Who R U?

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

My name is Chris Field, Im 26, somewhat single, an Aquarius and I enjoy long walks on the beach and idle chit chat.
After barely making it out of highschool (1.6gpa) and not being accepted to any college (obviously) I figured that wasting my highschool carrer (while fun) was not the best idea.
I joined the United States Air Force in 1996 with a guaranteed job in the electronics field after scoring near perfect on the ASVAB ( cant believe people can fail that thing)
I lucked out and was assigned Telecom.
After 7 months of training I was assigned to Misawa AB Japan, where I first encountered good stereo equipment. I bought myself a good reciever and DVD player and ever since then I have been upgrading / overhauling my system.
After Japan I was stationed in Wright-Patterson AFB, Oh, (god that sucked. If there is a buttcrack of the world it is the state of ohio, no offence to anyone living there, you already have it bad enough)
I stayed their for a brief year and a half and got out of the military after my 4 years was up
I managed to grab the coat-tails of the telecom bubble and god a job at Time Warner Telecom working on DMS 500s, 5ESS, Seimans, STPs, SCPs, doing network surveillance as well as troubleshooting any / all customer troubles. This job I'm currently in probably has one of the meanest learning curves in the world, but the pay is ok and the learning curve keeps you busy. (how did I manage the 1.6gpa?)

In my telecom life I have installed/maintained/troubleshot Local PBXs, Electronic Key Systems, and DMS500 & 5Ess Class 5 switching systems. Ive installed Cat-5, spliced fiber(fusion) dug cable trenches and been electrocuted 3 times. (that explaines the nervous twitching ;)

Ive been into audio equipment for about 7 years, I started out in the mid-low grade, finally got myself a very very nice mid-grade, and now im looking to push it into the high-end of the spectrum.

I want to drive my carreer to High-End audio, but unsure of the path. With the PBX / cat-5 installation experience I'm confident I can install multi-zone systems, its all about running cables. I would like to try that, but have a hard time finding the time.

Im not married yet, but I have a wonderful girlfriend who is currently going to school full-time to become a massage therapist. Once she finishes it will open up a lot of my finances to the point that a $1000 monoblock is not completely out of the question. I have tried various times to get her interested in this twisted hobby, however, it just does not appeal to her whatsoever, however, she does not complain about it, because she does enjoy music and movies. She just doesent understand why im constantly moving the speakers a little, and dressing/re-dressing my cable management system.

Hi, I'm David, 58, living by the sea in Wales, UK. Married with grown up kids (one an investment banker, the other a pro rugby player in France). I work as advisor to a number of high technology companies and look after investors interests in high tech businesses.

My journey into audio started at college with the usual low cost set-up using British valve (tube) equipment such as Quad and Leak. Over the years system has developed (mostly forward, sometimes backward) through the usual steps with electrostatics (Quads, Dayton Wrights, Accoustats, Martin Logans) to a long and rewarding association with Infinity RS-1b speakers driven by Audio Research amps and today to Wilsons driven by Pass X1000 monoblocks.

Taste in music is very wide from Bach to Opera to reggae to pop. I like to go to the opera as often as I can (Covent Garden in London, San Francisco, Moscow) and I'm still striving to recreate that sound at home. Getting close but not there yet!

Besides audio, I run steam trains in the garden and I'm into photography and also fine wines.

Any audiophiles on the US side of the pond who need help, advice or a contact this side of the pond, please feel free to contact me.