I got the bug in 1957 when my roommate at Iowa State College had a "hi-fi" system(this was a year before stereo came out). Can't remember what his system was other than one big speaker and a tube amp he built from a kit. We would turn off all the lights, and listen to Polly Bergen singing "The Party's Over" with the orange glow from the tubes adding atmosphere. Bought a portable stereo in 1958, when they came out, and have added and discarded many items since then.
