Who R U?

Hi Redkiwi, Hdm, John_1; Nice to meet you on this thread and read your bio-info. I'm a big Junior Wells and Buddy guy fan also, and Hoodoo Man Blues is great-- listened to it last night. I saw Buddy Guy live several years ago. He's a tremendous performer with a smile that could light up Oregon, and his version of "Mustang Sally" is killer. Redkiwi, I now have 5 Shirley Horn CDs (your influence), she's great, but I only like the ballads. I'm really enjoying this thread. Cheers. Craig.

Treyhoss - I have stories galore..but many my wife shouldn't know about, so I think I'll save the book for when I'm REALLY old. BTW, a build on the thread. I posted a message a while back asing if there were any audiophiles in Cincinnati, OH. Via this thread, I met a fellow Audiogoner who lives a few blocks away (!) and we've done 4 listening sessions together since, loaned each other interconnects and music, etc. Alway glad to have a seocnd opinion, so if any of you is ever in Cincinnati..drop me a line in advance!

I have begun this hobby when I was 11 and living in South America, especifically, Paraguay. I guess my first encounter with gear was through some borrowed equipment from my brother's wealthy Jesuit educated friends. Some old Technics receiver and turntable....Afterwards, I really into hifi or low fi when I got my own 1985 Sony MIDI system. It has been a long road since, 17 years, High school in a rough part of NYC, the Bronx, school in plush upstate private school and graduate school for an MA in Spanish lit from University of Kansas. I am doing this crazy job called teaching now. Not married, thank you, and I am an avid reader to this site, which, by the way, was directed to my attention by a dealer who wanted to make a sale, but I guess he never did....My system in the US consisted of SS, Carver junky amp, Sumo Preamp, Sony CDP, Infinity Kappa 9s and a NAD 3 head tape deck. Now, after selling, wasting money and time, my system for years to come is taking shape. Used SFL-2, new Sonic Frontiers Power 2, Gershman X1 and SW1 4 piece speaker system combination, Mcintosh MR78 tuner - Mint from EBAy - a rarity indeed not even one finger print mark on it!, and either today or Monday, the DAC-1 from Bel Canto which I will use to run with my DVD player. Although there is much I have learned from the site especially about stereos, I am always surprised to find the honesty and the tone of all people in the site, except those feisty types, a great surprise. This site is incredible and I think it is just the beginning of great things to come. Background...I am Korean, speak a few languages, my best being Spanish and English...others include French, Portuguese and Korean. Great thread.

Saw the thread and thought I'd throw in my 2 cents. Name is John, I'm a 37 y.o. internist in Indy (work in a public health clinic - no Jag for me!). I've been back into vinyl with a vengance since I moved here 5 1/2 years ago (mostly jazz and rock, starting to dabble in classical). I'm also in the process of restoring/ hot-rodding a '63 Chevy Deuce. I've had some great dealings with some of the members on Audiogon, and find the discussions VERY informative. Looks like there's a fairly diverse group here - it's pretty cool to read some things about the members of our 'community.'

What can I possibly say about myself? I'm 35, single and living in New York (Sounds like a personal ad!) An acupuncturist by profession, I'm also a film-maker/photographer with a passion for fine cognac and most especially absinthe. No hang-gliding or parachuting though.Living in New York City is exciting enough! My father loved both music and electronics and I guess you could say I was influenced by his interests as a youngster. I've had the hi-fi bug for 20 years cobbling together mostly mid-fi junk until an older friend of mine took me down to his basement for a listen to his Sota/Conrad-Johnson/Magnepan Tympani rig. Blew my mind!! It's been downhill ever since! I'm currently enjoying my Krell seperates/Linn 'table/Revox B760 tuner/vintage Nakamichi deck and several vintage Reel-to-Reel machines. In addition to collecting vinyl for 20 years, I've recently started collecting R2R tapes (mostly from e-bay). CD's are also welcome as I'm no snob! When it comes to music Jazz is king but my taste is extremely diverse from rock to classical to pop to...well you get the idea! In closing I think I should mention that I have an absolutely beautiful and wonderful girlfriend who is both a teacher and psychologist. I'm also convinced that when it comes to audio-related matters she probably thinks I'm completely insane but has never actually come out and said this. Needless to say it's one of the MANY things I love about her! Audiogon is a great site! Keep 'em comin' folks!!