What was the first piece of gear that got you hooked?

[KaiWinters]

An 8 Track for my 1965 Mercury Marauder car back in 1973. My first car. Right after that I bought and installed an "FM Converter". Now I could get FM in my car woohoo !!!
I was hooked and have been buying "hi-fi" components for my cars and homes ever since.

My first nice home system was in the late 70's. Pioneer amp and tuner seperates...rackable...Pioneer turntable...Mirsch speakers. I loved that system and just sold the amp and tuner last year when we were moving out of state and trying to travel light.

[Bernd]

Good Topic,

It started with a Dual TT,Amp and Heco Speakers. But I really got hooked, like yourself, with the AR TT an Arcam Alpha Amp,Arcam Delta CD Transport and Black Box D/A, and Celestion DL8 Speakers.
I started my journey then and I am still on a quest. It feels very close now to where I want to be.
At the beginning of last year I recreated the above (Arcam) system (with the help of E-Bay) and this is now happily playing in the Living Room and giving great service.

Once hooked on good sound there is no going back to bland presentation.

The power of music gives you wings

Bernd