What's your profession? Age?

53 y/o RN Case Mngr for Head & Neck Surgery Clinic, within DOD. Wife not so tolerant but am working with her...at her pace. (Loyd Walker has some Great suggestions on the subject of Spousal acceptance/appreciation of audiophile hobby). Daughter is ga ga over the whole thing....biggest supporter. 7.1 a/v system with tweeks = 35k.

22 years young. Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering student attending U. of IL. at Urbana-Champaign (I hate North Carolina).

No WAF to worry about for me :) I've owned my trusty McIntosh MC7300 power amp for over a decade and probably has over 10,000 hours on it. Do any of the high-end audio companies take interns?

still 35 but promoted! Warranty Service Manager, for a home builder, a big one.

I think my system is retails about 10K+; everything was swapped out this year.

Automotive Body Designer, I'm 47... and I still have more tied up in my record collection than in my two channel HiFi. The system includes the likes of Linn Sondek, Aesthetix, Atma-Sphere, & Coincident Techn. My very first Lp purchases were brought home (to my mom and dad's) tied to the handle bars of my blue stingray and included Sgt. Pepper (mono). Now I prefer mail order online mostly, although it does take some of the adventure out of it. The gear's great and I'm in it for the music. Cheers!