I'm far from a young audiophile but it all started when I bought an AM/FM table radio and tuned into the FM band. I messed with the tuning dial until I stumbled upon the underground "pothead" station in Philadelphia. The Band's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" was playing. That was it, I put away my AM transistor radio. I spent a year reading reviews by Julian Hirsch on Stereo Review. Then I went out and bought a Kenwood receiver (20 watts per side) that came with little RCA interconnects for a turntable, a pair of KLH 17 speakers (hooked up with lamp cord) and a Dual 1215 turntable (with a no-name,cartridge), all brand new for $500 in 1972. I bought Cat Stevens' "Tea for the Tillerman" , "Teaser and the Firecat" and Judy Collins' "Judith". It was bliss. I soon afterwards bought a Nakamichi 1000 cassette deck with Dolby B and C (new tech at the time). Many years and dollars later brings me to the present time where I'm still spending and enjoying the music all along the way.
Roots, a question for younger audiophiles, how did you start your journey?
I am of the generation of Large Advents, Magnepans, Dahlquist, early ARC and Conrad-Johnson, etc.
My question is for the younger audiophiles that got their audio journey start more recently....say in the 90s or the early years of this century....ie; "what were your beginning components that were your true start"?