That audio obsession has been with me to this day. It also came with two or three way bass reflex speakers. It had a discrete cassette deck, 12-band graphic equalizer (+/- 12db), AM/FM tuner, turntable and a power amplifier employing the STK 4131-II chips. ![]() A top-tier component hi-fi system of that time. ![]() It was an exciting evening when he walked in with three big boxes and unboxed the Sonodyne Uranus. Unbeknownst to me he was saving up all this while for something bigger. ![]() He ended up making several mono amps and speaker boxes for friends and family. Electronics was his hobby and I would watch intently, and sometimes help as he painstakingly soldered components, screwed boards, cut and drilled plywood etc. My first experience with hi-fi was amplifiers and speaker enclosures designed and built by my dad. If he did not have the right equipment, he would not listen to music, period! I would balk at the tinny or boomy sound of small cassette players and two-in-ones. ![]() If it was audio, it had to be well-presented. Theaters and concert halls would mesmerize me not by the large screens or stages but by the sound and the large speakers! I was more interested in the way audio was being produced and delivered. When I was in my early teens, I remember developing a taste for the sound of music.
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