My first good gear was purchased from Jim Geiger's The Listening Post, Tempe, AZ around 1980.
Jim had great ears and a great room. One purchase was a pair of Magneplanar Tympani 1D speakers.
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?