Who R U?

I'm 49 years old and live in N Minnesota. I work for a paper company. I'm married, and both my wife and I are avid homebrewers.
My gear is modest by this sites standards (I think): Nestorovic 5AS T-cabinet speakers, adcom GFA 555 200w/c amplifier, Lazurus cascade tube pre-amp, pioneer 100 cd player, and a pioneer turntable. Any upgrades would probably be a DAC, a friend has a Chord. I'm kinda waiting for prices to fall, and in the meantime I listen to great music. So, howdy.

ONLY THE SHADOW KNOWS,I LIVE IN FLINT MICHIGAN(NEAR DETROIT)I RIDE & COLLECT HARLEYS(the kind you kick start)NOT THE KIND THAT YOU SEE ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL THAT DENTISTS RIDE,I AM A FOREMAN FOR A UNION ROOFING COMPANY & WORK FOR THE MOST PART ON FACTORIES & SKYSCRAPERS INSTALLING HOT TAR ROOFING,MUSICAL TASTES RANGE FROM FRANK ZAPPA TO SPYRO GYRA,
DISLIIKES ARE PEOPLE WHO USE PHRASES LIKE OPEN & AIRY OR INCREASED TIMBRE TO DESCRIBE GEAR,LIKES ARE PEOPLE WHO USE PICS IN THEIR ADS,BEST SYSTEM EVER BUILT IS ALL MCINTOSH & KLIPSCH,mc300 amp,mc7104 amp,2 mq 101 eqs,mcd 7007 cd player,mr7082 tuner,c-38 preamp,cary audio tube dac,klipschorns & klipsch cornwalls(modified),WORST SYSTEM EVER BUILT WOULD HAVE TO BE CARVER! SOUNDED LIKE LISTENING THRU A SOUP CAN WITH A BUCKETT ON YOUR HEAD.

I am Jamie- known to friends as "The Dude". I say the word "dude" far too often and even after college- and now grad school, it is still in my vocabulary. Funny really, but it has become the norm for me. I was turned onto audiogon a year ago from a friend who found the site and I browsed every once in a while. Recently after moving into a new house and deciding to get some new gear- I researched items on the site and bought things through other audiogon members to build my current system. I am as much into theater as 2channel and built my system as such. When I can aford to do so, it would be nice to build a dedicated 2 channel system. I have finally hit the stage where I can enjoy my sytem without listening only to become a critic on where I find the flaws lie. I now have a complete dynaudio system with a rotel amp, cal icon cd player, pioneer elite dv47ai dvd player, and sony 9000es preamp. This will suite me fine for quite a while until the upgrade bug hits me again. 'Til then, I am going to gain all the knowledge I can from this site. I am very impressed with the huge knowledge base at audiogon and am more impressed with the professional and educated attitudes the members have. It seems that other sites lack true knowledge and passion and there is little to learn. Glad to be here.

47 , self taught cook . Gourmet catering buisness keeps me moving and happy. Have been consumed with music since I was a little kid , my mom loved it. Married with two pugs . I collect art and spend most of my time designing post modern architectural design schemes for my home whereby I am slowly gutting my home and making it my own world of light , color , sound and facinating objects of art . Graduate degree in business . Drummer and have been in numerous bands . Mostly rock , blues , alternative and metal. Karate dominated my life for two decades until I tore ligaments . Spent all of my money traveling the world meeting chefs after school . Music , audio and the passion of the senses is the focus these days.

Hi, I'm a 48yr old frostback from Ontario Canada. I got drawn into this obsession (hobby) when I was a kid. My mother workked in a restaraunt and when they'd change the records on the jukebox she'd buy the ones that were going to the trash.I spent many hours playing these, scratches and all. It was the music that moved my world. I remember the first Lp I bought, the song that was playing the first time I had sex (the Gods were with me that night Smokey Robinson singing OOH Baby,Baby, followed by The Purify's I'm your Puppet). All these sounds came from either an old Phillip's radio or $10 record player. I knew that with better equipment I get even more music. And so it continues. The one thing I think we should remember is the equipment is a means to an end,that end is more music. I certainly enjoy music on my home rig but some of my fondest memories are of things like my fishing buddies off key and totally obscene renderings. I think we should share our love for music. Too often I see our hobby as a rather insular thing.Passion is best shared.Although no one asked my worst "audio" moment was the purchase of my first CD player. I paid $500 for it about 1982 and it took a couple hours more to find a CD to play. I hooked it up and hit play. It was like A dull drill boring through my skull.Laser bright and very tinny.Things really haven't changed that much. Vinyl still rules. This is a great thread.