What age did the "audio bug" hit you?


I was always into music, and as early as 7 yrs old I would put 2 sources next to each other (2 tape decks or a 8 track, or recoed player) and fade them over each other and play "D.J." all day long, in High School I ran the closed circuit radio station and was the D.J. at the local YMCA for dances to raise money for our "leaders club" and did a few weddings here and there, then I was a D.J. at a lesbian bar for awhile (down guys! these chicks rolled their own tampons) but all the same I look back and I guess I was always some sort of an Audiophile...what about your stories???????????
chadnliz
While my Dad wasn't an audiophile he did listen to music and was/is a gadget freak. In the late 60s he brought home an Eico integrated tube amp and an old Garrard turntable that my brother and I hooked to a console speaker for one channel and a homemade speaker for the other. It must've sounded like crap by current standards but at the time it was pure bliss. Forty years later music can still provide goose bumps but not as consistently as in those days.
I was first caught tearing apart clocks, then my first old radio, before I even knew how to read. Built some elementary kits in gradeschool. Built a 2-way shack, cheap sound system, & my own pirate radio station in the basement by age 13. Built my first big speakers & a tube integrated in mid teens. My iron is still smokin' (& I solder too ... :-)
When my Dad told me not to touch the Mac, so I started messing with the AR TT.....
I Dismantled the folks new console radio at age 9 . Built my first radio at age 11 , started building a decent stereo at age 15 . And am still upgrading at age 52 .
I was 8 years old and my brother, Paul, built me a pair of electrostat panels from raw materials and custom made tube electronics. I worked all summer to buy a ERA turntable with an SME 3009 arm and the Winn Labs straingauge cartridge. Once again, Paul built me a custom box for the cartridge, which sounded better than the one offered by Winn Labs.

That was 39 years ago.