are any of your friends audiophiles?

Plato, I too am a non smoker, as is every audiophile in my group. All together we have about 19 members, counting the infrequent visitors as well as the regulars.

It's a varied mix each week. I've had weeks were only one person was able to show up and weeks were there was no place to sit.

I would think Tucson would have a nice group of audiophiles, they probably do and you just have not discovered them.

It's funny, a couple of my newest members (people coming for less than two years) are guys that live near me and someone who came to listen ask if they could bring a friend. Turns out we all got along so well we now exchange email or speak on the phone at least once a day.

What worked for our group is my absolutely consistent meetings every week on the same day at the same time. I've been doing this for over 30 years and I actually have two guys that are part of that original group.

In the last couple of years I've picked up a couple of female members. Both absolutely love music and one has a very high end system. The other is a designer and I do photography for her company.

Tbg- I think to race anything you have to be a little bit crazy, 'cept for maybe hamster racing, although the saddle can get a little uncomfy.

I have converted a few. Most people do not get it (great sound quality)? What does one do...

I was just poking fun in my first comment. Truth be told we have SMAC Southwest Michigan Audiophile Club which consist of a core group of about fifteen or so members and a mailing list of about another fifty in its third year now. It is a good group of diverse folks including several turntable and tube amp designers and many of us who are just plain music lovers. It is loosely tied to AudioKarma.org and Karma Fest which is a once a year (weekend) festival/event of both manufacturers and DIY audio enthusiasts. Its primary focus is on two-channel audio with maybe half of the displays running tube gear and turntables. It may be the biggest/best showing of two-channel analog audio around. We would like to think it's so! It’s probably not the highest of high-end, but there’s little attitude and lots of enthusiasm and the members keep it real. So we truly have a rich culture of audiophiles in our area. Yet, my personal and primary focus has always been on live music and record collecting more so than listing to wires and that sort of thing. I would not trade my orchestra hall seats for a new cable of the month. Sorry.

Happy Listening!

I have a friend that has a very high-end system but he hasn't listened to it in over 2 years. Everytime I mention to him about a thread on Audiogon or an article in Absolute sound he changes the subject. Go figure!