Hi to everyone here. JackD201 invited me to join and so here I am.
Perhaps I should start with a little history on how I got into audio.
I started operating my dad's system in the early 1970s when I was about 13 years old. He had a Dual turntable, Akai receiver, and some speakers whose brand name I no longer remember. I bought records and played them on my dad's system and everything was fine.
Then, in 1976, my last year in high school, one of my best friends who I have since referred to as the fake audiophile showed me his B&O beogram 6000 with matching beomaster 6000. They were sleek and beautiful to look at. The beomaster 6000 can even be operated by wireless remote control! I asked my dad to upgrade his system to a B&O system. He refused but gifted me the beogram 6000, beomaster 6000, Nakamichi 700 cassette deck and four Bose 301 speakers. His system stayed in the living room and the system he gave me was installed in the family room.
The next significant event in my audio hobby occurred during my university years when our family was having dinner with another family, an old family friend of our family. The dinner conversation drifted to my hobby, so naturally, I started to describe my system. Coincidentally, the son of the other family, who I will refer to as SC, was also into audio and told me that he had gone through the B&O and Bose path and that I should sell my equipment while they are still working as the bose speaker drivers tend to humidify then breakdown, while the beomaster 6000 controls are worked by rubber bands and these too do not last long. SC graciously invited me to join him in one of his almost nightly listening sessions. I naturally joined him in one of his listening sessions. By the first song, I was hooked. He had a Technics SP 10 turntable, Infinity black widow tonearm, Denon 103 cartridge, Audio Research SP3 preamp, Bryston electronic crossover, Audio Research D 150 amp driving Tympani planar drivers and a solid state amp driving subwoofers. SC also told me to read more about the hobby and told me to specifically read The Absolute Sound.
After I graduated from University and started earning, I was able to save up for my first system. Sonograph turntable, Sumiko premiere MMT tonearm, Grado 8 cartridge, Precision Fidelity C7 preamp, Precision Fidelity M7 power amp and Spica TC 50 speakers. I have since been buying equipment and keeping the ones that I really like. I now have a small room full of equipment I had accumulated from the early 1980s. From my first system, the Spica TC 50, which has undergone some modifications, still gets inserted into whatever chain is cobbled up in my listening room.
Perhaps I should start with a little history on how I got into audio.
I started operating my dad's system in the early 1970s when I was about 13 years old. He had a Dual turntable, Akai receiver, and some speakers whose brand name I no longer remember. I bought records and played them on my dad's system and everything was fine.
Then, in 1976, my last year in high school, one of my best friends who I have since referred to as the fake audiophile showed me his B&O beogram 6000 with matching beomaster 6000. They were sleek and beautiful to look at. The beomaster 6000 can even be operated by wireless remote control! I asked my dad to upgrade his system to a B&O system. He refused but gifted me the beogram 6000, beomaster 6000, Nakamichi 700 cassette deck and four Bose 301 speakers. His system stayed in the living room and the system he gave me was installed in the family room.
The next significant event in my audio hobby occurred during my university years when our family was having dinner with another family, an old family friend of our family. The dinner conversation drifted to my hobby, so naturally, I started to describe my system. Coincidentally, the son of the other family, who I will refer to as SC, was also into audio and told me that he had gone through the B&O and Bose path and that I should sell my equipment while they are still working as the bose speaker drivers tend to humidify then breakdown, while the beomaster 6000 controls are worked by rubber bands and these too do not last long. SC graciously invited me to join him in one of his almost nightly listening sessions. I naturally joined him in one of his listening sessions. By the first song, I was hooked. He had a Technics SP 10 turntable, Infinity black widow tonearm, Denon 103 cartridge, Audio Research SP3 preamp, Bryston electronic crossover, Audio Research D 150 amp driving Tympani planar drivers and a solid state amp driving subwoofers. SC also told me to read more about the hobby and told me to specifically read The Absolute Sound.
After I graduated from University and started earning, I was able to save up for my first system. Sonograph turntable, Sumiko premiere MMT tonearm, Grado 8 cartridge, Precision Fidelity C7 preamp, Precision Fidelity M7 power amp and Spica TC 50 speakers. I have since been buying equipment and keeping the ones that I really like. I now have a small room full of equipment I had accumulated from the early 1980s. From my first system, the Spica TC 50, which has undergone some modifications, still gets inserted into whatever chain is cobbled up in my listening room.
