My journey started in high school of course, I heard my boss stereo in his office . He had a Marantz and Teac cassette deck and cant remember the speakers he had. He told me to go out and buy whatever I wanted but remember his setup because it had cables and you could always hook up what you bought in the future if you bought separate components. I did just that and got a used Teac cassette deck, sounded good then until I heard an early Nakamichi machine in the tech shop and was blown away. I got it used of course and that started it all. I have had so many Nakamichi decks I lost count. It is a special sound if they are calibrated correctly . I did work in a hi-fi store in a mall in Florida in 1982 and that had a huge affect on me. Our line was Yamaha, ADS , Perroux, and some other great brands. I remember the mobile fidelity records we played to demo the gear , it worked. After this I moved to south Florida to attend college and went into a high fi shop and heard the ADS speakers compared to the other lines they had there. That did it. I could not believe the sound ! I had to have them. It took a long time to get a real pair of floor standing model that I could hold onto and afford. I did not want book shelf models anymore because they could be preplaced. I still have two pairs of floor standing model ADS speakers. One pair were bought mint never used a guy he had stored in his closet. They are the MK1290 model, and I have my L1590 model speakers which were restored by the tech in Arizona who used to work at the factory for ADS.
