Great stories All,
I was 16 and on one fine Saturday afternoon found myself walking into our local shopping mall's hifi store. It was Summer of 1986, I was into cassettes and the occasional LP.
I had read about the compact disc (CD) but until that glorious day, did not have a demo of the then 'new' medium.
I was intimately familiar w/ Hot Rocks, but only the cassette.
Anyway, I could hear the selections being played from the rear of the store's floor plan (big screen TVs and VCRs/Laserdiscs covered the storefront). Their stereo gear room was a dedicated space, had its own door and was darkened.
To my amazement, a new Yamaha stack (cd player, pre, power amp was on display) was playing those wonderful tunes.
Instantly, I was hooked on that higher fidelity 'sound'.
I was 16 and on one fine Saturday afternoon found myself walking into our local shopping mall's hifi store. It was Summer of 1986, I was into cassettes and the occasional LP.
I had read about the compact disc (CD) but until that glorious day, did not have a demo of the then 'new' medium.
I was intimately familiar w/ Hot Rocks, but only the cassette.
Anyway, I could hear the selections being played from the rear of the store's floor plan (big screen TVs and VCRs/Laserdiscs covered the storefront). Their stereo gear room was a dedicated space, had its own door and was darkened.
To my amazement, a new Yamaha stack (cd player, pre, power amp was on display) was playing those wonderful tunes.
Instantly, I was hooked on that higher fidelity 'sound'.