Who R U?

I'm a new addition to the forum and probably won't be an active regular in the long term, but certain am enjoying being involved at the moment. I'm 32 years old, hold an engineering degree, currently work at a Navy shipyard and live in the Pacific Northwest. I have been happily married for six years.

I've enjoyed audio for a long time, but as with anything else, my paradigm has shifted several times on the meaning of quality audio equipment. In the past few months I've spend a little over $5,000 of hard earned overtime on upgrading everything related to audio. In fact, the only remaining things are speaker wires and some digital cables.

My real interest is rock crawling. I own a 1989 Toyota 4Runner that I've driven to Moab, UT multiple times and also to the Rubicon. I grew up wheeling in the mountains of Colorado where I grew up. I've done the hardest normal trails in Moab and still drive it on the highway so it's about as tuned as my audio system.

53 years young, professional chef, still only like 2 channel music but in the process of getting into surround sound.

39 year old project manager from georgia living in Trinidad thanks to the construction economy in the states. Wife and three sons are here and they all like my audio fixation. Best part about coming to Trinidad is that it forced me into smaller systems due to shipping and importation tax. Teak here is less than 5 dollars US per board foot so I have been making horns and single driver enclosures (thanks dave from planet 10) that look pretty good and sound amazing with the SET amp I bought here (thanks jayfalvo, I'm having a blast with the amp). Bought my first system from a Canadian here on A'gon a couple of years ago (naim, spendor and rel, awesome set up in my book) and I have been hooked ever since. I hope everyones experience has been like mine on A'gon, I have had no problems buying and every purchase has come with a wealth of knowledge for free. Anyway, thats me. Thanks, Tracy

Great to see such varied persons into audio. I am a 55 year old broadcast technician living in NJ with a wive and two kids in college. Oh, I can not wait for them to graduate and get their lives under way. Maybe I will then have money again for even better gear. Too all. I hope the new year, brings you new gear. Happy listening.

I'm Ray and I don't understand why people want to give their age. You are only letting yourselves be typecast. I want to be known for the substance of my contributions, not that I'm too young (haven't really experienced much, therefore don't give much weight to my opinions) or too old (he's way past the point of having reasonable thought processes so just disregard what this old fuddy-duddy is trying to convey. With that said, I am Ray, an audiophile and classical music fan. I like analog and vinyl. I have tube equipment and enjoy collecting originally pressed vinyl records, when and where I can find them. Occasionally, I will sell my duplicates on EBAY. I would really appreciate hearing your comments in reply to the "age-issue".