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How did you contract "Audiophilia"

I remember it well. The year was 1973 the place was Austin Texas. I was stationed at Bergstrom Air Force Base and befriended a guy in my squadron who had just returned from a tour in Japan. He invited me over to listen to music at his house. He played a lot of good records. The Rascals, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, etc. Then he put on Dark Side of the Moon and turned up the volume to what at first seemed like ridiculous levels. But, as I listened, the music pulled me in. I heard details in that album I had never experienced in recorded music before. The record took me on a journey. When the silence at the end of the second side brought me out of my dream, I was hooked. His simple system consisted of a turntable (I can't remember the brand), connected to a Phase Linear amplifier and driving a pair of JBL Athena 99 loudspeakers. I've never been totally satisfied when my playback equipment since then, always searching for better sound. What was your first foray into hifi?
danoroo

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jafant
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Great story- Danoroo, I too am an Air Force guy.
here is my story;
In the Summer of 1986, I visited the local stereo-shop-in-the-mall. It was a nice store and in a large space for both big screen tv(s) (remember those?) and various electronics.

Anyway, The only "sound" room was in the back ot the operation. I never knew the exact dimensions of the space, but, I did learn about the new stack of gear from Yamaha.
CD player, pre-amp and power amp on a rack in a dim-lighted
room. This effect was to show off the red meters on the power amp and pre-amp. I do not recall the speakers nor the cabling involved. What I do recall w/o hesitation was the remarkable sound being produced via The Rolling Stones "Hot Rocks" CD.
At the time, I knew this release very well, indeed.
I was hooked and began my personal journey down the road to sonic nirvana.
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