I'm 31, single, never married, no kids, live in the southeast USA, and work in a photography business. I am not affluent in the least, the way most of you are. I hope to be. I got a bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, but really should have done recording engineering (may still). I used to want to design the body of the "next Porsche", but the Boxster got done by somebody else (Weissach did see my design 4 years before the Boxster was first exhibited, however). My other hobbies include reading science fiction, watching movies, riding dirtbikes and ATV's, doing yardwork, and posting here.........................I have been both hated, and liked by many on this site in the past few months (the AG staff included...guess which category they fall into!). I can be hotheaded, especially when ganged up on...or hounded by closed minded people. I consider my hearing to be excellent. I listen to music often (though not enough to vinyl, of late). I've spent far too much money on vinyl reissues, the smell alone is intoxicating, the sound is even better! Like essentially everyone here, I think my system sounds better than any others I've heard...though I fully realize that I've not heard the several dozen (in the world) TRULY world class systems out there. My audio philosophy is that I want to hear what's on the recording, and not the listening room's contribution. And...Two channels suffice for music, with the out of phase information coming thru fine in a properly set up room (Q Sound, other dsp'ed fake "acoustics", or the real thing, especially in the LSC and Mercury Living Presence, where only 3 close arrayed omni's were used...bear this out). Room decor is of zero importance in any music listening room that I'll ever spend time in. The system will never, EVER be "in service" to interior decoration...even if I marry Sandra Bullock, and she wants it that way...I'd have to divorce her! I've been interested in audio since age 14. I enjoy all types of music, except most rap, and most "pop country" (Alison Krauss is very nice, for instance. I hate Winona, but her sister is killer!) Classic and 80's Rock are my favorite music; Dave Brubeck's "Time Out" is my favorite jazz recording. Charlie Mingus and Bill Evans are also top notch, as you know. I am also a speaker hobbyist, hope to get a manufacturer to "mass" produce at least one of my ideas at some point (I know, "dream on"). I record nature and vehicles/aircraft with a portable DAT, and may market these to the specialty audio consumer at some future time. I enjoy using Napster, and don't feel that it's stealing, any more than listening to FM radio is stealing. If the copyright law were clear on this issue, then it would have been resolved already, perhaps. If the RIAA ever manages to eradicate all free music on the net, then so be it...but I'll enjoy it while I can until then (I feel MPEG 1 Layer 3 is capable of 97% of the performance of the original CD...and that's good enough for me thru a CD-R on my CD player, since the files are free and blanks are cheap)...I do admit that most files are not of this quality, but it's fun to chase the phantom.....................I consider the person who started this thread to be a good friend, and rabid vinyl enthusiast who has been very kind and generous to me ever since I've started using this forum. I hope everyone here gets the enjoyment that I do out of this hobby, at least the listening part.
