I remember when I was 5-7 and playing records for my dad who was a polio victim. He was given a very nice RCA mahogany, flip to record player/changer and I used to spin 10

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When I think back to my earliest childhood, when I still wore a diaper (= mid 50'es), I thought that someone was actually inside the colossal piece of audio my parents had, singing and playing for me.

When I did a daily broadcast for my college FM station, my daughter would waddle over in her walker and stick her head in the mouth of our Altec A-7s to look for me. How do I know? My wife took a picture and now I will search for it.

Thanks for jogging my memory.

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The music they played was the same everyone else liked at the time, among that a duo named Nina (van Pallandt) and Frederik, whose music was a mixture of calypso and pop. Nevertheless beautiful music. To this day I still enjoy Nina and Frederik as I have some of their most popular tunes on cd.

35 years ago, our band was playing a gig in the north of England and that night we stayed at a guest house that specialized in performers. At breakfast the next morning, I was seated at a table with a stunningly beautiful woman - yes, it was indeed Nina, who proved to be a charming, interesting person.

I became familiar with recorded music in the late 1950s with my parent's Grundig "radiogram," which I used to sit right in front of to get the maximum stereo effect.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile

At age six I commenced studying the pipe organ on a large cathedral instrument. I've been struggling to duplicate that sound at home for decades and still haven't gotten there - almost though. Reckon I'll get it right just as it's time to leave the planet - but what a way to go !

You may need to find some very, very large sub-woofers and then you may still not be there. A sound system capable of producing the depths of a great pipe organ is very magical.

I have had the pleasure of hearing the $5 mil Jaeckle Organ at Emory University here in Atlanta. It was a great experience and watching the artist was a real treat as well. Ballet and keyboarding all in one.

There is a picture in the Stereophile Gallery.

Jeackel Organs

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You may need to find some very, very large sub-woofers and then you may still not be there. A sound system capable of producing the depths of a great pipe organ is very magical.

I run two Velodyne DD 15's to underpin my Usher BE 10's in a large purpose designed listening room with no parallel walls etc. Gets very, very close to the power and precision of the real thing in the sub bass. It's the complex tonal richness and power of the real thing in the mid bass and up that's not quite there yet. Still, I'm not complaining as I'm seduced by what I hear when I switch my A.C.G.E. (Audiophile Critical Golden Ears) off.

when I was in high school I used to make extra money by going to this older lady's house , disrobing down to my jockeys and letting her whip me (literally!) for her gratification. never had to touch her. just get on all 4s or bend over a bar stool!

She played Bonnie Raitt , Clint Black, and Trace Adkins over and over and over!

one of my fondest memories of stereo!

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when I was in high school I used to make extra money by going to this older lady's house , disrobing down to my jockeys and letting her whip me (literally!) for her gratification. never had to touch her. just get on all 4s or bend over a bar stool!

She played Bonnie Raitt , Clint Black, and Trace Adkins over and over and over!

one of my fondest memories of stereo!

And I thought what went on at the back of the cathedral was kinky !

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when I was in high school I used to make extra money by going to this older lady's house , disrobing down to my jockeys and letting her whip me (literally!) for her gratification. never had to touch her. just get on all 4s or bend over a bar stool!

She played Bonnie Raitt , Clint Black, and Trace Adkins over and over and over!

one of my fondest memories of stereo!

And I thought what went on at the back of the cathedral was kinky !

you couldn't even imagine! I still have a scar from one of her more aggressive strikes on my inner thigh!

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When I think back to my earliest childhood, when I still wore a diaper (= mid 50'es), I thought that someone was actually inside the colossal piece of audio my parents had, singing and playing for me. It was a gigantic beast, mono with built-in radio and 78 record player. Later on they transferred to LP's and more modern equipment.

The music they played was the same everyone else liked at the time, among that a duo named Nina (van Pallandt) and Frederik, whose music was a mixture of calypso and pop. Nevertheless beautiful music. To this day I still enjoy Nina and Frederik as I have some of their most popular tunes on cd.

The marvellous thing about most of their music is, that is has the hifi sound from back then. A tight, warm end very present sound, not unlike what you can hear from vintage tubes today. Believe it or not, some of the tunes mentioned above still has this quality to them, even on CD, and I love it.

Later on my parents switched to B&O and a Philips reel-to-reel tape recorder with a wonderful sound. They had a tape my father played LOUD every Sunday morning, a tape with Hammond organ music. There's nothing more wonderful to wake up to IMO.

Today they are 83 and 84, and still enjoy music, but with the natural limitations that age brings along. But they taught me the love for music, and I have no greater joy in life than listening to beautiful and/or engaging music. Having a decent hifi is not half bad

Thats a beautiful story Duck. Thanks for sharing and starting the thread.

I remember when I was about 6 or 7 years old. My parents had an RCA Victor coffee table stereo. It basically, was a piece of furniture with a record player and an upright reciever inside the drawer you pulled out.

I remember my parents playing Elvis, Petula Clark, Bobby Gentry, Steppenwolf, The Yardbirds, etc..

I loved playing with that stereo. Im suprised my parents let me do it, but thank God they did.

Mark Evans

My first memory would be when I was about 10 years old, my father had a great vintage stereo with an old sansui amp and a marantz turntable and some weird speakers. I loved it when he played George Thorogood loud enough to make the curtains flap. Well one day when he was gone out, I thought I might like to listen to George. As I was scanning the record jacket for the tune i liked the most, I noticed it said on the jacket...." FOR MAXIMUM ENJOYMENT PLAY AT MAXIMUM VOLUME ". So being a diligent young man, I followed the directions exactly. My father came home shortly after I started following the directions, To the smell of an overheated amp and burning voice coils. Man oh man that slap in the back of the head still has my brain rattling. He asked me what the hell i was doing, so I showed him the record jacket. I have never seen a man laugh so hard.