Nearly 70, and 50 years of audio experience, as a music lover and listener. A HiFi store owner, formally trained acoustical consultant, systems design architect and engineer, live sound engineer, home theatre enthusiast, and audiophile. Besides the wild ride, my career has given me exposure to the vast and varying scope of requirements as well as evolving technologies and classical tools used to meet those requirements. Every case is unique, and every client as well. If nothing else I have learned that there is no single right way to succeed in any of this. A lifelong commitment to continual education, deep understanding of the guiding principles, technologies, and a love of music - all types - has helped me separate the wheat from the chaff, and build successful systems for the enjoyment of my clients, and myself. Perhaps my hearing isn't what it once was, but along with other skills, learning to listen critically still helps me hear into the system, and into the music. And from that I still get great joy. I still feel that twinge of excitement when the needle hits the vinyl, a Pavlovian cue, I suppose.
After fifty years… amazing. What high end audio can be.
I am just enjoying my system. I am in awe of what an audio system can be. I have been listening to Bill Evans in the 60’s and 70’s on my system (see my userId). Having relentlessly pursued the high end for fifty years, alway stretching to achieve the next level. It is so rewarding to have a system that completely surprises and delights me each time I listen to it. What a treat…personally, really well worth the thousands of hours and dollars to achieve it. At 70, glad I did it.