The mid 70’s and early 80’s were so much fun for me, I would go in to the local Playback store and eyeball all the goods, all the Pioneer amps and receivers, cassette decks and turntables, I lusted over the fine looking Phase Linear gear, Harman/Kardon, and all the rows of speaker systems such as EPI, Genesis, etc. What was not to like? The list could go on and on.
I barely made any money back then, but a Project-One receiver, Pioneer tape deck and turntable, along with HPM-40 speakers were my first real system. It led me down the path to lost wages. What a journey it has been!
Early to mid 80’s brought on a different level of hifi goodness, or would it be madness? Courtesy of Glenn Poor’s A/V at the Round Barn Center in Champaign, Illinois, the likes of Magnepan Tympani, Mark Levinson, Tandberg, Sequerra/Pyramid and others just boggled my mind and ears!
Certainly a very good time in my early life, one I think about often, and smile.