What's your profession? Age?

Age 39, and will be 40 next April (and pretty damn proud of it too). I am Computer Support Specialist. I currently make about $50K a year, and I am not married, nor do I have any children. I guess when you don't have a spouse or any kids to deal with, then you can probably afford this hobby.

I've been a Computer Support Specialist for six years, and have been an audiophile for almost twenty-five years.

And last (if not least), I don't have an $80K system either. Cannot afford it. I have rent (and saving up for a mortgage), an automobile, auto insurance, credit cards, food, and utilities to deal with. So, that pretty much precludes me from getting an $80K to $100K audio setup.

So then, my audio setup retails for $7K, and my home theater retails for another $3K.

I guess that puts me lower on the totem pole, right (LOL)???

--Charles--

Now that we have all your careers and ages, how about downloading a current photograph of yourself so we can see what you look like. Have you ever talked to someone on the phone for years in a business relationship and then you finally meet them and your jaw drops because they didn't look, even a bit, like you had envisioned them ? I once had a business relationship with a woman who had the most seductive voice that if I weren't married, I'd take her out just to have her talk to me. When I finally met her, well, I was embarrassed, needless to say, when I was trying to decide which was prettier, her or my dog's rear end...

I am a 45 year engineering manager for a medical imaging company. I am back into high end audio after a long departure. I am working on spending around 5K for our next new system a tube and solid state hybrid of sorts. (I have found it very easy to quickly spend much more!) In my experiences with video/imaging I have also discovered alot of analogies with video and audio in terms of our perceptions. However, I still find audio much more of a mystery and music has much more of an impact on me.

I'm a 42yo distinguished engineer at one of the big three-letter computer companies.

I am a corporal in the second largest State Police agency in the U.S. and I am 45 years old. I have been an audiophile since my freshman year in college many moons ago.
My system is currently worth about 40k. after numerous upgrades with many more to come.