This may show my age, but when I was a senior in high school, I worked all summer and bought my first component, a PE turntable. I didn't have any other components then and spent several months admiring the turntable before I could buy the rest of the system. This was my introduction to "HI-FI". My other memorable component was a Hafler integrated amp. I bought a kit and put the thing together working feverishly every night. To my amazement, when I hooked it up and plugged it in, it didn't blow up and sounded so fantastic compared to my previous receiver. I guess I am getting nostolgic.
