Who Do You Credit For Getting You Into This Hobby?


I didn't know which forum to post this in so I hope it's alright to have done so in "Speakers".

When you look back over this obsessive hobby of ours, who do you give credit for helping you take the plunge? I am extremely grateful to Albert Porter and John Fort, who were salesmen at Arnold and Morgan (Dallas) in the mid-to-late 70s (I believe Albert might actually have been the sales manager), and spent a lot of time with me to assist in finding the best system for my tastes and budget. They also treated me the same as their male customers, and never made me feel like the minority (female) that I was in this particular hobby. Their love of the hobby was infectious, and I quickly became enamored with the quest for getting the sound right. That first small system was comprised of a middle-of-the line Yamaha receiver (1977), Yamaha speakers, and a Dual turntable. I still own the Dual turntable and have kept it for its sentimental value. It is currently not in use although it is still operational almost 30 years later.

So, thank you, Albert Porter and John Fort, for taking the time to help me all those years ago. It's also evident here at Audiogon that Albert continues to help all of us as we pursue this endeavor, a few of us much older than when we originally began the journey.

--Mary
mcrheist
Blame the music that you feel needed to be placed on a higher level, and made you feel you needed to spend more money on trying to correct something done in some studio somewhere... It may never force every recording to sound perfect, but we will keep trying! Sad thing is the artists don't even see any of the money you keep throwing at their sound quality.
My father - He always showed me the inside workings of electronic things... (At one time I took apart every piece of power tool that he owned - got a hidin'!)

Jess Clark - My cousin - He gave me old pieces of electronic kit to play around with when I was small...

Andrè Du Toit - Introduced me to 'high-end' audio in 1997

Herman Clark - My cousin - Loaned me my first amp, a NAD C310 and I built speakers for it and the rest is history...
Which hobby? High End or simply what we called being an audiophile.
This paricular version the High End variant I must credit another member Sufentil and who explained what happened to audio and where to look to replace my old gear, and introduced me to an exemplary member and friend TRELJA who really taught me and advised me. To this day I have great respect for his opinions. Except the first opininion he rendered which was that I was an audiophile already. the day we first went ut auditioning speakers. I didn't know the least about any of this. Nw if he would give me the same repect about whichcar to get that would be fair. He turned me into a High End modern day audiophile wannabe, my wife will keep that from reaching fruition.
Wanting very good sounding music was My father's fault he liked good Stereo equipment and was an "Audiophile".
The differences are as many as the years that speparate the two. But you didn't never ever even dreamed about spending the price of a house on your stereo when my Father was into this. He was very selective and spent liberally mind you. You just couldn't spend this kind of money if you wanted to on the better gear.
As a '40's kid I loved listening to the radio. Then I loved listening to "anything-live",even more. Then rubbing elbows with anyone,whom had this similar affliction just got me further down this road. In '56 after I graduated high school I bought my first Hi Fi; in mono.I guess I always had the bug but had to wait till the kids were grown before the stuff got to be of a higher quality.---Now, I'm out of control and have to blame the dna I received. But 4me it has been a life-long pleasant journey.
my parents were record collectors, and my father was the first guy in our neighborhood with a 'stereo'. my mom traveled to nyc as a fashion buyer, and loved broadway musicals. the real 'blame' most however fall on an older friend who worked on audio gear as a hobby.