Where did you buy your first audio gear?

Small hifi storefront on Valley Road in South Orange, New Jersey.  Don't remember the name.  Became a pet store a few years later.

I walked past this store every day going to high school.  The window display fascinated me.  I saved up my lunch money for over a year and bought a Fisher 3 piece system with turntable built into the top of a receiver, plus 2 speakers -- midfi at best.  Cost a whopping $300.

Sophomore year at CWRU in Cleveland Heights, OH, 1974: Dynaco SCA80 from a mail order firm in Maryland, I think. An AR-XA turntable and a pair of AR-4xa speakers from Coventry Audio in Cleveland Heights.  Sounded great in my dorm, being fed a steady stream of LPs from Record Revolution, which just closed up shop after 55 yrs!

Tech HiFi in Springfield, NJ. 

Fort Ord PX 1972!  Cheap but it was the start.

Tech Hi Fi in Ann Arbor, Mi, 1977.  All entry level.  A Pioneer receiver,Garrard turntable, Advent III speakers.  Had to replace the receiver when it died after a few years but the speakers and tt did yeomans work for another three decades