Where did you buy your first audio gear?

Lafayette audio receiver ,speakers

then 6 months later, Hifi stereo house in CT  Klipsch heresy , AQ cables ,Luxman integrated  and cassette deck ,B&O tangial  track Turntable late 70s .

Team Electronics Menominee Michigan, 1976. Pioneer receiver SX something or other, small one only put out 15 or so watts. Also purchased Pioneer PL512 turntable that I still have.

Lafayette audio receiver ,speakers

then 6 months later, Hifi stereo house in CT  Klipsch heresy , AQ cables ,Luxman integrated  and cassette deck ,B&O tangial  track Turntable late 70s .

My 1st system was a college graduation gift from my parents in 1964. I got super interested in audio due to other students in my dorm. It turned out that my uncle handled books for Dynaco and Dynaco had a close relationship with Acoustic Research at the time. So my uncle got a system for my parents at his price, a PAS 2 kit preamp, Stereo 70 amp kit, AR 2a speakers and an AR turntable, a classic system for that time. I had to buy a pickup and I bought an ADC Point 4E, one of the first ellipticals. I only made one error wiring the kits. The Stereo 70 vibrated so much it walked acros the floor. I turned it off and found the error and everything worked fine.

The year was 1979 and I was a young marine stationed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. I purchased a Pioneer SX-1080 receiver with a pair of Pioneer HPM 100 speakers and a Kenwood cassette deck from the base exchange.