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Old enough to know better than to spend a thousand dollars on an interconnect. |
I see. So does your caretaker know approximately when dementia set in?
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73...As we age our brain continues to process music even if suffering from advanced forms of functional brain diseases. Altzhiemer's studies show the hearing centers in the brain are the last to go! So if your ears work you may find, as I have, when your knees, and eyes, and lower back give out, as they will without exception if you live long and whether you prosper or not... I can still get a platter on the turntable or a disc in the CD or tune-in public radio stations for symphonies, jazz and blues...and make it back to my chair. Where is that Beefheart album? Turn it up. |
762 months old according to my mother, but not for long. Next month, I will be 763, or 443 dog years. |
Old enough to have seen Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Chicago (with the horns), and remember the new release album Abbey Road. But not old enough for Woodstock. My parents told me I wasn't allowed to go. |
62 trips around the sun as of today! 12/19/1958 |
I'm 738 years old (a vampire) |
I will be 76 in 3 weeks, had my first stereo system at age 15. |
73... And still like large advent speakers.. Pioneer1010 receiver.. McIntosh poweramps
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80 years. I became a budding audiophile in 1956 when I built an Eico HF20 integrated amplifer. Hooked a cheapo Garrard turntable with GE cartridge to it, and fed it to an Electrovoice 12B loudspeaker that I installed in an Argus bass reflex cabinet. That got me through my senior year of HS and six years of college. Went stereo then, and never looked back. |
65, going on 72. No shame in getting older. No glory in staying young.
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It's not polite to ask an Audiophile's age. Besides age is nothing but a number.
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you know what happens if you live long enough...you get old. be grateful, it's a privilege not enjoyed by everyone.
that said, I'm 66.
always loved music and remember spinning my Mom's 45s when I was about 5-6 years old. got my first fold out record player about age 11-12. serious gear started about age 17, which would have been 1972 |
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64, and glad to hear I’m nowhere near the oldest. Grew up near Chicago and would go to concerts all over the area. Most memorable: ‘75 Who with Keith moon; ‘73 Wishbone Ash at the Kinetic Playground; Zappa on Mother’s Day several times at the Auditorium theatre, when they spun a female inflatable doll on the microphone and then were banned from performing there; Yes with Wakeman, twice; having to decide between Zappa and The Moody Blues that were playing on the same night, went to see the Moody’s(much better seats), still picture looking down and watching them perform! And many more..
I had two older sisters that had a stack of ‘45’s three feet high, they would play loud music and use me as a dance practice dummy. I would ask, What pills mother gives us don’t do anything at all??... and then...LP’s!! I still have a few of theirs I kept.
Then trouble started...A friend worked at Panasonic in Des Plaines, IL., during senior year in HS, 50-70% off, enough said, ...45 years later, my system costs more than my house!! I love playing records I bought in HS, remembering my parents banging on the ceiling “TURN THAT DOWN”!!!
Great forum idea!! Thanks for listening! |
I have the humor of a 5 yr old, the maturity of a 12 yr old and a body that says i should be dead. |
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Dang, a bunch of old dudes!
54... yeah I’m one! Haha! Still feel (or wish I did) like I did at 20. Good health is a blessing! First “stereo” was a Fisher “integrated” MC-4530 TT and all. Loved that thing.
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62... but still act 18 (according to my wife). |
69, just to clock in...
Graduated HS in '69, so a nice symmetry there....*S*
Mental age: Debated, but I'm happy with it.
Intellectual age: Since most seem to have difficulty relating to my posts, I'll count it as a draw...
General apparition: One with the Mona Lisa stare, but shades of gray. |
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First concert, The Beatles, September 13 1964, Baltimore Civic Center. |
68. After I left home to work at 18, some new friends dragged me to a few concerts in late '70 and early '71 before I went to college. The first two were King Crimson (I had never heard of them) and Jethro Tull, who I had seen on TV. Both were magnificent. At college I roomed with electrical engineers one year who introduced me to much better audio equipment than I had encountered until then. They started the rot. |
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Graduated from Advent to Adcom GFA555II and Dahlquist DQM9’s in 1986.
Graduated from Adcom and Dahlquist to Conrad Johnson, Pass Labs (Phono preamp), Rega RP10 with Apheta 2 and EgglestonWorks Viginti’s in 2018.
I am not getting old enough fast enough. |
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I’m 65 and have been pursuing better audio gear for about 20 years.Always loved music but didn’t really know what was out there as far as gear until one day I wandered into a local hi-end audio emporium. I’ve been hooked ever since even though I don’t have a situation where going for the best of the best would be wise. Nowadays I browse audiogon and US audio mart and sometimes spring for a real deal of slightly older gear in mint condition . Really really have enjoyed hi-Rez streaming and all the music it makes available for a reasonably modest subscription fee.
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60, look 50, feel 30, most days. I did that Teloyears thing last year and my body age was 39! |
65 in a few weeks. Feel 45 and look 50 at most. Very strict diet for last 30 years and modest exercise with no unhealthy habits. I never want to be a kid again, love being an adult. Inferiority complex and fearful of everything as a child with an average IQ, despite having the best parents and good middle class lifestyle. As an adult, highly accomplished, now comfortable, happy and grateful (despite my despair over our country’s political domination by incompetents and Marxism among younger generations). |
For the past ten years I've wanted to ask this simple question. Greatly appreciate the responses, everyone. I especially enjoyed the stories and insight.
By chance did anyone run the numbers for us to determine the average age of respondents?
Don't worry, I did. We have a sample of 182 data points (pretty good). Outliers are 21 and 88 years of age. Some of the answers were just too cryptic for me to figure out and some didn't answer - which is perfectly okay!
Drum roll, please, on this Christmas Eve Eve...!!!
...61 is the average age from the responses provided so far. Here's the math: 11135/182 = 61.18.
And here's the breakdown by age group:
20-30: 3
30-40: 2
40-50: 15
50-60: 42
60-70: 88
70-80: 27
80-90: 5
I was expecting the average to be a little lower, somewhere around 50. Tallied the numbers a couple of times, but if anyone wants to check, feel free. Curious to see what average you come up with!
Happy Holidays and to a better New Year, Audiogon!
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Thanks for this very informative thread....
Merry Christmas to all....
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Will be 41 this week. Audio has been a hobby since my teens. First concert was STP, rip Scott weiland. |
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Discovered high end around 33. Started around 43. Am 50 now. Likely would have started as a youngster if a bit of spending headroom had allowed. |
I'm fit and skinny and just marked my 6th decade. I'm in better condition than most 20 somethings. Now I have Sonos all over the house. |
I just turned 77. My main system consists of a sansui g9000 receiver; pioneer pl 518 turntable; pro-ject tube box ds; Benz micro gold mc cartridge;2 mint dahlquist 20 speakers & an onkyo dx 7555 CD player. Joy!!! |
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62 and a half almost to the day. I've been blessed with good hearing and easier access to weed. |
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Slbjbb:
if you weren’t old enough to go to Woodstock, you weren’t old enough to see Hendrix. Hendrix died shortly after.
I was at the Hendrix New Years concert at the Fillmore.
I was almost at Woodstock, but our VW van broke down on RT 97, about thirty Mike’s away. We could have walked. But we didn’t. |
20 then BACK to 19, I lost a little toe.. Been stuck there for 45 years..:-)
If we were meant to count that high we would have that many fingers, thumbs, and toes.. Simple..
19...
I had one friend had 24 fingers, thumbs and toes, oldest guy I ever new..
Merry Christmas |
Old enough to know better young enough to learn.HELLO!!!!!!!! |
There was a poster on Agon who I believe was 97 (stated he had learned electronics before WW2 and if memory serves did once list his age) and I saw him post as recently as July or so. Forget name but hopefully he still around and will check in here as he would blow the top off the age record on this thread as it currently stands |
...only needed one nap whilst reading this thread, so that would make me 74. House parties with live music with extended family created the need for fidelity, especially timbre, realism to actual sounds. Tossed out of school band as a drummer by Mr. Noise (yes) in Jr High created the rebel...in the pursuit of deals, tweaks, and arcane brands. Resonance IS the enemy, but for the drivers. Broadway and Boston theatre, Chuck Mangione live, mostly unamplified & Little Feat Waiting For Columbus the early highlight of live sounds. Ray Charles highlight of Genius. US Marine Band 2nd row center highlight for proper dynamics. Traveling NYC Opera productions highlight of controlled vocals. Portland (ME) Symphony Orchestra highlight of full roar orchestra. Nearby Steinway Model D, small venue, highlight of solo piano goodness. Dedicated studio DIY speakers, tube goodness and spot on DSP delivering joy-filled, audio dotage! Onwards! HNY and Best for 2021!, More Peace, Pin |
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You are too young to be here.... 😛 |
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