Originally Posted by borked

A wee story...
Back in my uni days way back when, I went off one day at the beginning of term, grant fresh in the bank (all 2000gbp of it - thanks maggie) to buy a stereo/speaker system. Spent the *entire* day (missed all the lectures) and eventually came home with a denon amp, some cruddy pioneer cd player and b&w speakers (can't remember the model, quite big black things though). Was all I could afford and it was the best quality to my ears that my grant could stretch too (thanks Midland for the overdraft for the rest of the term!).

Called my Dad that evening (he's an audiophile phreak) to tell him what I got... I remember it well "yeah, speakers, never heard of them, B&W it says but they sound great" - he gave me the history of Bowers and Wilkins over the phone and how he had met John Bowers when he was testing some BBC monitor speakers he wanted to buy in Shepherd's Bush and said I'd not be disappointed if I stuck to that brand...

/memory lane