Audio equipment and cars...enthusiast thread...

So how's Dean Kamen doing these days? Segway was a bit of a flop....no? Anyway, shall I assume that your amp is battery powered as well....Rowland??

for me, i just like classic designs - from electronics, to furniture, kitchen cabinets & appliances, lamps, clothing, and ofcourse, automobiles (although i have yet to learn how to drive...)

i am an engineer/designer wannabe, but too lazy and talentless to be one. so i am literally paying for it (not being an engineer/designer).

i am also just a dreamer who wishes his investments in options will sky rocket someday so i can buy all the great designs of the world.

audiogon, audio asylum, and audio circle are like therapy for me. thank god for them!

scottie

Elgordo, You said....

I have a Nikon D70 and a 1911 government model .45 automatic which has had a LOT of custom work and sports a hard chrome matte finish and rosewood grips. It is a pleasure to look at and to shoot.

I can relate.

I have A Nikon F5 and a D1X, plus two Custom Colt Officers 1911's. One custom built by Wilson and one by Carter (about 3K each).

I also love cars, when I was young I raced big block GM stuff (late 1960's), later graduated to Porsche and when I got married and I had to be "responsible, moving into turbo Volvos with approved "hot" after market packages.

Currently I drive a GMC Yukon. It's the appropriate vehicle to haul all my photo gear and keeps me from harm from the crazy drivers where I live.

Still, I look at it and realize I’m becoming too "mature."

ahh, uhurit, my "fancy pants" M3 will eat your Viggen as a light snack. Enjoy your ride without insulting others, especially when your claims are laughable.

As far as the original thread topic, I simply appreciate elegant mechanical engineering and beauty. To design something of beauty is one thing...but to couple that with high function & performance is an achievement indeed!

Triode,
I didn't mean to insult your sensibilities. What is laughable,though, or rather, ironically sad, is grossly overspending money for the sake of prestige, be it a "fine german automobile" or a "giant killer" audio equipment.
But then, to each one his own...