My first 'system' was a Sears AM/FM 8 track player with speakers, to which I added a BIC 920 turntable with a Shure cartridge and a Realistic phono preamp. That was in 1978. In 1985 I bought my first real stereo receiver, an Akai that put out about 22 wpc, and a pair of Technics SB-L31's. I replaced the old BIC table with a Technics SL-B100, added a Realistic 7 band EQ and later my first CD player, a Magnavox 1541 (Netherlands made, wish I still had it!). Not a bad system for college and the first year of marriage!
