Great story Craig...
I remember growing up in the US...with my best friend having an older brother. They were a somewhat wealthy family and always had 2 new cadallac's and a corvette along with a 100 meter home.
This was the early 80's when monster receivers (pioneer SX-1980) were out and everyone wanted them. His older brother had the new corvette, monster recievers with HPM-150's....still remember the glass tops...sooooo cool... with a Sharp RT-4488 computer controlled cassette deck...long before the "dragon"...i think...
Well...my best friend's older brother (even with all the coolest japanese equipment) always drooled over Bang and Olufsen stuff..... so that obviously made an impression...
Then, I actually SAW the BnO equipment (the 8000 system)....and I could never forget it.... AWSOME....!!
Well...like many people, once gaining some age and wrinkles...I began searching out what I may want for a home integrated system....and it was BnO..
Well...now..2 master systems, 5 passive bedrooms, 3 active rooms later....I still love this stuff..
Thanks for the site guys !!! Your input and help is very much appreciated....