1973

Pink rolling papers and seed burns in your shirts

In the Pentagon, 50 years old.  AR3a speakers, Boulder amp.  HP Financial calculator with RPN entry. IBM mainframe.  IBM punch cards, wire the printout control boards. Frustration. 

Dynaco A 25's (finally tossed them last week), Kenwood receiver, BSR MacDonald TT w/ Shure cart. Great system, naw - but I never enjoyed music more!

1973 . Jr in HS,. Was getting a little tired of my complete Webcor system that my grandfather had helped my purchase. He was a big Pete Fountain fan, and had a big console stereo that to me was awesome. I graduated HS, got a job bagging grocery’s. I then proceeded to borrow enough money to purchase my first hand picked "system" . My first loan, first line of credit. LOL I was so proud, and at the time, sounded pretty dag gone good. Sony 80 watt receiver ( STR 6800), Marantz turntable ( 6300 ) Infinity (1001 A) speakers , and a Technics equalizer ( SH 8020) . Wasn’t very long till a salesman talked me into something new. Nobody had one in our gang... Something called a sub woofer. I bout fell over when I came home and fired that thing up. M and K sound. I forget the model number but it was triangular shaped. Thanks for the walk down memory lane

1973. 15 yrs old. Very similar to millercarbon post. Loved FZ and Spirit - still do. My dad never got it, but loved vinyl ever since.
Lava lamps? Still got em. Good old Goodwill. Cheers.