Who R U?

Great to see such varied persons into audio. I am a 55 year old broadcast technician living in NJ with a wive and two kids in college. Oh, I can not wait for them to graduate and get their lives under way. Maybe I will then have money again for even better gear. Too all. I hope the new year, brings you new gear. Happy listening.

I'm Ray and I don't understand why people want to give their age. You are only letting yourselves be typecast. I want to be known for the substance of my contributions, not that I'm too young (haven't really experienced much, therefore don't give much weight to my opinions) or too old (he's way past the point of having reasonable thought processes so just disregard what this old fuddy-duddy is trying to convey. With that said, I am Ray, an audiophile and classical music fan. I like analog and vinyl. I have tube equipment and enjoy collecting originally pressed vinyl records, when and where I can find them. Occasionally, I will sell my duplicates on EBAY. I would really appreciate hearing your comments in reply to the "age-issue".

My name is Daniel, I'm 56 & I live here in the Phoenix area.
Rawsinode, I'm giving my age because I'll soon post my own thread asking members if they have the same concern as me and close (audiophile) friends of mine, my age. My hearing is still quite good, but I know age is going to change that.
I'm going to try to make my system as good as I can afford,
while I still can appreciate it.
I work as a Water Monitor for the City of Phoenix.
My 4/10 schedule gives me 3 day weekends to relax, and I usually spend them listening to music or watching Blu Ray & DVD.
I am really into gear.

I'm 20 years old and an ASU sophomore studying economics. I have been involved in music my whole life. My father is a home theater maniac (I was in an audio magazine at 7 watching Austin Powers in our theater), one of my uncles is a recording engineer, and the other 2 are really into audio. I play about 10 instruments and spent much of high school helping in my uncle's studio in Oakland, where I'm from. Now in my college apartment here in Tempe, I'm building up a solid system. For years I've used my family's extra gear, but I got tired of it. Now I'm running a DAC Magic and kenwood turntable (next upgrade) into my uncle's tube preamp, marantz ma 500 monoblocks, and Paradigm studio reference v2 towers and loving em