What is DaveSoucy.com?
Hey there, I’m Dave. Thanks for somehow finding this corner of the internet. DaveSoucy.com has taken on many identities over the years. This incarnation was born simply out of a love of gear (and the music as well) from the golden era of vintage audio, the 1970s.
This was a time before music on demand, when you had to actually go to a record store and flip through the vinyl offerings of your favorite bands in those alphabetized bins. While you were there you’d scan through the collection of rock posters, wondering if there was space on your wall for one more Robert Plant. Then you’d hurry home so you could play the album you bought as loudly as possible before your parents got home from work. Of course, once they got home you’d listen to it for the xteenth time, just with the headphones on instead, while you read the liner notes from beginning to end.
My setup back in the day was a Marantz 2225 receiver, a Pioneer turntable, and a pair of Advent 3 speakers. At the time, I had no idea how good I had it as a high school kid at the beginning of the 80s wearing out Born to Run, Dark Side of the Moon, War, London Calling, and other classics on this equipment. It was probably better than I deserved, and it was definitely under appreciated.
So much so, that by the late 80s, as a broke college student I sold all of it, along with my vinyl collection, for basically peanuts. Broke college students need cash, and CDs were becoming a thing, so who wanted vinyl any more, right? A mistake I’ve kicked myself for quite a bit since…
Well, I can’t get that equipment back, but I have worked to set myself back up a new stack of vintage audio gear that brings me right back to that era. In fact, I have another Marantz 2225 (1976) that I picked up on eBay. Fully recapped and cleaned, you’d never know it is over 40 years old. I’ve combined that with a Pioneer SG-540 graphic equalizer (1984?), a Technics SL-1700 MK2 turntable from 1978, and pair of Cerwin Vega D3 speakers that my brother bought in 1983 (I still have the receipt). And since I had amassed a decent collection of CDs after foolishly dumping my vinyl, I’ve added a Sony CDP-CX355 from 2004 to the mix. My current vinyl collection is over 300 albums, but sometimes I do enjoy the convenience of CDs, and admittedly I’ve got some CDs that I do not have the corresponding vinyl version of. Yet.
![Vintage home audio stack including Marantz 2225 receiver, Pioneer SG-540 graphic equalizer, Technics SL-1700 MKII turntable, Sony CDP-CX355 cd player, and Cerwin Vega D3 speakers.](https://davesoucy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_2952.jpg)
Anyway, I hope you’re here because, like me, you have a love for the 1970s, vintage audio equipment, classic rock music, and dogs. I like to post about all of those things. And random other stuff as well.
I’m not an expert on vintage audio equipment. Far from it. In fact, by day I do technology consulting for nonprofits. But I’m definitely a vintage audio enthusiast, hobbyist, and someone always willing to spend way too much time talking classic rock history.