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I wish you the best birthday there is....And the best christmas possible .... 😌 |
What I tell my kids when they ask. Dad how old are you? Dirt! |
Almost 70, and I think maybe, possibly, hopefully, after spending almost $10 K to pretty much rebuild my system, I might finally have reached the audio nirvana that I have been chasing for over 50 years. Being an audiophile sucks, but I wouldn't trade it for anything! |
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51 (going on 52). Had a great system with refurb DCM time windows and an old Kenwood amp before and during grad school...amp died and had crappy receivers until about age 49, just recently getting a new(ish) serious system together that gets back that original feeling I had with that first system way back when...
Thank you for asking such an honest question that gets everyone together and realizing it’s an ageless love: music and equipment 🙏🏼 |
just turned 6 decades. lordy i feel old. |
61. These days I have the cash to buy (used) those silver and teak monstrosities I used to gaze up to at the local hi-fi store in my hometown Cheltenham, UK, back in the 70s when I was a near-penniless lad.
What is amazing is some of those monstrosities, for example a Sony TC-8750-2 reel to reel, sell used today for 3x what they cost when new. Times have changed though, so I don't suppose my children will be selling my Yamaha RX-A3080 for 3x its current price in 50 years time! |
63. In it since 23
All NAD driving Kefs - still have a 3020 and the Kefs. |
Well, I saw The Velvet Underground live. Twice. And my first equipment was Dynaco. You tell me. |
52. Damn that sounds old. |
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57 - been into it since i was a tot! |
66, been at this for over 40 years, and enjoyed every minute... |
Old enough to know that Paul McCartney used to be in another band and that there’s a new meaning to the word, "streaming". 73, was actually at Woodstock in a VW bus. |
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Old enough to have probably accumulated more music than I have time to listen to. And, unfortunately, old enough to have forgotten some of the albums/artists that are part of that collection. |
64. Started with a Realistic receiver and some homemade box speakers (horrible). Upgraded to a Fisher receiver and speakers and have been playing around ever since! Where does the time go..................! |
59 years young. Started with Technics integrated, JVC turntable and a Sound Shaper 32 band equalizer ...it was all the rage back then. Now I have a all digital front end. Terminator plus fed from a Jays audio transport and a logitech transporter for streaming going into a Pass Labs x350.8 to Bowers and Wilkins 802 diamonds. How things have changed.
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65, but I'm reading at a 68 year old level
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57. My dad worked for a vending company when I was a kid and used to bring home used 45s from the juke boxes. I was 6 when I got my first turntable (Fisher Price Close-N-Play, I think) but has ready access to my dads Garrard Model One. Bought my first system when I was 14 (Zenith Allegro “Wedge”, which my dad still has). I just transitioned to streaming last year and have never been happier. |
Am 12.......chronologically 52. |
"But something touched me deep inside...The day the music died"
I remember reading about this when I was in kindergarten or was it I was in high school when this was a big hit?
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August 51 year's ago I was at Woodstock. I was 22 (never saw any nudity though, darn)
Saw the Beatles at Shea Stadium in 1966, couldn't hear a thing over the screaming. I only went because my girlfriend at the time loved them, as did every girl at the time. Later went to the Fillmore East every weekend with my 2 buddies. Saw way more bands than I can list.
First real "system was from Lafayette Radio. LR3500 receiver. 47 of the grittiest harshest watts, but hey it had power! Criterion speakers.
Garard zero 100 tt Stanton cartridge. I had no concept of staging, image, timbre or tone. Didn't want nuance just wanted LOUD. LOL.
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Im of Medicare age 65 and still run a 8.5 minute mile splits for 5 miles 3X times a week.
Listen to mostly Jazz but I also have a liking to hear some rock
through a pair of MC275 Mcintosh tube power amps along w/ C22 preamp, MR 71 Tuner and a great pair of JBL 4343b kick ass speakers! |
Old enough to remember yanking the tube amp out of my Mom's Sears Silvertone console and hooking it up to some 12" Utah speakers that I built plywood cabinets for. That year, Santa brought me a Garrard SL55b with a Shure m95e!
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54...I got my first system 40 years ago. I’ve always had a modest system. Currently I’m piecing together my first system with a tube integrated and love it. |
Old enough to eat cornbread without choking on it. |
@mitchagain - It's alright to forget which albums you have as long as you don't keep buying them! |
Bob 540...SX-626! 20 RMS. I could only afford the SX-525 at 13 RMS. And I agree...good stuff! I'm jealous that you got the all metal buttons!
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I am a 65 with a few problems (and that excludes my HiFi set). After a great hang gliding decade, my last manoeuvre ended in a 120’ vertical dive into terra forms
My sporting life will feel 75 (I can do anything),, but mentally at 55.
New left knee. Both hips. L4/L5 artificial disc, now fused. C4/C5 and C5/C6 MRI’d this week exposing severe foraminal narrowing (both levels) so my left shoulder is stuffed. I am naturally left handed so there’s a problem.
Age? Not an issue. Body functionality is a whole different issue.
Lesson. Look after yourselves. Go to the Doctor for a 3 month checkup as required. See him/her for any niggle. |
81,468,000 Seconds or 424 Dog-Years |
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i am 51, old enough to have seen Frank Zappa and Miles Davis on stage, bought my first nice system at 21, Accuphase E-205 with Cabasse Clipper II and kept it for....almost 30 years upgrated recently to an indecent nice system as i have now a dedicated room where i don't have to care about disturbing somebody.
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79 years old. Got back into 2 channel when I retired in 2003. Can only afford vintage pieces, but find that eventually they are like children requiring costly maintenance. Awaiting delivery of my first brand new piece since the early 60’s and if I like it, I will sell off my vintage / expense ridden "children". I truly enjoy many of these discussions and I look forward to those in areas of my interest, but, quite frankly, many go way beyond my understanding.
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I've been 33 twice already. I'm finally ready for adult responsibility. |
First stereo if you want to call it that was a Broadmoor designer all in one with built in 8 track tape player, tuner, hard wired speaker cables and fully automatic turntable from Korvette's (anyone remember that department store) that embarrassingly was taken to my college freshman dorm a couple years after I got it.
Saw and heard the possibilities in that dorm and have been at it for real since 1980. Do the math....(I never skipped a grade or flunked). |
@justmetoo,
stepping up to your challenge as a fellow female.
I'm 64 and presently working on a pair of DIY open baffle speakers. Right up there with my passion for music is a passion for woodworking :)
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In 14 hours and 24 minutes my body will be 66 years old.
That being said, my mind is still 28 years old. |
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In my 84th year. Started in 1958 building my own gear
Time is catching up with me.
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I'm 69, and although my hearing is somewhat compromised, I can still tell the relative differences between audio gear. Started getting into higher end stuff in the late 70's. Now I'm working on getting my headphone system together! |
I was 17 when I was at the Fillmore East on 12/31/1969 at one of the greatest evenings of rock History. Band of Gypsies. |
71 years old and wishing I was working again in my industry. However, my industry has and is rapidly disappearing with the change in the way people communicate today, I loved to work rather than worked to play. |
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69 years young... It's a bitch getting old!!!
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I am 46 and got my first system when i was 14 (Polk Towers, NAD receiver, NAK music bank CD changer and monster cable from Bryn Mawr Stereo).
I have been blessed to own many of the best products the industry has known.
I also sold my AV publications almost a year ago for the exact reason this thread is explaining. Young people (with very few exceptions) are not part of this hobby thus the hobby is very hard to treat as a business. Science is often ignored for voodoo. The way things WERE is more important that the way things are going to be.
My advice to the newer or younger fans is to ENJOY THE PROCESS. Remember the gear you have owned fondly. Perhaps journal your experiences with it including some photos while at the same time aspire for better. Embrace science. Subwoofers are a good thing. Room correction is a good thing. Master tape quality digital files are a good thing. Room acoustics are a good thing. Cleanly rack mounting your gear is a good thing. Ample AV power (20 amp circuits) installed by a pro with hospital grade outlets is a nice little tweak. Quiet, correct temp lighting control is a good thing. Having a video monitor is a good thing. Skip vinyl (lame dynamics, high distortion). Look to cables that don't have ANY color and don't waste a ton of your money. Avoid voodoo. A pile of wood chunks isn't going to make your system sound better - it will just make you more neurotic. |
56, parents never understood why I felt like I deserved stereo equipment better than them. Couldn't answer that question at 11. Mowed lawns for $$ then. After I sent cash through the mail to Hifi Buys for my first system. Technics SA200 receiver, comparable Technics Turntable and Infinity QA speakers. Parents were so mad when told them what and how I ordered it all. When I told them I sent $650.00 in cash through the mail they flipped and said I just lost my money! Boy were we all shocked when the UPS guy knocked on the door a month later with huge boxes to sign for. Thank you Hifi Buys for being honest and ignoring the fact that I didn't know to add shipping! Graduated up to Pioneer Flouroscan receiver and cassette deck three years later then I was totally hooked as a Freshman in HS! Traveled well for the Air Force and had the best since then! |
Born in the '50's & still Rock like it was the 60's. 67 years young to be exact |
