I remember walking into Bandstand East in Bellevue, WA back in 1982 and for the first time seeing a room full of 50+ synthesizers... Roland, Crumar, Korg, Sequential, Oberheim, Yamaha, etc. What a thrilling and life changing day.
Definitely dug the P5, P10, and Pro-1 right from the start and was lucky enough to own a P10 for a few years in the mid-late '80s. Equally thrilled when the MemoryMoog came out. Jupiter-8, Korg Trident, The OB's...on and on... I mean, how could you go wrong. What an era