It was, like, yesterday. Went to my friend's house and he played me the Sounds of Silence (shows you how long ago that was. It wasn't an oldie, then) through his father's Fisher receiver and AR3 speakers. I went out of my mind, especially when he really let it crank. Probably had more of an impact on me, then any other thing I've heard, since. We're talking impact, here. Audiomania germination. Brain synapses. Was possessed from that day on to get rid of my Zenith victrola. I had been released. That was back in the '60s.-- Music, drugs, psychedelia, King, Kennedy, Beatles, the end of stockings (what a shame), Turkish Taffy, Star Trek, The Graduate---take it from me, my fellow audiophools. I've got students calling. peace, warren
When did it all start?
I heard a song this morning that reminded me of when I first became interested in music production and in audio equipment. I heard this song for the first time on my older brother's new system in about 1978.
He was home from university for the summer and having acquired a good paying job from a local chemical plant, had been in search of new equipment to replace his hopelessly outdated (and pathetic) "system".
I recall that he had gone to a "big city" to look for audio nirvanna and had come home with a technics reciever the size of a Buick, a technics turntable, a JVC top-load cassette deck and a pair of mammoth Acoustic Research speakers.
When he hooked it up in his 9' x 8' x 8' room and turned it on, I was hooked.
I was about 12 years old. Maybe I'm just feeling a little too nostalgic, but it occurred to me that this was an epiphanous moment in my life.
Did this happened to you?
He was home from university for the summer and having acquired a good paying job from a local chemical plant, had been in search of new equipment to replace his hopelessly outdated (and pathetic) "system".
I recall that he had gone to a "big city" to look for audio nirvanna and had come home with a technics reciever the size of a Buick, a technics turntable, a JVC top-load cassette deck and a pair of mammoth Acoustic Research speakers.
When he hooked it up in his 9' x 8' x 8' room and turned it on, I was hooked.
I was about 12 years old. Maybe I'm just feeling a little too nostalgic, but it occurred to me that this was an epiphanous moment in my life.
Did this happened to you?