Decisive moments your your audio journey


Have you had any truly decisive moments in your time in this hobby? 
 

I would have to point back to the first time I ever heard Magnepans, it was a “whoa what was that moment?” moment. That was in the 1980’s. It was the first time I ever truly heard reproduced music that got the midrange right, without it being squished 

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When I got my first pair of MAGICO speakers and my TW ACUSTIC AC3 turntable with TW 10.5 tonearm.

I will admit The Who in Chicago..1969? Chased that sound for a couple decades.

Go to your doctor and have them clean your ears.  Especially, if your an older person.  I thought mine were clean.  Nope, not even close.  My stereo sounds the best it has in a long time.

In 1973 I heard the Bose 901s...and was ready to buy.....of cause I got a almost new pair with stands and custom made lower based for $350 bucks.....SOLD.

Easy.  Dad's living room system 1952.  Large JBL corner horn ... two 15" woofers and horn mids and highs.  Driven by 25wpc tube Newcomb Amp w/Preamp.  Rek-O-Cut studio TT with Fairchild arm and cartridge.  First ever audiophile discs (Cook's "Sounds of Our Times") and Audiophile's Jazz disks.  "Live" harp; "Live" percussion, "Live" jazz right in our living room.  Built my beginning system in 1956 and have been hooked ever since.