Where did you buy your first audio gear?

When I was in law school, living in a cheap apartment in the early 1980s, there was an electronics store that sold used stuff. I bought an Aiwa tape deck and a cheap reel to reel. I was an aspiring musician playing in a band and writing music. I used it to record songs I was writing and would bounce tracks back and forth between the tape deck and the reel to reel. Also used the cassette deck as a master from a PA System to do a "studio" recording (I call it more of a "psuedio" recording) of songs we were playing.

The original (pre-Best Buy) Magnolia HiFi in Seattle and Bellevue. 

Manufacturer's Marketplace in West Roxbury MA.    Great store, had the best close out deals.   I purchased many things there in my early teens.   My first CD player , a Sony CDP 101 was purchased there.   Bought my first receiver there , JVC RX44.  

Star Audio/Video Mobile, AL. Sony ES cd player and matching receiver (1988).