Who R U?

i'm hoping i'll figure it out one day...

on the outside, 31 y/o, single, white male from upstate ny (schenectady). moved all over the world: belfort, france when i was real young (1 to 4); later, milan, italy (14 - 17) and tokyo, japan (17-18).

while in high school, attended the royal school of music for composition and piano performance, but gave it up in college because i thought i needed a more traditional degree. would love to get a piano again one day.

after college, moved to dc to work for the audubon society (still with them), and lived with my best friend (a dj at a club) for several years. the only vinyl i ever really knew was progressive house! we had two turntables, a mixer and my martin logan aerius setup in our living room, with milk crates filled with records all over the apartment. ah, those were the days :)

beside progressive house (BT, blue amazon, peter rauhofer, jr. vasquez, sasha, john digweed), i also love classical (chopin) and jazz piano (love dick hyman) and R&B. my all time favorite artist is stevie wonder.

oh, and my middle name is "dennis" (my father's first name). family calls me steve.

thanks to all who answered, it's great to get some personal details about some of you that i feel like i now know!

Glad to see i am not by far alone in my love for audio! I am 30 years old live in Woonsocket, R.I. married with a 5 month old daughter. Unfortunatly my wife does not share the same interest in this hobby. I don't make much money but all the spending money i get goes to my home system! I work for CVS, the warehouse, in woonsocket shipping all the good stuff out to the CVS stores. I started out with car audio at 16 years old, and ended up building a $25000.00 system in my 1995 gmc Jimmy, now i am building my home set up and will probably end up selling my system in my truck! There is no end to this maddness of our love for awesome audio sound but good to read about many of you fellow audiophiles! Sounds corny maybe to some but everyone calls me audiophil, being my name is phil and i just so happened to be addicted to this wonderfull hobby!

I am 45 years old and have loved music since I was 6 years old when I started playing the guitar, I now own over 30 of them. I have lived in New York/New Jersey most of my life. I play six different instruments today. I am married and my son is now seven (big kid z). Having him has been the greatest part of my life because he is so full of life and sure of himself at seven. My wife loves music also (Ella, Billy Hoiliday, Sara V) and she sings and plays the piano. We get out about one to two times per month to NYC/Philly to see live music. Allman Brothers in NYC in March is always the highlight because I learned every guitar lick from Duane and Dicky went I was younger. Brain Setzer was just out of this world recently also (gotta go see him if you can). I have been in sales for all of my life mostly in the financial industry in Real Estate financing. Hey, it's a living. I now live in an old country home on a lake with the typical stone fireplace etc. Life is always good. The down side is that I lost some family and friends in the WTC. It really made me realize that life is always too short. Anyway, I still have the same ten friends from high school that we see every month. Also five good friends from college that I stay in close touch with.

Thanks for reading and Happy Listening!

Always for the music, BigKidZ

Welcome Bigkidz. You obviously succeeded in the most difficult endeavour: recognising beauty & happiness in everyday living. Cheers to you & family!

Great to see so many in "my age bracket". I just turned 47 on 1/6/03. I have been into this hobby since my early teens, growing up in the Buffalo area. My single biggest audio epiphany was hearing how good a high power sound system could be made to sound in less than ideal conditions: the Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound PA!! I'll be a Bills fan till the day I die :) Went to college in Boston 1974-1979, and continued to live in New England until returning to the Buffalo area for grad school in 1986. My profession is as a librarian/IT professional. I have lived in South Carolina and Hershey, PA since leaving Buffalo for the second time. I currently live just outside of Philadelphia on the NJ side of the Delaware River. I have a son who is a college freshman, and a 5 year old daughter who started kindergarten this year. My wife is supportive of this insane hobby of mine in as much as is possible. We have a Shetland Sheepdog (Sheltie) by the name of Charli.
My other passions besides my family and audio are fly fishing and skiing