At about five years old I got my first equipment. There was s big cupboard in the basement filled with mom canning from the summer. On the top shelf there were two old tube radios. Mom or dad had the step ladder in the basement for some reason and I worked hard to get it by the cupboard and opened up. Lol I had to move it away to get the doors open and reset it up. I climbed the ladder a got one of the radios down plugged it in and it didn't work went back up the ladder and I brought the bakelight beauty down plugged it in and it worked. Carried up two flights of stairs to get it to my bedroom set it on a bench I had in my room plugged it in and found a station. I was in heaven. That old girl lasted about five or six years I turned it on every night and fell asleep to the radio every night. Sad day when it died. That was the start for me the hard work and the reward I got for my efforts i was a little boy.
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?