YOUR AUDIOPHILE JOURNEY WHEN DID IT START AND HOW DID YOU GET TO YOUR DREAM SYSTEM?
I had to create this post so people can share how they got here. I started mines with a record player that my uncle gave me and Alexander O’Neal album. I would get jam boxes back in the day. Then at 30 I got a def tech system at best buy and now I 22 years later I have an all Infigo Audio system with Gato speakers and 2 Rel 212se subs. I’m happy as all get out with my sound. It is my dream system not because of what it costs it is because I’m in love with how it sounds. What’s your story.
Subject... not using my vinyl rig.
Well, I have not sold my vinyl or analog front end. I am toying with the ideal of upgrading to great cartridge I heard on an Audiogoner’s system, a Esturo Gold cartridge. I am sure with its amazing detail it would get my vinyl to pull ahead just enough to encourage me to play vinyl once in a while. |
Thanks @calvinj, I’m listening to it as I’m typing this. Also thanks for this post. It’s been fascinating to read about fellow audiophile’s musical journeys. |
As I started getting into music I bought DTSOM and Kansas, Leftoverture before I had a TT. I lived in the Chicago suburbs near Victors Stereo and Audio Consultants. Both stores were great about letting early teenagers hang out and listen to their systems. Bought a NAD 3020, Dual CS 505 and Cerwin Vega 12 in 3 way speakers with money I earned working at a pizza joint. The CVs were quickly replaced with a pair of Maggie SMGa. I acquired a Crown DC 300A amp at a garage sale and used the NAD as a preamp through college. I bought a HK 5600 bit perfect CD player that I really miss and a Rega Planar 2 along the way. After I started my first real job I moved to ProAc Studio 100 speakers. The store I bought them from had a rare pair of ProAc Studio 3 speakers (that I still use) and let me trade back my Studio 100 and stands in plus a few hundred for the Studio 3s. My system has evolved since and I have brought back some Maggies magic back as well. My taste in music has broadened dramatically since my journey began. Seeing Return to Forever live right after Romantic Warrior was produced was the catalyst that enriched my music appreciation beyond progressive rock forever. |
