1973

Wasn’t a total waste of life...you know how the munchies can get...so we cooked him up on the grill.   ; ^ )

You killed a little bird via choking smoke inhalation. What an amusing, heartwarming story....

1973...jr in HS...
Listening to Steely Dan and John Mayall digging on the tunes in a converted basement hangout... smoking Columbian gold bud and black Nepalese finger hash...Crazy I know.8)
Unfortunately... my bud's parakeet in room with us couldn't take the  smoke...He died happy though!!!

I was out of the service (Navy), lived in Denver most of that year, stereo purchased on Okinawa was in storage in Iowa. Stereo was finialy set up once I entered college in 74.

In high school my friends brother was at MIT and he helped us design what we called Bose 1801s Twice the size of the originals. He calculated the interior volume etc., and we build those suckers. Had a realistic 18 band EQ and we had them suspended from the basement ceiling by cables. They sounded awesome. Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon was spectacular!

I bought some power amps from Tech HiFi and Johnny R from Audio (John Rutan)  Connection was the sale guy!   Either Phase Linear or SAE power amps I forget now.

Thanks for posting the memories!

@audioconnection - remmeber Tech HiFi?

1973 - Senior in high school. Bought my first stereo from the now defunct appliance retailer I was working at. Pioneer SX-525, KLH 17's and an idler drive cheapo Garrad TT with a Shure Cartridge. No nets or ceiling chains. Just sat it all on a stand of some sort. The audio bug had already hit me. I was already thinking of the next upgrade. 

I was 8 yrs old then and just got a cassette tape recorder. I marvelled at the big stereo systems with reel to reel tape decks and speakers that weighed as much as I did then. Finally this year I bought a nice TEAC A-3300SX  reel to reel deck, my first ever, and so far collected some nice pre-recorded tapes: The Doors “Strange Days”, The Moody Blues “Days of Future Passed” and Cream “Best of Cream”. 

The sound is magical and alive even at 3-3/4 IPS, and the lava lamps are doing their thing.... good times!

1973. 15 yrs old. Very similar to millercarbon post. Loved FZ and Spirit - still do. My dad never got it, but loved vinyl ever since.
Lava lamps? Still got em. Good old Goodwill. Cheers.

1973 . Jr in HS,. Was getting a little tired of my complete Webcor system that my grandfather had helped my purchase. He was a big Pete Fountain fan, and had a big console stereo that to me was awesome. I graduated HS, got a job bagging grocery’s. I then proceeded to borrow enough money to purchase my first hand picked "system" . My first loan, first line of credit. LOL I was so proud, and at the time, sounded pretty dag gone good. Sony 80 watt receiver ( STR 6800), Marantz turntable ( 6300 ) Infinity (1001 A) speakers , and a Technics equalizer ( SH 8020) . Wasn’t very long till a salesman talked me into something new. Nobody had one in our gang... Something called a sub woofer. I bout fell over when I came home and fired that thing up. M and K sound. I forget the model number but it was triangular shaped. Thanks for the walk down memory lane

Dynaco A 25's (finally tossed them last week), Kenwood receiver, BSR MacDonald TT w/ Shure cart. Great system, naw - but I never enjoyed music more!

In the Pentagon, 50 years old.  AR3a speakers, Boulder amp.  HP Financial calculator with RPN entry. IBM mainframe.  IBM punch cards, wire the printout control boards. Frustration. 

Pink rolling papers and seed burns in your shirts

I was 3 years old for most of 1973 I can't remember much of anything.

Speaking of Joe’s Garage; the first time I heard that album was a guy down the hall from me in the college dorm I was living in. Can’t remember the guys name but he had a pair of the original Magnepan SMG’s floating off the ceiling firing directly down to the floor using a net. He obviously knew to keep them a foot or so off the ceiling. Had a couple bing bag chairs for serious listening. I think it was just a simple cotton fishing net that complimented well with the old natural Maggie socks. Hope this helps.

Seattle. It literally is right across the street.

Lol millercarbon😂

In 1973 I thought Reefer Madness was a documentary.

By 1980 I thought Reefer Madness was a hilarious send-up comedy.

Today Reefer Madness means the prices will be good at the store across the street.

Been smoking that funny stuff again.

Interesting. Its 1973. I'm 16 in a basement bedroom with some speakers, forget the name but they were bought from Radio Shack. Usually they would go up on a dresser but if placed on the floor the right distance from the walls and you lay on the floor with them pointed right at you they put out pretty good bass and you can play Nilsson Can't Live Without You and Jump Into the Fire and it is just ear-splittingly joyously satisfying!

Purple Haze and a 17 year old naked blond love affair. Spirit, Dark Eyed Woman. Randy California RIP.

West coast killer budget sound was a pair of RSL 3600s.  Placed near the corners of the room and suspended from the ceilings by chains.

If you sold some hash that week or were a trust fund baby you night have had (2) pair of Large Advents, stacked. 

You put them in nets so you don't have to put them on a shelf or on the floor. Many positioning options hanging from the ceiling in nets (they must be smaller two-ways). I, also, had my AR reissue turntable on a suspended platform hanging from the ceiling. Worked well...

Strawberry insense,strawberry Boones Farm,Strawberry Alarm Clock.My next door neighbor had a pet monkey.We shared our Cheetos with him=)

To attract monkeys.

Why would you want to put them in nets?

Only put speakers in nets if they're Fishers....

Black lights were cool, but strobe lights sucked. It made playing your guitar difficult. The Band asked the venues they played to skip the light show ;-). Kinda corny.

Do some research about black lights. Seems they are harmful in some way we didn't know about in the 60's. Careful out there...

Lava Lamps and bongs! Bonging away!