[RKDinOKC]

In HS was really into HIFI stereo stuff. It was getting to where you had to have a good ear to hear any difference between the cheap stuff and high end.

All I have a few things left from back then. They are boxed up and stored in my attic. Not that they are really worth much now.

A Dual manual Direct Drive Turntable with Pickering cartridge (stored in the box it came in because I never use it). In 1981 I got a new cartridge because I accidentally broke the needle off dusting. The super high end shop I got the cartridge from ran a bunch of tests on it trying to sell me a new turntable. They were amazed at how well it tested and commented it's specs were as good as their top end $4000 straight line tracking turntable.

A K-V mono/stereo amplifier (made at the company I work, they used to make stereo stuff). It is 360 watts mono or 180 watts stereo. Only has .005% distortion. It was designed and built by the guy that designed the McIntosh tube stuff.

And a Phase Linear noise reducer. It filters and removes static and pops from a stereo signal without effecting the quality of the sound. It was really great for old records and tapes.

Also have a nice VCR and DVD I never use either.

Traded my Tuner, Preamp/Amp, Nakamichi cassette and speakers for a Macintosh II fx.
I had replaced the Tuner and Pream/amps with a Pioneer Elite receiver, never made cassettes any more, and got dbx Soundfield Design SF-150 speakers. (not the DAK stuff)

The onliest things I still use is the dbx speakers. Serveral years ago I had the dbx speaker drivers rebuilt at a local hi-fi shop. There is literally nothing like them on the market. No matter where you are in the room you get the same volume from each speaker so there is no sweet spot for a stereo image.

Would love to get some Bose 501 indirect reflecting speakers for my rear surround speakers. The Boston Accustics I have now for rear surround do pretty good at making a bigger sweet spot. But if you stand right next to one you can hear the sound coming from that speaker unlike the dbx front speakers..