YOUR AUDIOPHILE JOURNEY WHEN DID IT START AND HOW DID YOU GET TO YOUR DREAM SYSTEM?

@jrwaudio cerwin Vega. Blast from the past. 

@immatthewj when you start down the audio hole. It goes deeper and deeper.  But it puts you in happy places. 

@immatthewj I want to long version! (But you knew that)

My hifi journey is closely tied with my story of building the opportunity of and moving to the US. It could not have happened without being into audio. Funny how things are all related.

@calvinj 

Glad you're reaching out and helping others.  Good for you (and, them)!

Knowing there are lawyers on this post, I tried my best not to perjure myself (too badly).  I intentionally left out my days of assembling and installing sound systems for discos, and those years of building competition car stereo.  130+ db sound levels wasn't friendly to my ears. 

I started buying used gear when I was 14, with money earned from singing in a choir. An older brother of a friend sold me his Yamaha receiver, Ohm 2-way bookshelves, and an odd belt-drive turntable with an orange felt mat for slip-cuing. I dj’d for parties with this bedroom setup to avoid dancing, having built a control station for a small portable lighting system. Didn’t turn a profit, as the money went right back into making it better. Had a Sherwood power amp from this era in a home office system until a few years ago, when my cat shorted it out puking on it after a nap . . . Maybe that’s why I never put the cover on my Rogue Atlas that currently drives my living room system!