Who R U?

I'm 27, and I've been in school for 9 years (M.A., political science, J.D.). When I got out, I was supposed to have a reasonably lucrative job lined up. Right after I signed a lease in DC (for $1100 a month, fairly modest by Washington standards), I got laid off from the job, before I even started it. So, I sold all my audiophile gear to get by. I had a respectable rig, too...Theta Data Basic II transport, MSB Gold Link III, Adcom GFP-750, cables, power cords...everything, gone. Oh! I did keep one thing. I'm the only dumb SOB on earth who has a one meter pair of Kimber Select 1030's running from his digital cable box to his television. But hey, that'll be my one building block when I can afford to get back in the game.

No you're far from dumb, Thedautsch! Your Kimber Select will be well broken in, once you restart building a system. May that be soon and the best of luck to you.

You're in good company Thedautch. I had a wonderful Accuphase system many years ago when I was in college (and about your age) and had to sell it as well to pay rent and eat. While I don't regret having to get rid of it given the circumstances, I do wish I still had it.

Ken

I guess I should post a bit about myself as long as I'm responding to other folks this thread. I'm 43, single – no children, and living in Silicon Valley. I've worked in the software biz since getting out of school and in my current position I'm managing a user interface development team at a down, but not quite out dot-com company. Lest you think that Silicon Valley startups are (were) a sure fire recipe for success, I’ll be happy to set you straight ;-).

During my time at college (2 stints, 2 degrees), I supported myself selling audio equipment at several mid-fi audio stores in L.A. and Santa Barbara. I'm not sure I can say that sales was an especially good fit for me, but being able to spend that much time with music that I loved was absolute heaven. Very often, when I’m looking down the barrel of a high stress, frantic production schedule, I think back on those days with a great deal of fondness.

Over the years, I’ve had a number of reasonably modest, nice sounding audio systems to support my love for music. A couple of years ago, thanks to an extraordinarily generous Nasdaq, I was able to manage a full upgrade to my audio system, which not so coincidently, was about the time I started conversing with the great folks here. I enjoy a pretty wide variety of music, which in recent years has included a lot of classical, jazz and folk, and every now and then a bit of good, hard edged rock (I've mellowed a lot with age, but not completely).

Cheers,
Ken

d99,
yeah, i sometimes miss the snow butmostly the FALLS at niagara. saw it an about 1am in feb, full moon, frozen over!! AWESOME!!!
.....regards....tr