how did you find "the gon"

Ultimately it was of course my wife that started me doing this. She couldn't tolerate the "looks" of my old speaker stack, actually they were not terrible 1977 Klipsch Heresies on top of 1959 JBL C38s I inherited. Then my so called 100 wpc amp kept clipping and I'd had it. I didn't even know there was anything beyond the big box stores for six months when I complained to Student of mine, now a colleague "Sufentil" here on the gon about the lack of decent 2 channel audio. Suddenly after 6 months of futile searching for dealers and good web sites he told me where to look! Thanks for making me a nut now!

By doing a Google search for some specialty interconnects.

about 2 yrs ago i did a google search on high end audio as i was clueless about the subject and was ready to put together my first good system,audiogon is in my mind the best source for info out there,,,

Checking the local paper for audio gear sales. I called a guy with some stuff listed. We got into a conversation about where and how best to sell (and buy) used equipment. He told me about Audiogon. I had a couple of used pieces my local audio dealer would not take as a trade, said he couldn't sell them. Well guess what, listed them on A'Gon and sold within days. Been here ever since (2001) local dealer looses, sorry.

From a retailer who once carried a deep line of two-channel audio products but was forced to cater to the HT business in order to feed his family. I will withhold his name, lest he face recriminations! :-)