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Former UNIX/Storage Admin, now retired as of Sept 2020. Born Chicago 1950, married, 1 married daughter, 2 wonderful grand-kids. Moved from Wrigleyville to northern IN(Valparaiso), BSCS from Ball State, career: Fermilab, Cray Research, United Health Care, Ecolab, Carlson Companies, IBM, Ameriprise Financial.

Family, music, audio equipment, running(can't anymore because of cardiomyopathy), American history esp Civil War, B E E R, and more recently not overly sweet seltzers.
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Sep 2, 1950 (Age: 73)
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Burnsville, MN
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VPI Aries/12.6 and 3D arm/Lyra Etna and AT33 Mono Anniversary, entire drive system replaced with Sota installed motor into Aries motor pod controlled by Phoenix Engineering Condor and Roadrunner, Channel D Lino C phono stage, Viola Crescendo linestage, Viola Symphony amplifier, GT Audioworks GT3.1R with Sound Insight SI-2000 open baffle subwoofer system, Analysis Plus Silver Apex speaker cables, Silver Apex interconnects, Marantz 150 tuner, Vitus SCD-010, Audioquest Niagara 5000, Audioquest Hurricane High Current PCs, Shunyata Black Mambas, Venom Defenders, Stillpoints ESS, Ultra 6, Ultra 5, Ultras, latest component stand, Apertures, Acoustimac DMD panels.
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Speakers: GT Audio Works GT3.2
Amp: Viola Symphony
Linestage: Viola Crescendo w/DAC card
Phono: Channel D Lino C 2.2
Digital: Project CD Box RS 2T + LTA LPS
Analog: Heavily modified VPI Aries I, JMW 12.6 arm, Lyra Etna, Stillpoints Ultra 5 under plinth, Ultra Mini's on motor pod, SOTA Eclipse complete motor drive system
Cables: Canare Star Quad: VPI Aries to Lino C, Lino C to Crescendo, Crescendo to Symphony; Analysis Plus Apex biwire spkr cables, Empirical Audio S/PDIF, Audioquest Hurricane HC PC, Shunyata Black Mamba PC
Other: Stillpoints ESS, U6v1 & 2, Ultra v1, AQ Niagara 5000, ADDPower Sorcer X2, Shunyata Typhon

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