I did it because I was in College, and LEDS were way cool. Plus people would come to my dorm room stoned and we'd play The Wall or Dark Side of the Moon or Riders on the Storm and try to isolate different instruments or vocals.

I'm not an audiophile but most dorm rooms need a little help. I had Fisher Studio Standard stuff back then. It took me until about 2002 to burn up the tuner/amp. A pretty good run with a very round, full sound. I still have and use the Fisher turntable but nothing else. Somewhere I have a Teac cassette deck but I'm not sure where my old cassettes are except for a few choice live recordings of me and my college buddies when we got access to the college stations airwaves.