Where did you buy your first audio gear?

Audio Visions in Babylon, NY

Really miss that store.

Paradigm speakers, Rotel electronics

I have a hard time recalling all the stores I shopped at back in 70's, you guys all have more concise memory than I. Always thought you didn't live in 70's if you remember the 70's.

Only distinct memories I have is going to places like Highland Appliance and Tech Hifif, other audio emporiums existent in Ann Arbor MI at the time. Also recall visiting any number of these emporiums on Woodward Ave, suburbs of Detroit. Some of my earliest equipment Sony and Pioneer receivers, Acoustic Research AR3 speakers, BIC, Thorens tt's,

Kelly’s Record City on 71st Ave. in Calgary, AB, Canada, back in the late 70’s. First system was all NEC…receiver, cassette deck and speakers. Already had my Yamaha turntable. Over a few years Kelly’s also helped me accumulate about 1,200 albums, most of which are long gone.

The Brick home furniture store early 80’s in Edmonton Alberta, a complete AKAI system of turntable, cassette deck, tuner, integrated amp, with Hitachi tower speakers, and some cheap stand, all in for $1100 cdn dollars and no taxes back then added on.

As mentioned, Kelly's Records, A&B Sound, Visions Electronics were the places  here in Alberta to buy records/music and stereo gear, Visions Electronics is the only survivor, but no longer has records, and I bought hundreds when records cost $7 or $8 dollars, onsale for $3.99 in the day. 

1980 from Poor Richards in Daly City/Colma CA.  Marantz 2252 receiver, Dual 604 TT with a Shure cartridge, Akai GXC-570D cassette deck, Cerwin Vega 12TR’s, and a couple months later went back and bought Klipsch LaScalas.  Still using the Dual TT and the LaScalas with ALK extreme slope x-overs now