Snuck into my Uncle's basement in 1959 when I was 10 and he was relaxing to some new fangled Stereo LP's.
The room was dark except for the glow of tubes; the sound was everywhere, like a blanket on me. He was playing jazz and I felt the performers were in the room with us.
When he turned the lights on I saw these massive speakers (Klipschorns),,,, I've been hooked ever since.
Great audio has been available for a long, long time