What made you select "audio" as your hobby

I don't consider listening to music a hobby. The gear thing is just an obsession with shiny objects that I can't seem to shake.

I was building "tube and knuckle" scaffold inside a nuclear reactor and I had this song goin thru my head. And I thought.... this sounds better than my "Alpha-Newtron" reciever with bose speakers. I gotta do things different.

I like music.

I like building things.

That's a good combination when the physics of most commercially available speakers are inherently flawed and the parts cost of top-notch drivers+cross-over electronics yields five-figure MSRPs.

Drain Bamage.
Chazzbo

Nature, or nurture? Frankly I'm not sure.

My dad owned a TV/Audio shop - sales, install, repair. I went to the shop with him on Saturdays at a very early age (4-5). He'd work, and set me down with a screw driver, pliers, and something harmless like a broken up phonograph. While not doing that I'd just wander around the stacks of amps, speakers, TVs, or just watch him or his partner work on repairs.

That's the equipment part. I also have always liked music. My whole family did.