Early summer 1971, Pacific Stereo in LA; post college graduation and full-time decent paying job: Sony receiver, Advent speakers and a Gerrard TT... the sweet life!
Where did you buy your first audio gear?
I bought my first audio gear in a Post Exchange PX store in Baumholder Germany. I was a young soldier about 20 yrs old and bought a SAE amp and Preamp, Bose 901 speakers, Sony CDP-101 CD player and a Thorens TD 320 turntable. Where did you buy your first audio gear? What did you get?
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@fertguy Where in KC did you buy your system? I can't remember the name but it seemed like a high end store. |
Bought my first system in high school in the early 70’s. Went to Tech Hifi in Springfield, NJ and got a low end Sansui receiver, Philips GA-212 turntable with AudioTechnica cartridge. Speakers were EPI 120. Later steam cleaned cookie sheets in a bakery over winter break to make enough money to go back to Tech Hifi and get a Technics cassette deck. First vinyl album bought and played on that system was Derek and the Dominos, Live in Concert. Around the same time, my Dad got a system for our family room. Also at the same Tech Hifi store, he got a Sansui Seven receiver, Elac Miracord automatic turntable with Audio Technica cartridge and Ohm B speakers. |
A pawn shop in Austin, Texas, my freshman year of college at UT in 1988. They had a pair of infinity speakers (I was an avid reader of Stereo Review at the time and knew that brand was at least decent) and they wanted $100 for the pair and I started to walk out of the store twice before they finally came down to something like $25. They matched quite nicely with my cheap Sherwood receiver. I wish I could remember what model they were. That was the start of 34 years of obsession and buying and selling and tweaking that will likely never end. |
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