It was in the late 1960's. My uncle was a country doctor who still made house calls. He had ham equipment and let me listen to shortwave on his tube Zenith Trans-Oceanic. I have the same model radio now. But regarding HIFI, It was around 1970. Some older kids across the street had a a good stereo including a McIntosh integrated. Led Zeppelin II had just been released and they had bought a copy. So I asked if I could come over and listen to it. They let me come over but one of the channels was out so they ran both channels into one and I listened to it in mono.
How old were you when audio gear first caught your interest?
Wondering how old people were when they first started to get interested in audio gear.
I first heard of Dual and Acoustic Research when I was around 13, but it did nothing for me, however, by the time I was 15 or 16 I definitely was interested. A relative had a Dual turntable, Scott receiver, Tandberg reel to reel and Rectilinear speakers (and he still has that gear, and the Rectilinears are still in use). I remember helping him get the speakers into his apartment. I also knew of Thorens.
That’s all back in the 70’s
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@coltrane1 I still have my Toyo 45A 4X5 box camera! Digital photography just isn't even close to the quality of a scanned 4X5 sheet of Fujichrome. |
@goofyfoot heartily agree! Keep shooting! |
In the 4th grade my friends dad left home but left behind a big beautiful Mono thing that playe loud and we played Rubber Soul on that all day everyday. I still recall that acoustic guitar sound so clearly. Later of course I was witness to the famous Wall of Sound by The Grateful Dead all of ‘74. And there was actually a proto wall in ‘73 (say at Universal Amphitheater LA) that sounded darn good. Tho not as famous. That HiFi had about a 15” woofer and was 3 way and open in the back and mono. We would stand in the front yard high on lsd and blast live Dead. GG CA. |
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