Seem like the guy was trying to show off his Stereo System, sounds like he said it was a Tape.
It backfired miserably, his machine sounds like it's in serious need of a good cleaning and oiling!
As for his taste in music, well lets just say those Orchestral interpretations of Popular music usually suck pretty badly.
Later his Wife and the Salesman would plot to murder him and collect double on the insurance by making it look like he had fallen from a Train.