Hello all. My name is Philip Weber, and I am a home theateraholic. I've been hooked now for a good while. I also just want to say that this is a great site, and I'm glad I came upon it like I did. Scary to think it was by mere accident, and might not have happened at all! Whew!
Alright, well, I am a fairly young guy(23), still in school trying to make a life for myself, and a total gear head. I have been into home theater since I was 17 when I picked up my first copy of Home Theater Technology Magazine. Albeit I was not able to actually purchase any of the great gear I saw in its pages at the time, but that didn't stop me from putting together my future system in my head! I knew from the moment I saw how elegant and heard how powerfull audio/video equipment could sound that I was hooked. Visions of amps and D/A converters have danced in my head many a Christmas night since that fateful day.
I'm not really an audiophile per say. Not yet anyway ;]. I do have a good ear though, and will only accept the best that my money can buy. Maybe that explains why I have still yet to buy a new car. Oh well.
I wanna start off by saying one thing first. Actually, it is more of an observation of myself as it relates to the state of mind of the afficionado. Am I the only one here who can sit in my living room and just stare at my "gear" for hours without care? Please tell me I am not alone, or I may give this hobby of mine up for fear of being dumped by my girlfriend. Or do I not have my priorities in order? Heh.
One thing I have learned in my short time among'st the chosen is what someone one time said to me. He said that you may be able to get a decent system together consisting of a home theater in the box packaged with a reciever, but you will never know the true potential of your system unless it is comprised of seperates. How true that is. Within the past year I have been able to assemble a pretty decent sounding seperates system, and will never go back to an all in one solution. Hassle of setup be damned, I want my superior sound quality!
To wrap things up before I go a make a novel of this I'll go ahead and stop now. I know I have to be rambling by now. I always tend to do that when I think of audio/video. Chalk it up to the exuberance of youth. Besides, I'll have plenty of oppurtunity to tell you about myself and what my system consists of at a later date. More importantly, I have to go pay the better half a visit before she thinks I've been hugging the equipment again. I look forward to interacting with my fellow audio/video affecionados! Later everybody!
Philip Weber,
Total gear head and slave to the hobby since '95
