tomthiel
Thank You for the kind words and recognition. I suspect like every Soul here, the enjoyment of hearing music on a better than mid-fi system is where my interest and passion resides. I lived with said mid-fi set up from 1988 to 2002. This was not a negative disposition for it left the door open to consideration of higher fidelity. I was very fortunate to lived in close proximity to New Orleans pre- Katrina. One Spring Saturday, I set my compass to visit a gentleman named Jay Valentino whom operated an Audio shop outside of New Orleans. The experience was life changing to report the least, as we spent the afternoon, auditioning many brands read about in the Audio press (I started my subscriptions to both Stereophile and The Absolute Sound magazines in Fall 1993). Jay was a gracious host and quite knowledgable in the Audio retail realm having cut his teeth working under Circuit City and Campo before venturing out on his own accord.The retail space was acoustically sound, a rare find, in so many brick-and-mortar operations. His talent for creating system synergy was on target.Refreshing. I walked away that day with a clear Path- buying into entry level high end electronics. I learned to apply readings/teachings into real-time demo sessions from 2002-2005 when Hurricane Kartrina shut his doors.Jay never really recovered his operation in the aftermath of it all.Later on in the Spring of 2011, I would be struck again by Audio lightning discovering a Thiel CS 2.4 loudspeaker - the Experience was anything except subtle.
Happy Listening!
Thank You for the kind words and recognition. I suspect like every Soul here, the enjoyment of hearing music on a better than mid-fi system is where my interest and passion resides. I lived with said mid-fi set up from 1988 to 2002. This was not a negative disposition for it left the door open to consideration of higher fidelity. I was very fortunate to lived in close proximity to New Orleans pre- Katrina. One Spring Saturday, I set my compass to visit a gentleman named Jay Valentino whom operated an Audio shop outside of New Orleans. The experience was life changing to report the least, as we spent the afternoon, auditioning many brands read about in the Audio press (I started my subscriptions to both Stereophile and The Absolute Sound magazines in Fall 1993). Jay was a gracious host and quite knowledgable in the Audio retail realm having cut his teeth working under Circuit City and Campo before venturing out on his own accord.The retail space was acoustically sound, a rare find, in so many brick-and-mortar operations. His talent for creating system synergy was on target.Refreshing. I walked away that day with a clear Path- buying into entry level high end electronics. I learned to apply readings/teachings into real-time demo sessions from 2002-2005 when Hurricane Kartrina shut his doors.Jay never really recovered his operation in the aftermath of it all.Later on in the Spring of 2011, I would be struck again by Audio lightning discovering a Thiel CS 2.4 loudspeaker - the Experience was anything except subtle.
Happy Listening!