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?
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B&W 801s and Quad ESL-63 speakers
Krell KSA-100 mk I amp
Krell PAM 2 preamp
Linn Sondek LP 12
Yamaha T-1 tuner
Sony X77ES CDP
Nakamichi CR-7 cassette deck
As a follow-up to my previous post, I put that system together between 1982 and 1985. Kept it until 2010. Replaced the Vandys with Sound Dynamics T3i in 1995. Still have the turntable with MMT arm.
I read Drubin's comment that "somehow the music's never sounded as good to me as it did back then".

Yes, Dan in virtually all ways that has been very true for me also, until quite recently. The main reason that made me finally recognize it through the years is how very important the room came into play that made that system so enjoyable. It NEVER sounded the same after we moved into our new home in a room I thought would be perfect but wasn't regardless of what I tried and so began the chase to capture what was lost including finally relocating the listening room. I could literally listen for hours on end back then.
Dahlquist DQ-20i speakers, Bryston BP 10/20 (not sure which) preamp, Bryston 3B power amp, Luxman PD-441 turntable with a Magnepan tonearm, Denon DCD-2700 CDP, and a Kenwood L-01T FM tuner. Missed the Luxman and Kenwood enough that I snagged both again in the past couple years. Miss the DQ-20i's, too, but you can't keep everything, right?

Thanks to the OP for an interesting trip down memory lane!
Perhaps nostalgia is the ultimate system upgrade.

Unfortunately, it only upgrades the systems we no longer hear.