Montgomery county is near Lehigh county; and the way I remember the IMF/Fried start around here went back into early 1970's in Emmaus, PA (Lehigh County) outside of Allentown. A shop called "Sound Advice" there owned by 2 great guys , (I think as a hobby), sold IMF, hi-end Sony & Yamaha, nice turntables, reels, everything for an average size shop, lotsa great brand names I can't remember. The guys were so cool to let us all listen to our favs there...my 1st encounter and lasting impression of RSPM started as thus. Later I think they sold the Fried line there, but I forget that far back, because I don't recall any other shop carrying Fried & they were selling right around here (possibly also a shop called Gordon's Sound Studio, Allentown; otherwise, not much else was around except HI Fi House in Whitehall and an awesome Lafayette Radio & Electronics Allentown parts store !). Three of my buds from back then bought either Super Compacts or later Model R's. Always wondered where the 2 owners went & wanted to thank them for the early audio demos. My 3 buds moved to Harrisburg, Narberth & Doylestown; we lost touch long ago. The 2 owners of the shop would know much more about area fans, if they're around; and like we were saying, because the suburban Philly area is "home" for Fried, they easily distributed around here. I only got to speak to Bud once a few years before he passed on, I addressed him as Mr. Fried (Bud is so quicker to type); he was really nice as we spoke over the phone; he said his listening system was the top-line Fried offering at the time, I forget which flagship model was made right before he left us. It's about all I can remember, currently everyone has been out of touch, we all moved back & forth around the U.S. But, the tradition is still carrying on, torch is passing and these speakers, IMF and Fried are still vibrantly heard today!
and don't ask about the source.
