Your Best Hobbies (other than Audio)

Telescopes, and all the wonders they open for you. This pursuit is indentical in every aspect to true love of hi-fi!
The dynamics are exactly the same from first exposure to the sky, to the rewards given for your efforts to learn and grow, the emotional impact, and of course, the gear itself.
Your first crystal skied night with a "mid-fi" or "high-end" scope is like the first time you hear a great tube amp, or your first sit down with a pair of killer electrostatics.

Statis, I appreciate and respect the parallel you have drawn between the two hobbies.

Spoken (obviously) by a person of intense dedication and passion, and I am pleased that you are here with us.

Sailing, Sailing, Sailing and Sailing.

remote control model boat racing. Not some toy a 70 + mile per hour nitromethane burning hydroplane try negotiating a 300 foot diameter oval while racing 5 other boats.

Well I enjoy cars(new), fun to drive/fast cars, currently have a 2001 VW GTI VR6 though not the fastest thing on the road, it holds its own(in particular for the money, super cheap!) and is built fairly well. I completely enjoy chasing women around, I mean what else to guys in there early 20's like to do more? I like to frequent fine dinning establishments as often as possible. I read lots of books(when not listening to the system), non-fiction only, self improvement books, small business, Philosophy and history. And I am also into designer cloths as well, I prefer Jhane Barnes, and Ermengildo Zegna to the fore mentioned Armani, shoes gotta be Prada, though I like any other high end manufacturer that makes stuff that I feel is cool. I have not bought much for cloths in the last few months, I enjoy that a lot, need to get back on track. I play the stock market as often as I can trying to make as much as I can, gotta support the audio habbit. And I also enjoy shooting/collecting guns, rifles, nice shootguns, and hanguns(I.D.P.A. competition shooting). And what I do in my spare time you might ask, I come to audiogon and try to make my business thrive!