Where did you buy your first audio gear?

Allied Radio on Western before they sold to Tandy. Still have and use the KA-4002. NO cap failures in 50 years. A bargain at today's $1025.

Lafayette Electronics on Rand Road in Arlington Heights IL.

when i was in my first year of college in 1969 i bought an AR turntable, Sherwood receiver and KLH speakers from Len Tweten of Magnolia HiFi when it was in a house in the Magnolia neighborhood (where it got it’s name) of Seattle.

i did buy a used Wollensak stereo tape deck from a newspaper ad (remember those?) 2 years prior when i was in High School.

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.

In 1975, at age 15, mail ordered from a company in San Luis Obispo a Pioneer SX-737 receiver, a BIC 960 TT, and Electro-Voice 3-way speakers. Spent all the money I made working that summer. Think the total including shipping was under $700.

Kept that system until age 22.