esimms86 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I'll go first. Sgt. Pepper. That was back on the day when most of us in college owned maybe 25 albums and all of them were first rate with no filler. Esau Link to comment
4est Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Styx "The Grand Illusion", but hey, I was only 11yrs old... Forrest: Win10 i9 9900KS/GTX1060 HQPlayer4>Win10 NAA DSD>Pavel's DSC2.6>Bent Audio TAP> Parasound JC1>"Naked" Quad ESL63/Tannoy PS350B subs<100Hz Link to comment
Great Gig Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition 1971 Tim "Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air." - Tom Waits Main: Custom W10/JRiver/FLAC music server | Rega DAC | Rega Brio-R | MA Bronze2 Link to comment
AlainGr Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Humble Pie - Performance - Rockin' the Fillmore Alain Link to comment
squidly Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 My first cassette and my first CD were the same. Def Leppard, Hysteria. Long live hair metal! Link to comment
wkhanna Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 YES - Fragile On vinyl, it was 1971. Bill Practicing Curmudgeon & Audio Snob ....just an "ON" switch, Please! Link to comment
DigiPete Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 It was 1980, I was 14 and my first was a live jazz album. And I couldn't give a toss what anybody else thought! I am still looking for a digital version of this swinging tactile well recorded album. Promise Pegasus2 R6 12TB -> Thunderbolt2 -> MacBook Pro M1 Pro -> Motu 8D -> AES/EBU -> Main: Genelec 5 x 8260A + 2 x 8250 + 2 x 8330 + 7271A sub Boat: Genelec 8010 + 5040 sub Hifiman Sundara, Sennheiser PXC 550 II Blog: “Confessions of a DigiPhile” Link to comment
Audio_ELF Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I refuse to say... On the grounds it WILL incriminate me. Suffice to say my early teenage years were in the late 80s... Eloise Eloise --- ...in my opinion / experience... While I agree "Everything may matter" working out what actually affects the sound is a trickier thing. And I agree "Trust your ears" but equally don't allow them to fool you - trust them with a bit of skepticism. keep your mind open... But mind your brain doesn't fall out. Link to comment
Blake Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Speaker Room: Lumin U1X | Lampizator Pacific 2 | Viva Linea | Constellation Inspiration Stereo 1.0 | FinkTeam Kim | dual Rythmik E15HP subs Office Headphone System: Lumin U1X | Lampizator Golden Gate 3 | Viva Egoista | Abyss AB1266 Phi TC Link to comment
mwheelerk Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 My first purchase was four or five albums. Jimi Hendrix - Cry Of Love Santana - Abraxas Janis Joplin - Pearl Bob Dylan - Self Portrait James Taylor - Sweet Baby James "A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open." Frank Zappa Link to comment
HIFI Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Rolling Stones, Aftermath My System : TWO SPEAKERS AND A CHAIR Link to comment
wkhanna Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I refuse to say... On the grounds it WILL incriminate me. But Eloise.....The question is what album you bought....not stole !! Bill Practicing Curmudgeon & Audio Snob ....just an "ON" switch, Please! Link to comment
Vade_Forrester Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 1812 Overture and Bolero, Morton Gould on RCA _________________[br]Vade Forrester Link to comment
m&m's Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 the beatles - rubber soul main system; mac mini/mac os mountain lion/bel canto usb/cambridge audio dac magic/creek destiny intregrated/reference 3a mm de cappo i/svs pb-12-nsd/dh labs cables and wires/denon ah-d2000 Link to comment
firedog Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 First album I bought: Live Cream, Vol. II - still love it. How many of us can say that about our first buy? It was actually my third LP: I got Abbey Road for my 13th birthday, and Blood Sweat and Tears (II) - the one with "Spinning Wheel" a week later as a Bar Mitzvah gift. I must say, pretty good start to an LP collection. Of course the question could have been (for us older folks) what was the first RECORD you bought? Back in the day, young and without much money, we bought singles. I think my first one was the Beatles - Hey Jude/Revolution. My parents weren't too crazy about the Revolution side. Main listening (small home office): Main setup: Surge protector +>Isol-8 Mini sub Axis Power Strip/Isolation>QuietPC Low Noise Server>Roon (Audiolense DRC)>Stack Audio Link II>Kii Control>Kii Three (on their own electric circuit) >GIK Room Treatments. Secondary Path: Server with Audiolense RC>RPi4 or analog>Cayin iDAC6 MKII (tube mode) (XLR)>Kii Three BXT Bedroom: SBTouch to Cambridge Soundworks Desktop Setup. Living Room/Kitchen: Ropieee (RPi3b+ with touchscreen) + Schiit Modi3E to a pair of Morel Hogtalare. All absolute statements about audio are false Link to comment
Audio_ELF Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 But Eloise.....The question is what album you bought....not stole !! I resent that comment... I have never stolen a Kylie Mingogue album in my life... Eloise --- ...in my opinion / experience... While I agree "Everything may matter" working out what actually affects the sound is a trickier thing. And I agree "Trust your ears" but equally don't allow them to fool you - trust them with a bit of skepticism. keep your mind open... But mind your brain doesn't fall out. Link to comment
4est Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I resent that comment... I have never stolen a Kylie Mingogue album in my life... Was she even around in the eighties? Forrest: Win10 i9 9900KS/GTX1060 HQPlayer4>Win10 NAA DSD>Pavel's DSC2.6>Bent Audio TAP> Parasound JC1>"Naked" Quad ESL63/Tannoy PS350B subs<100Hz Link to comment
JohnMH Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I think I talked my mom into buying the Beatles Help album after that movie came out. Might have just been the single. I remember talking her into letting me go to this movie in Casper, Wyoming and being amazed at the reaction of the young girls my age. Many were screaming and hysterical for the entire film. I'd never experienced anything like it. This would have been '65 or '66. I was 12 or 13 years old. JohnMH Link to comment
souptin Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Nice topic. Unfortunately for me the urge to claim something I think is cool is quite overwhelming. Not that I'm suggesting anyone else posting a cool first album is a filthy rotten cheating liar with a highly selective memory. Oh no. So, with hand on heart *cough* my first album was one of these two. From 1980, I was 15 and into New Wave (and nice graphic design). But wait, slight problem with that is that I also have these two turkeys in my collection, and they're from 1979. Obviously someone slipped them in there to mess with my mojo. And it gets worse. I really have no explanations and no excuses for these: Link to comment
Richard Dale Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground when it came out in the UK, and you didn't need to get it as an expensive import anymore. System (i): Stack Audio Link > Denafrips Iris 12th/Ares 12th-1; Gyrodec/SME V/Hana SL/EAT E-Glo Petit/Magnum Dynalab FT101A) > PrimaLuna Evo 100 amp > Klipsch RP-600M/REL T5x subs System (ii): Allo USB Signature > Bel Canto uLink+AQVOX psu > Chord Hugo > APPJ EL34 > Tandy LX5/REL Tzero v3 subs System (iii) KEF LS50W/KEF R400b subs System (iv) Technics 1210GR > Leak 230 > Tannoy Cheviot Link to comment
souptin Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground when it came out in the UK, and you didn't need to get it as an expensive import anymore. What cover have you got: Mostly black with white writing, or white with toy soldiers on it? Mine has the toy soldiers, but it would have been much later that I got interested in the Velvets, probably 1990s. Link to comment
Richard Dale Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 What cover have you got: Mostly black with white writing, or white with toy soldiers on it? Mine has the toy soldiers, but it would have been much later that I got interested in the Velvets, probably 1990s. It's got the soldiers on it. I'm not sure why they changed the cover for the UK - I prefer the original American cover. System (i): Stack Audio Link > Denafrips Iris 12th/Ares 12th-1; Gyrodec/SME V/Hana SL/EAT E-Glo Petit/Magnum Dynalab FT101A) > PrimaLuna Evo 100 amp > Klipsch RP-600M/REL T5x subs System (ii): Allo USB Signature > Bel Canto uLink+AQVOX psu > Chord Hugo > APPJ EL34 > Tandy LX5/REL Tzero v3 subs System (iii) KEF LS50W/KEF R400b subs System (iv) Technics 1210GR > Leak 230 > Tannoy Cheviot Link to comment
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