Gallery: We Pieced Together Steve Jobs' Long-Lost Stereo System
Photo: Diana Walker/SJ/Contour by Getty Images01Steve Jobs, Time, 1982
Steve Jobs sits at his home in Woodside, CA on December 15, 1982.
Photo: Michell Engineering02michell-gyrodec-mki-courtesy-Michell-Engineering
Today, you can pick up a MK1 GyroDec for about $1,500 used or $2,500 new. Over the past several decades, the company has made incremental improvements to the turntable, but the basic design remains unchanged.
Photo: Acoustat03170Acoustat-MonitorThree-1-courtesy Acoustat
The young Steve Jobs was not into puny bookshelf speakers. While he owned [a slightly different model](http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/showpost.php?s=b4e5bd016a20d77fe78e0b708c27fe25&p=1486728&postcount=42) of these electrostatic Acoustat Monitor 3s (his had a wood riser base and a rare white grill cloth), these electrostatic speakers still were renowned for their smooth midrange.
04Ella Fitzgerald FRONT-courtesy Verve Records-ABC Records-
The three identifiable albums in the photo include: *Bach Brandenberg Concertos* (Jean-Pierre Rampal, Maurice André; RCA), *Ella Fitzgerald: The Cole Porter Songbook* (Vol. 1, Verve) and Steely Dan's *Aja* (ABC).
Photo: Threshold Audio Inc.05FETONE002
The $1,200 (on the used market) FET-One was Threshold's reference preamp when the company was at its peak in the late '70s. It was designed to be paired with best power amps, like the STASIS-1 in the next slide.
Photo: Threshold Audio Inc.06STASIS-1-144dpi-courtesy-Threshold-Audio,-INC.
The $2,000 (on the used market) STASIS-1 is a 200 Watt per channel monoblock beast that looks like Darth Vader's table radio.
Photo: Denon07de-tu750-g-jp-st-bg001-hi-courtesy-Denon
The Denon TU-750s digital tuner isn't the best looking piece of equipment in the room. In fact, it's probably a stray component from Jobs' previous stereo. But of all the equipment, it also happens to be the most affordable. You can pick one up on eBay for as little as $10 (shipping included).
