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the first time you heard a high end system that floored you? For me it was in 1974 at Audio Dimensions in MI .......Quad ESLs driven by a monstrous Audio Research amp.The preamp was an ARC SP3, the turntable was a beautiful Luxman ( I believe) and a cartridge hand delivered by Joe Grado
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It would have been 1964, when I was 22, at a long-defunct stereo store in Seattle, WA, called Electricraft. They had a store in the downtown business area, and I remember wandering through there thinking "what incredible audio toys". I don't remember any specific system, but I do remember the Marantz, Fisher, and other electronics; the big JBL, Altec, and Bozak speakers, and the smaller acoustic suspension Advents and KLH's. That summer, while I was working for the Coast & Geodetic Survey -- surveying the spring 1964 earthquake damage in Alaska -- that I bought my first piece of gear: a Fisher 500C receiver.
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A record store in Portland (Music on Records?) had a pair of Quads set up. Don't remember any other details, but have never forgotten it. (still haven't bought quads for myself, but they're always on my list). This was end of the fifties or very early 60's.