Early 80's - late 70's best audio products


With the intoduction of CD in 1982, apparently, the Hi-end audio equipment either dissapearead, either became too expensive, either started to use cheaper components, etc.

This is my perspective. And now as a historical curiosity - Which components (speakers, pre-amplifiers, amplifiers, tuners, turntable, tonearm and cartridge) will you vote as the best components for the 1978-1982 period.

Thank you for your time
rmihai
advent and jbl loudspeakers. different, but both helped an entire generation to rock and roll affordably. also, pretty much all classic rock of the era was mixed using the jbl's.
Yamaha CR series of receivers, Yamaha MX1000U + MX10000U amps, Yamaha CX1000U + CX10000U preamps, some of the McIntosh amps + preamps -- the late 70's equipment, a lot of the Marantz products, a lot of the JBL speakers.
Luxman: Ultimate Series = best-of-that-era.
Onkyo Grand Integra series: seriously excellent.
Duntec: their amazing Sovereign speakers.
Yamaha B1 and B2 power amps, Apt pre and power amps. Dahlquist DQ-10, original large Advent. Sony PS-X7 turntable, several tuners..esp Yamahas and some Sansui and Kenwood.