As I have aged (now 50 – OMG!) I have really come to appreciate some of the things I encountered that were clearly built to last and the things that really cause memories to come flooding back. For me, vintage stereo equipment seems to do the trick. Some of my earliest memories involve treks to stereo stores in the 1970’s with my dad. Stores with cool names like Cal Hifi in the San Jose area and Odin Sound and Team Electronics in northern Colorado.