Musical or scientific/technical background?

Twelve years of formal music studies/training including five years in conservatory followed less formal study, which continues to this day. Very informal study of electronics, leading to fairly involved audio component tweaking/modifying has been a hobby for as long as I've been into audio.

Doug, with all due respect, don't be so quick to judge and criticize. Check your own spelling. Regards.

Doug28450: it is "grammar", not "grammer". I personally have no musical training, but have always loved to listen to music. My Ph.D. is in economics though I do like to read about the technical side of audio as a hobby.

Wow, three people caught my my spelling oops. Good job gang.

I might not spell correctly (probably used this word not to often or just mis-typed in rush)next time I will preview first. You're right about your daughter since the colledge I've attended is overseas.
The books in electronics and electrical engineering I currently have, printed in Russian language.
Sorry for misspelled "batchelor" :).

Doug,
More importantly, I think you owe Marakanetz an apology, eh?
His moniker should have at least offered you a clue that English is not his first language. Wider berths, please....

Following a decade of baroque training and short-wave listening, I freelanced as a roving teen-age church organist before farting around with drugs and engineering at Brown in the early 70s.
A 10 year stint designing lab equipment, QA systems and pounding on an old upright preceded my current dozen years earning the SubaruGuru title. (Life's too weird!).
Last few years have found me romanticizing my dream keyboard (Steinway B) and, after revisiting speaker design mishaps, now assembling my ref system. (I mean, how the hell do you compete with Verity Audio? Phew!)
Still, however, my malfunctioning mind (along with your help) keeps me surprised that my daughters and wife are thrilled when I buy a $200 DVD for their TV, while they could care less about my EMC-1 MkII.
We aging guys have some serious educating to do, eh?
Or what?.... Keep well. Ern