Where did you buy your first audio gear?

tech hifi on angell street providence r.i. circa 1979-82 (i worked there to earn pocket money as a college student, first as a stock boy then as a customer service/sales person)

Radio Shack, so long ago I don't recall the specifics of what it was.  My dad bought it for me; we put it on lay away, common at the time (early 60s), and paid it off a few dollars at a time.  I loved it.  Today, of course, I have get that is far more $$ but far more satisfying.  Still, I loved that old RS setup.

Bought my first audiophile gear off of Headroom.com in the fall of 2002: Sennheiser HD580 headphones, Total AirHead portable amp. The AirHead sucked balls. The HD580 were awesome. 

First speaker gear came a year or 2 later, from a combination of a local HiFiBuys (aka Tweeter), Ascend Acoustics (online), and Crutchfield. Boy do I wish I could have that time and money back. When I later heard Tannoys at my first real hifi shop (Audio Atlanta), I wanted to dump all my gear in the trash. 

Guys.... very cool stories. Olson and Radio Shack. Ahhh those were the good ole days. 

Okinawa, Japan...Klipsch La Scala speakers