My first experience was in about 1974.
I had a Sony 22" mono TV. JVC brought out a stereo VCR which was also re-badged as Ferguson. I had the Ferguson, and started looking for stereo tapes to play. At that time any stereo tapes had a second sound track at the edge of the tape, similar in quality to a compact cassette tape.
I placed a pair of speakers either side of the TV and hooked them up to a Sanyo music centre. The next problem was to find some stereo tapes. Just a few had been released and the first time I played them I was hooked.
The next step up was a HIFi stereo VCR (JVC) I bought a Marantz stereo amp and a pair of Kef floor standing speakers. I love these speakers and still use them today. The improvement was awesome. I had to have more! The next puchase was a Marantz processor that processed the sound into four channels two front and two rear. It was very cumbersome as it was necessary to adjust the volume on the processor at the same time as the amp. But I now had surround sound!
Next came a Kenwood pro logic receiver which meant adding a centre speaker. At this point I did not consider a sub as the Kefs would shake the room and you could feel the bass in your stomach.
I then moved house and the accoustics of the new location meant buying a sub as the bass was nowhere near what it had been in the previous flat.
By this time I had a 27" Sony 4:3 TV. Next came a DVD player, and I was blown away by the improvement in pic and sound quality.
I decided that the next upgrade was the amp, and this was changed for a Yamaha with DD and DTS. Wow what a difference. The TV then had to go and was replaced by a 40" Sony LCD W2000, which I still have. The Yamaha was changed for a Yamaha receiver with built in DAB in order to reduce the number of boxes under the TV. Sky HD was added and DVD replaced by Bluray.
How did you guys get started?[]
I had a Sony 22" mono TV. JVC brought out a stereo VCR which was also re-badged as Ferguson. I had the Ferguson, and started looking for stereo tapes to play. At that time any stereo tapes had a second sound track at the edge of the tape, similar in quality to a compact cassette tape.
I placed a pair of speakers either side of the TV and hooked them up to a Sanyo music centre. The next problem was to find some stereo tapes. Just a few had been released and the first time I played them I was hooked.
The next step up was a HIFi stereo VCR (JVC) I bought a Marantz stereo amp and a pair of Kef floor standing speakers. I love these speakers and still use them today. The improvement was awesome. I had to have more! The next puchase was a Marantz processor that processed the sound into four channels two front and two rear. It was very cumbersome as it was necessary to adjust the volume on the processor at the same time as the amp. But I now had surround sound!
Next came a Kenwood pro logic receiver which meant adding a centre speaker. At this point I did not consider a sub as the Kefs would shake the room and you could feel the bass in your stomach.
I then moved house and the accoustics of the new location meant buying a sub as the bass was nowhere near what it had been in the previous flat.
By this time I had a 27" Sony 4:3 TV. Next came a DVD player, and I was blown away by the improvement in pic and sound quality.
I decided that the next upgrade was the amp, and this was changed for a Yamaha with DD and DTS. Wow what a difference. The TV then had to go and was replaced by a 40" Sony LCD W2000, which I still have. The Yamaha was changed for a Yamaha receiver with built in DAB in order to reduce the number of boxes under the TV. Sky HD was added and DVD replaced by Bluray.
How did you guys get started?[]