dBel84 Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 No pics of the rig back then but it was "store bought" . The year was 1995, the Senn HD580 was getting a lot of press and after much debating I picked the original Xcans over the AudioAlchemy HPA1 to drive them. I really loved that rig and probably would have continued on my blissful ignorance had I not restored the Leak and heard Quads. Good memories, thanks Spritzer..dB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetoole Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Late March '06, I got my first "real" source, and Adcom GCD-750. I still have it, but it has been completely usurped by my Quad 99 CDP-2. Ooh, GCD750, sexy dacsies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 My setup prior to my first HF meet (with a postcount of 2, and I got to see an orpheus!) The Portable rig, lossless flac, and noise cancelling sennheisers to make the trip to Tulsa tolerable. Setup prior to hosting my first meet Look who was due to attend! Where are they now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzziguy Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Uh, here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 cmoy, DIY cable, SR-80 (no pics) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 from Fall 2002, this was the 3rd amp i had built, which became the first Gilmore V1. the CDP was a cheap trendy Sony SACD player at that time. dont have pics of the first 2 amps I had built. they were both META42 variants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currawong Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Pre Head-fi, the pads on my MB Quart QP 55Xs, which had served me well for around 15 years (despite me readily reading max volume on whatever Mac I owned at the time with them) were dying, as can been seen in this picture. Confused about the insane range of ATs available in the electronics stores, I decided to register...big mistake. My first rig was a pair of ALO K701s (purchased second-hand) with an LD MKV. Realising amping wasn't enough, I bought an Apogee Duet locally, despite it being overpriced here. The result was , because the amp was lousy and the headphones didn't entirely suit my musical tastes, though I didn't know it well enough at the time. But the picture is pretty, if nothing else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 The Portable rig, lossless flac, and noise cancelling sennheisers to make the trip to Tulsa tolerable. [ATTACH]2805[/ATTACH] I miss my Rio Karma. Well, except for the fact I went through two or three of them (under warranty) due to the infamous drive failures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looser101 Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 And so it began... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 (edited) I don't keep a pic of my first HiFi rig, that was about 30 years ago, but I've found pics of some of its components: Dual 1225 turntable. Don't ask about the cart VIETA (Spanish brand) integrated amplifier with phono input. Mine wasn't this exact model, but looked a bit similar. You get the idea though. Marantz (Superscope era) cassette deck. Again mine wasn't exactly this very same model, but came quite close with the big VU meters, phones out, mic inputs... No luck finding the speakers, they were an obscure brand named "Jackson". They were 2 way monitors, not exactly "bookshelf" but not very big either. They served well for 3 or 4 years until I managed to burn the coils Hey, I was 17 or so and we were partying My first headphones were closed, with coiled wire and a volume pot on the right cup. I can't even remember the brand, but I can remember they weren't good at all, I much preferred listening through the speakers. Edited March 10, 2010 by Torpedo forgot the phones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laxx Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 I first rig when it came to SQ was an old Sony Discman with Sony Fontopia earbuds back in the mid 90's. I didn't know anything except stock earbuds were major fail, so I saved my allowance for a few weeks and dropped $60 for the Fontopia's and loved them to death. When I went to college, I didn't use headphones as I just blasted my Logitech Z-560's all the time (then upgraded to Z-680, which were subsequently sold when I got into the headphone game). First rig around here was back in 2006. Sennheiser HD-595 with a Corda Aria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaox2 Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 My first rig outside of the portable CD players and various $5-$20 headphones bought at small town Walmarts or drug stores before head-fi was the iPod shuffle 1gb 1st gen or Echo Indigo IO and UE Super.fi 5 pro. My first rig after head-fi was an iMod, ALO super cotton imod dock, Corda Move, and Triple.fi 10 pro. Here are some pictures I have from recently after hitting the abyss that is the head-fi portable forums: It was the LISA III and graduating from college that thankfully helped me eschew the transportable toys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diebenkorn Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Wolverines! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) This was around 2000 - 2001 in my office at work: Alessandro MS-1 Creek OBH-11 with SE PSU Some Teac Mini CD Player on closeout (probably not this one) CAL Gamma DAC Still have the MS-1's and wish I still had the CAL Gamma. The Creek pretty much sucked as did the Teac's analog output. Edited March 11, 2010 by morphsci Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevorlane Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 x2: 40 GB 3G iPod + ER-4P I bought from HeadRoom. A month later came: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nattonrice Posted March 13, 2010 Report Share Posted March 13, 2010 No pics but it was various sony mp3 players and then an 8gb ipod all through some sony iems... ex71? Something like that. At some point I got the shits with the sound quality and bought some beyers, dac and an amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted March 14, 2010 Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 Don't think I have any pics of my first HF rig, it but was a pair of sr-60s and a JMT built CHA47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanDragon Posted March 14, 2010 Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 Don't have the pics of my actual gear, but the first "wow" moments I had came when I was around 14 and saved birthday money up to get this rig. with Sony D-465 + Koss PortaPro Jr. with a player with a 10 hour battery life. I remember getting 8$/pair Energizer Lithium AAs from camera stores to get 18-20 hours. That was great until my brother "borrowed" it then somehow wound up in police impound, and my awesome-at-the-time rig was torn apart. In 2001 I jumped to SR-80s, and I think that carried me into Head-Fi, and I've actually gone through quite a bit of gear since. First amp was a Xin Supermacro v1 w/switches which came around right before HF-1s came out, so I guess 4g iPod -> SM1 -> HF-1 was the first "kinda real" headphone rig I had. **BRENT** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.