Who Were Your Mentors

My 'mentor' must have been my older cousin.

Back in the mid 1970s he was the only person I knew who had a seperates system. In an era of radiograms and music centres he had a turntable, amp and speakers system.

As a kid I remember laughing at all of the unnecessary complexity that entailed. My cousin was a maths graduate and that was quite daunting back then, so I didn't question him too much.

And then there were all of his strange LPs.

One had a picture on a wall featuring an old man with a cane carrying some sticks on his back and another had a painting of a singer (?) wearing shades facing left on the front and an indecipherable scrawl/sketch on its back.

Truly great times.

@tubebuffer, do you already have an established fan club? If not then why not, I would certainly join. Enjoy the music

STEREO  Review....

My audiophile dad. He encouraged me to listen to recorded music, something I certainly would've done anyway.  He gave me his old systems. I watched him solder together Heathkit tube mono separates on the kitchen table.  I inherited the Heathkit stuff when he went to stereophonic. He took me to audio shows. Later, I was totally blown away when I heard my buddy's B&O speakers at his tiny college apartment in Berkeley. I went shopping for them at some high-end stores and wound up with KEFs connected to NAD electronics. I was a nuisance at L.A.'s plethora of high-end stores.

Me Pappy