          QL-P300          
LUXMAN                P-405              
LUXMAN                PD-264            

MIRACORD           ELAC  Replaced Dual 1014 in console.
MITSUBISHI          Can’t Tell          
ONKYO                   CP-1200A          
PIONEER                PL-530          
PIONEER                PL-L70          
PIONEER                PL-730          
SANYO                    PLUS Q25          
SHERWOOD          ST-875                  
TECHNICS             SL-Q300          
TECHNICS             SL-3300 

I've gone to The Dark Side. Remember, the stereos shown in this room are in addition to the one in the listening room and a modest home theater setup in the living room.

Integrated Amplifiers

DENON                PMA-720 (B)          
DYNACO             2583 (PROTON) (G)      
FISHER               CA-9355 (Rack System)      
MITSUBISHI      DA-U41P (S) MIDI      
ONKYO               A-RV401 (B)          
PIONEER            SA-410 (S)          
PROTON (2)       D540     (B)          
SANSUI               AU-717 (B)          
SANSUI               A-470 (S)          
TECHNIC           SU-VX800 (B)      
YAMAHA           A-700 (S)          
YAMAHA           AX-500U (B)  Still use.

Three times the number of speakers got out of hand. Those halcyon days are long gone.

Tuners

ADCOM              GFT-555 (B)          
AIWA                   R 22 (S) MINI      
DENON               TU-600 (B)          
DYNACO            FM-5 (Ch-G)          
INSIGNIA           NS-HD TUNE      
MITSUBISHI     DA-F10 (S) Rack Handles  
ONKYO              T-4010 (B)          
YAMAHA           TX-500U (B)  Still use.

A photo from an eBay auction of the very first component(s) I bought after discovering how bad my plastic suitcase folding record player with built-in speakers sounded. A Morse Electrophonic Quad receiver which played stereo and Quad tapes. It came with four crappy speakers with fake plastic horn tweeters sticking through the grille fabric.

Preamplifiers

ADCOM             GFP-565 (B)          
AIWA                 C 22 (S) MINI      
CARVER           C-2 (S)          
DENON              PRA-1200 (B)      
DYNACO (3)     PAT-5 (1-S 2-Ch-G) 
DYNACO           PAT-6-Tuner (B) Still use.      
MITSUBISHI    DA-P20 (S) Rack Handles  
PROTON           1100 (B)          
SONY                 1000ESD (B) Processing  
YAMAHA          C-45 (B)  

From the time I had both a stereo AND a 6 channel SACD system and associated speakers in the listening room at the same time.

I took everything apart and got rid of the multi-channel equipment. 

Almost all of the equipment seen in these five shots now belong to others.

Power Amplifiers

ADCOM            GFA-585 (B) and BIG   
AIWA                 P22 (S) MINI           
DYNACO          ST-120 (S&B) Dual Mono   
DYNACO          ST-150 (S&B)       
DYNACO          ST-200 (B)  Still use.          
DYNACO          ST-400 (Ch. G)       
KENWOOD      BASIC M1 (B)       
KENWOO         KMF-9000 (B) (THX)   
KENWOOD      KM-X1000 (B) (THX)   
MITSUBISHI    DA-A15DC (B)  Rack handles             
ROTEL              RB-980BX (B)       
SHERBOURN   275 (B) Small H/T build-in amp.            
SWTPC (2)        TIGER 207/A (S)       
SWTPC              215/A (S)  
  

That time I enlarged the CRTV shelves I bought for the BOSE 301 speakers my wife bought for me to hold four pairs of speakers.

Back when I had the regular stereo and a recreation of my 1976 stereo all in the one room.

Processors

dbx II                     122 (B) Wood Trim  Still use.     
dbx                         NX-40 (B)           
AUDIOSOURCE  SS FOUR (B)           
KLH                       TNE 7000A 

OPPO-Onkyo stack that once sat next to me in this room.

Receivers

DENON                DRA-335R (B)       
DENON                DRA-425R (B)       
FISHER                RS-1035 (S)           
HARMON/KARDON      HK3500 (B)           
JVC                       RX-D402 (B) Digital       
KENWOOD         KRF-V7771D (S)       
MARANTZ          2220B (S)           
MORSE ELECTRO       449 (S/B-Wood) Quad  
NAD                      7240PE (Grey)       
PIONEER (2)       SX-550 (S)           
PIONEER (2)       SX-750 (S)           
PIONEER             VSX-04 ELITE (B)       
PIONEER             VSX-917V (B)       
REALISTIC         STA-2600 (S) Wood trim   
OPTIMUS            STAV-3470 (B)       
SANSUI               QRX-7500A  Quad      
SONY                   STR-6055 (S)           
SONY                   STR-DE597 (B)       
SONY                   STR-DE997 (B)       
SONY                   STR-DG910 (B)       
SONY                   STR-DA5ES (B)   Living room H/T            
YAMAHA            R-700 (S) Wood Cabinet   
YAMAHA            RX-496 (B)           
YAMAHA            RX-V493 (B)           
YAMAHA            RX-V592 (B)           
YAMAHA            RX-V2092 (B) 

The only thing that remains of this "office" stack is the Fisher cassette deck. One of the few black ones I've see with VU meters.

Equalizers

ADC                   S-S 110 MKII (B) Rack Han           
COUSTIC         HEQ-7000 (B)       
DYNACO*        DE7300 + Preamp (Dk Grey)   
MXR                  147 (B) Walnut Ends       
OPTIMUS         31-2025 (B)           
REALISTIC      31-2020A (B)           
TEAC                 EQA-10 (S)           
TECHNICS       SH-GE70 (B) 
* From the dark times when some Asian factory was making cheap Dynaco knock offs. Unit had two volume sliders, phono and aux inputs in addition to ten band equalizer.

Cerwin-Vega! LS12 speakers once sat in here with the BOSE 301s mounted above near the ceiling. Stock Optimus Pro LX4 speakers with my highly modified no-longer-Minimus 7W speakers on top.

Speaker Switches

JAMO             JSS4-HP (B)  Still use in here, see above.        
LEGEND        LE-412 (S)     Still use to switch Power Meters     
LEGEND        LE-414 (S) 

Klipsch KG4s and Cerwin-Vega! LS12 speakers switched rooms. Now all the natural wood veneer speakers are in here and two pair of black speakers in the listening room.

Speaking of speakers, this article has gotten long enough. So, Part Two will comprise JUST the speakers. 

I apologize for the crooked columns, there is no tab-ability in this blogger program, I got them as straight as I could.

Thank you SO much for taking the time to read my humble blog, prior to 1985, I did not have a camera, so many items I owned prior to that have no photo history.

Scott 
September 8, 2019
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