Decisive moments your your audio journey

It was about 1960 and my grandfather came over the house and gave me a transistor radio. I was in elementary school. Every night from that moment onward I went to bed listening to music on that little radio. That is when my love of music and this hobby began. Later in life it was when I realized how important the preamplifier was. Prior to that I thought it was the speakers and source. Now I realize yes they are important but once you can afford a really good pramplifer things can really wake up.

The other day when my Mesa Tigris amp filled my house with smoke was pretty decisive for me….  Need a new amp lol…

It was 1985.... my stereo cost more than my car.......    

When I was a very young (many many moons ago) I listened to a GE Trimline portable record player with my head positioned between the removable speakers (like headphones).  It was then I decided to one day get a high end audio system.

6 years ago, when I started shopping for my bucket list audio system, a pair of GoldenEar speakers introduced me to “3D soundstage” which I didn’t know existed.

First time was hearing Dave Brubeck Take Five on a 45 RPM on my cousin's mono 45 record machine, around 1958.   Second time was hearing big band and other good music on a real stereo.  I think that was around 1962.  The next time was hearing Dahlquist's DQ-10 with two Dahlquist subwoofers at Jerry's Audio in Phoenix.   I was way deep down the rabbit hole by then.