Who R U?

jphilips: let me echo david's welcome. boy, if we get any more physicians on board, we're gonna need a hospital administrator just to monitor them. ;^] . kelly

Joe- Glad to hear from you and best of luck with your health. You'll find that there are lots of reformed hippies and the like here, who started in hifi in the 60s, got away from it and then came back as life and circumstances allowed. If music is important to a person, they'll probably get back to it sometime/somehow.

BTW, you'll find lots of great digital gear here you can try for a fraction of new, even while the format wars are getting worked out, altho I did it the other way around and am now assembling a used analog rig.

Thanks for the welcome, y'all. Just been listening to Jeff Beck and Todd Rundgren on the TT. Just found out my neurologist (I've had MS for a long time) died of a brain injury after a bike accident in a MS bikeathon in TN this past weekend. He was a world famous MS researcher and a nice guy. Life is short - enjoy it while you can. I continue to work and do my research despite my chemo. Also listen to all the music I can.

Joe

Amen, Joe, if I may say so. Your words give strength.
And let's all keep the ball rolling whatever happens...
Greg

Alright guys...here goes. I'm in my late 30's (unless you're reading this after 2002, in which case, I'm in my early 40's!). I've loved music all my life. At age 10 I used to lock myself in my grandmothers dining room under several blankets with a portable radio & a cassette recorder waiting for my favorite songs to come on so I could make myself tapes! I bought my first compact when I was 14 (two paper routes) and have been upgrading ever since. My big break came at age 18 when I landed a job at Lyric Hi-Fi here in White Plains (a satelite store to the famous Manhattan location). My thanks to Steve Zipser, then manager, David Wilson, my mentor and Mike Kay, infamous owner, for feeding my addiction. Over the years I've been a DJ, a program director, a sales consultant at several audio shops or departments and other music related jobs and/or hobbies. I'm especially proud that our store sells string insruments because I can attest to the fact that we know music. I'm currently in the process of producing a record, a jazz trio, that is coming out even better than we hoped. I've listened to more gear than I can re-count. One of my basic philosophies in dealing with so much pre-owned equipment is, if it gets my foot tapping, I know it has a place in someones system, somewhere. I love this hobby! (The business on the other hand ...Thanks,
Mario