How do you get into Hi-Fi?

[htkaki]

For me, it all started when I peeped into the then ultra High End shop in Seremban.

Back then, I was in Form Four. This shop, Absolute Sound Stage was selling Musical Fidelity, Thiel, Vandersteen, Wilson Audio and few other brands.

I walked passed the shop and saw a pair of towering loudspeakers near the glass window. I took a peep to get a closer look. It is Grand Slamm. It looked similar to this :



The boss invited me in for a listen knowingly that I do not have even RM5. Back then, RM5 can buy you a lot of thing.

He was kind enough to let me listen to the rest of the systems in his shop. There, I learned a few things.

And the uncurable virus is still in my body til now

[ronzie]

My time was sansui ~ sweet sweet sound ~ yes... agree !!

uncurable virus is still in my body til now

[deafleppard]

How I got into hifi (or whatever you call it...:-)) was not through hardware but through music! Listening to music like Pink Floyd, Rickie Lee Jones, Led Zep, The Band, yea, Def Leppard etc..was where I got my kicks.
I remember way back then when my uncle gave a pair of old Pioneer car speakers, gladly took it back, my uncle was probably wondering why I want it, I don't even have a car back then.
Hook up the pair to my trusty radio cassette. I've got stereo!! Lie down on my bedroom floor, with the speakers, one on each side, it was like a concert hall!! Fleetwood Mac sounded soooo good!!!
And that's how it started, ever since I have always listen out for that kind of experience. It can be a pair of Grand Slam or a tiny Xoom computer speaker, but if it ain't got that boom! I don't get that Ooomph! Regards :-)

[htkaki]

That reminds me of my cousin's very first hi-fi system. He used the cassette deck as source. Then a car amp to drive a pair of 6x9 spkr which was housed in a DIY cabinet.

[mpyw]

I would love to get into hifi...but mostly playing lo-fi (or maybe qualify for mid-fi) now
I think the 1st time I got into this is when my brother brought home a full set of Yamaha rack stereo component system back to my hometown (with casette player back in the 80's)

something like these, but it's a Yamaha


I played Fei Yi Ching's songs in they and do my homework

[mikapoh]

Thats classic collection! Beautiful. Are they still in working condition? Nothing beats the analogue sound even on tape.