Where did you buy your first audio gear?


I bought my first audio gear in a Post Exchange PX store in Baumholder Germany. I was a young soldier about 20 yrs old and bought a SAE amp and Preamp, Bose 901 speakers, Sony CDP-101 CD player and a Thorens TD 320 turntable. Where did you buy your first audio gear? What did you get?

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@mikelavigne I also bought my first real stereo from Len at Magnolia Hi-Fi in Seattle when it was a neighborhood small appliance store around 1969 or ’70. Gerrard Zero-100 TT, large Advents, Marantz console amp. Anybody remember Jafco on Westlake?

Pacific stereo in Berkeley CA. I was 14. The receiver and speakers were a house brand called Trans audio made by Tandy Corp. For pacific stereo and turntable was a bsr with a shure cartridge.

Kansas City Mo. 1978. Just started farming. Sold a load of corn. Bought Sansui AU 717 & TU 717.  Technics SB-8000 speakers.  Technics TT

Lafayette audio receiver ,speakers

then 6 months later, Hifi stereo house in CT  Klipsch heresy , AQ cables ,Luxman integrated  and cassette deck ,B&O tangial  track Turntable late 70s .