A colleague asked me about a McIntosh amp her great aunt had left her because I was mechanically inclined. Right after that there was a NYTimes article on tube amps ( 2006/7). Got a wild hair bought a used Primaluna PL2 int amp and never looked back. Had about 100 albums from college and just started to build. all tubes except for the CDP which I route through a tube DAC :) and have eadded about 1500 albums since
Decisive moments your your audio journey
Have you had any truly decisive moments in your time in this hobby?
I would have to point back to the first time I ever heard Magnepans, it was a “whoa what was that moment?” moment. That was in the 1980’s. It was the first time I ever truly heard reproduced music that got the midrange right, without it being squished