Great for you!! Enjoy the roller coaster ride now. The 70's was very good and I am close behind you. I am in New Jersey and a buddy of mine is on the hunt for better sound. He has been on craigslist and a few other places and has found so many older but very nice speakers for sale locally. He has been dragging me out and around to go hear them in the $2K price range. I have not ventured out like this is a very long time but the journey he has taken me on has been really fun and we have met a lot of very nice people we did not know before. We recently heard Von Schweirket VR5 SHEs?s, Alon Circe, Vandersteen 3A sigs, Quattros, Audio Physic Armanti, ProAc 3.8s, 70's TDL transmission lines, B&W 801 S3s, and a bunch of other speakers that were once considered very good in their day versus the current model of speakers that cost so much more today. What a blast. So like someone else mentioned already, take your time, go meet some nice people in your area, and enjoy the ride!
Happy Listening.
Happy Listening.