do you remember

It would have been 1964, when I was 22, at a long-defunct stereo store in Seattle, WA, called Electricraft. They had a store in the downtown business area, and I remember wandering through there thinking "what incredible audio toys". I don't remember any specific system, but I do remember the Marantz, Fisher, and other electronics; the big JBL, Altec, and Bozak speakers, and the smaller acoustic suspension Advents and KLH's. That summer, while I was working for the Coast & Geodetic Survey -- surveying the spring 1964 earthquake damage in Alaska -- that I bought my first piece of gear: a Fisher 500C receiver.

I grew up listening to my dad's mono system, single Klipshorn corner horn, Scott vacuum tube integrated and tuner, Garrard rim drive table and Ampex reel-to-reel. A lot of modern high end could learn from this rig.

A record store in Portland (Music on Records?) had a pair of Quads set up. Don't remember any other details, but have never forgotten it. (still haven't bought quads for myself, but they're always on my list). This was end of the fifties or very early 60's.

Shortly after I bought my first system back around 1978, one of the store owners invited to his home to hear his personal system. He had a Linn LP12 feeding big-ass MacIntosh tube gear feeding some huge Fried pyramid-shaped sub/sats. Quite amazing sound, but best of all, this guy lived in a trailer! His system probably cost more than his home. I guess he had his priorities straight after all.