My 1st system was a college graduation gift from my parents in 1964. I got super interested in audio due to other students in my dorm. It turned out that my uncle handled books for Dynaco and Dynaco had a close relationship with Acoustic Research at the time. So my uncle got a system for my parents at his price, a PAS 2 kit preamp, Stereo 70 amp kit, AR 2a speakers and an AR turntable, a classic system for that time. I had to buy a pickup and I bought an ADC Point 4E, one of the first ellipticals. I only made one error wiring the kits. The Stereo 70 vibrated so much it walked acros the floor. I turned it off and found the error and everything worked fine.
Where did you buy your first audio gear?
I bought my first audio gear in a Post Exchange PX store in Baumholder Germany. I was a young soldier about 20 yrs old and bought a SAE amp and Preamp, Bose 901 speakers, Sony CDP-101 CD player and a Thorens TD 320 turntable. Where did you buy your first audio gear? What did you get?