[Baz]

My first year in college I lived in a dorm on campus.

Second year too - it was school policy back then (1972).

So I had a roommate - he was from Tampa and his parents had the Lafayette Electronics store there. He brings in this super nice reel to reel and sets it up on our dresser along with a couple of those huge wooden speakers - Criterion 4X models.

Our room wasn't all that big, mind you. Listening to Emerson, Lake, and Palmer with the lights off and black light on was pretty insane!

I've never owned a reel to reel myself but will never forget how almost perfect the sound was.