It was 20 years ago today. . What was your system?


I've ha a stereo in one way or another since the 70's.

Right now I am listening to an Art Pepper LP I've had more than 20 years so I got thinking, what was my system like 20 years ago.

Here's the snapshot-

Magnepan MG2.6R speakers
Bryston .5b preamp
Bryston 4b amp.
Rega Planar 3 with Linn K9 cartridge
CAL Icon CDP
Onkyo T9090mkII tuner.

I think I had Naim speaker cable and Audioquest IC's.

The only thing I still have from back in the day is my Zerostat (red) and Shure balance beam tracking force guage.

What were you listening through in 1993?
128x128zavato
California Audio Delta/Alpha
Counterpoint SA5000A
B&K M-200
Dahlquist DQ30I
Cardas Hexlink Golden 5C
Cerwin Vega speakers, Technics table, Yamaha tape deck, Harmon Kardon receiver.
Vandersteen 2Cs, McIntosh MC60's, ARC SP-6, SOTA TT w/mmt arm and Alchemist cartridge, JVC 1050 CD player and cheap homebrewed cables and straightwire speaker cables.

When I graduated high school in '93 I had a Kenwood cd player, pioneer receiver, Advent Baby II speakers and monster cable connecting everything and I felt like the biggest bad ass on the block.
I had Maggies MG3a's biamped with 2 Musical Design D140s Dahlquist LP-1 crossover
2 Dahlquist DQ-1 subs driven by Nak PA7 LP-1 crossover
CAL Icon
Musical Design SP-1 preamp
VPI HW 19 mk4 Grace 707 Shure-V15 v Kenergetics KPA 1 for phonostage.
It was a nice system.