Who R U?

Being similarly curious, I'll bite and hope to not get bitten in return. I'm 44 years old and have been a software salesman for the last twenty years. Was born and raised in East Texas and moved to Northern California two decades ago where I still live. In addition to the obvious interest in music my "other" spare time is spent hang gliding.

Hi David; A good thread (I hope). I've posted some of my personal info. before, but will gladly join your thread. I'm from N.DAK, but have lived "out west" since 1963. Now 57, I've been married for 35 years and we have a 28 year old daughter who is a pharmacist:). Retired now, we live on the Oregon coast. The last 15-16 years of my career I was a Senior Forest Soil Scientist with the Dept. Of Interior in W. Oregon (impressive title, but what it meant was that I dug holes). I have a BS degree in Forestry, and practical minors in Soil Science and Botany from the U. of Idaho. I've been an avid amatuer photographer for 25 years, and only really "discovered" high end audio 8-9 years ago as a result of friendship with a high-end vinyl junkie. He recommended Vandersteen speakers for my otherwise mid-fi gear, and I was off and running. I amateur weld and, built a double wide stereo stand that weighs over 200 lbs-- empty-- concrete filled corner posts etc. I hope a lot of AudiogoN "regulars" post here. Cheers. Craig.

Garfish,thats quite a stereo stand! I built one also but it only weighs in at 80 lbs.(sand filled) I have never been to the Oregon coast but from the pics.I've seen it is awesome! Happy Listening!

great post. as a somewhat frequent visitor/poster, i'm interested to learn a bit more about the folks whose advice i (sometimes) follow. i'm a 30 year old lawyer (i know, i know, but at least i'm being honest). i was born and raised in michigan, spent 5 years living in new york, another four months in san francisco and i've been living in hong kong for nearly 2 and half years. i'm looking forward to moving back to new york later this year. when i'm not at home sitting in the sweet spot (either by myself re-falling in love with sounds that never cease to amaze me, or explaining what those "lightbulb like thingys on top of that box on the floor" are), i'm likely traveling. i grew up in a klipsch horn household, so i was bitten by the bug early on. my first mid-fi adventures were in high school/college and it's been all uphill (downhill?) ever since. enjoy. randy.