well here it goes. i have been involved with music sinc i was a kid. when i was in 5th grade i joined the boys chourus. and the church choir. so i was exposed to music early on. i remember my thrusters speakers by panosonic, that came with my rack system. one christmas day i opened that rack system up boy was i excited. my sister two years older got the same all in one system. any way i ran to my room and hit the wall. i cracked the plastic lid. my dad put a large piece of red tape on the crack. so to match he put a large pice on the other side. anyway my sister had the beegees on at full tilt, i still hate the beegees. anyway i counterd with ac/dc . i won. when i was in 8th grade i went to allstate chourus. i had started upgrading very early on to advent legecys ,sony 9000 receiver. then i found jbl. then the avr 1000 sony.after that a salesman named brett talbert said have you ever heard of hk? i said i have a 120 watt sony why would i want a 45 watt hk. he said it is a nother world, and it was. the first step into high end was because of george myrvos. he said your jbl pro moiniters are garbage. he introduced me to jbl xpl 160s and acoustat 1100s he compared them to my jbl 240tis. o boy i bought the xpls on the payment plan. then the cal audio aria . then hafler xl 280s run mono. then a counterpoint sa 1000 preamp. i was hooked. i wont even get into ivey johnson bringing me to the next level. anyway it is not how you get into the hobby. its that you are in it. their are gear nuts and music nuts. i love music like no other. but part of the experience is looking at my gear. i have had the best tubes and the best ss . and have audio and video all over the house.the idea of a high end system is to close your eyes and be takin away.
How did U get into this expensive hobby?
So I was up last night listening to my system and thought to myself, when am I going to be 100% satisfy with my set up. Just for once I like to listen without thinking well maybe if I can add this or remove that I can improve on this or that area. A mist all that I thought how did I ever got into this hobby any way? Well, the nightmare began for me when I was working in my college university's periodical section. We had over 3000+ magazines on file. The first stereo magz I ever picked up was the AUDIO annual price list which was about 300 or so pages of all major audio mfg. and models..also known as the audio bible; what ever happened to Audio magazine anyway? I remembered being so intrigued by so many brands that I have never heard of before and how the workmanship and industrial design seemed so much far superior than the average Kenwood and Pioneer back then (no offense to Kenwood and Pioneer owners). This was 10 years ago and I started by scraping every pennies I had to purchase my first NAD integrated amp. Although 10 years have passed, I am still scraping for money to own something new every now and then, but this time instead of pennies, it's dimes a nickels since my tasted have upgrade with my salery. It'd be interesting to hear how some of you fellow audigoners got started in this hobby. Upon adding to this thread, you'll find that you'll get a little grin on your face after spilling your guts out on how you began on this deep pocket journey and how far you have come. Happy Holidays guys and gals.