The year was 1972. David Bowie unveiled his alter ego Ziggy Stardust, Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” commandeered the radio airwaves, andbecame an instant hit at the box office.

1972 was also the year three friends from Johns Hopkins University set out to capture the wonder of the live concert experience and bring it home. With a handmade wooden logo, a passion for music, and keys to a ramshackle Victorian rooming house, a famous audio company was born.

Using their degrees in physics and mechanical engineering, the eager audiophiles searched for new solutions to high fidelity sound, intent on turning the living room into The Fillmore and finding a way to do so without speakers the size of refrigerators.

Can you identify the one or more of the three young lads in the photo?

Hint: The company borrowed its name from one of the founders and years later one of the other founders went on to create not one but two revered audio companies, both of which are thriving entities to this day.

Check back Friday morning for the answers.