Where did you buy your first audio gear?

Lafayette Electronics, Peekskill NY! Kenwood receiver, BIC turntable with Shure cartridge, BIC speakers!

Allied Radio on Western before they sold to Tandy. Still have and use the KA-4002. NO cap failures in 50 years. A bargain at today's $1025.

Lafayette Electronics on Rand Road in Arlington Heights IL.

when i was in my first year of college in 1969 i bought an AR turntable, Sherwood receiver and KLH speakers from Len Tweten of Magnolia HiFi when it was in a house in the Magnolia neighborhood (where it got it’s name) of Seattle.

i did buy a used Wollensak stereo tape deck from a newspaper ad (remember those?) 2 years prior when i was in High School.