My parents had a Magnavox cabinet phonograph with 2 12" woofers! It was stocked with all Broadway show records that they had been to as well as Sinatra records. They had seen him live many times at the Rustic Lodge in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Well, I played the crap outa that thing, hence I know all the popular show tunes from the 60's. Bought my first album at Sam Goodys it was Cream "Disraeli Gears", 1968. My parents hated it. So, I got my first stereo for Christmas that year, a Philco all in
one, fold down turntable, detachable speakers, sounded horrible. So I decided to add some speakers to it. Scavenged the surrounding neighborhood for thrown out stereos and cabinet TVs. On my bicycle with my tool bag I managed to get quite a collection of speakers over time. Started to gang them together in parallel and the inevitable happened, I smoked the Philco literally. That was the beginning of a long journey, no one around me at the time could understand why I would spend so much time trying to get better sound. My better half totally gets it and is very supportive and a good listener. One day you find yourself with many tens-of-thousands of dollars in audio and realize what a long strange trip its been.
one, fold down turntable, detachable speakers, sounded horrible. So I decided to add some speakers to it. Scavenged the surrounding neighborhood for thrown out stereos and cabinet TVs. On my bicycle with my tool bag I managed to get quite a collection of speakers over time. Started to gang them together in parallel and the inevitable happened, I smoked the Philco literally. That was the beginning of a long journey, no one around me at the time could understand why I would spend so much time trying to get better sound. My better half totally gets it and is very supportive and a good listener. One day you find yourself with many tens-of-thousands of dollars in audio and realize what a long strange trip its been.