I’m a 63 year old who started playing the piano at 6 and then the violin at 8. I switched to playing the stereo at 19 my first electronic device being a used Kenwood receiver and a pair of 3 way boxes set up in my dorm room. That was 1977. Cassettes and 8 tracks, Star Wars and Jimmy Carter. Life was …interesting.
How old are you?
No age is too young or too old. Just general curiosity about the average age of Audiogon members.
I’ll start. I’m 39.
I’ll start. I’m 39.
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bobo2006, Welcome to the new Golden Age of audio. In the first one we had a lot of obvious stuff like better amps and speakers going on. In this one things are a lot more ephemeral, to the point it is hard to say or even sometimes understand what is going on. In this one you can literally take all your old stuff and make it sound so much better than anyone back then could even dream of, and all by doing things hardly anyone back then could even imagine. Spring isolation platforms, little doo-dads called HFT, ECT and PHT, all kinds of wire and electric field control products, on and on. Who ever would have dreamed you could significantly improve the sound by wiping a microscopic amount of goo around on a spade lug? Improve detail and presence with a tiny strip of tape? It is just nuts what we can do today, to the point Frank can sit in his trailer and hear music the envy of many cost no object systems and rooms. You won’t be reading much about this in Stereophile. We are all over it here though! Welcome! |
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Welcome to A'gon. Hanging around this site, and participating in it, is far, far better than trying to glean honest information from the various audio magazines. Finding them to be a big waste of time, and an unneeded expense, I no longer subscribe to any of them. As a bonus, you can make some good friends here. Frank |
Cool thread. I am 63. I've been a 2 channel guy since high school. Never had much money in my youth so I had to scrape my equipment together. I finally made some money in the 80's and was able to cobble up some really cool (to me) systems. Always changing amps, preamps, speakers and cables searching for the best sound that I could afford. I got absorbed in critical listening. At one point I started a speaker business. Let me tell you, there is a lot more in the design and construction of good speakers than you may think. Needless to say that business did not gain any traction, but wow was it fun! In the late 90's I got out of 2 channel completely and went to what I refer to as background music. Sonos is a wonderful thing for background music. I am retired now and thinking about getting back into 2 channel. I have been studying this forum for the last 6 months and am blown away by the wealth of information available. Thanks to all the contributors! The other thing I noticed is that a lot of the gear I once owned is still out there giving music lovers loyal service. Probably more than you wanted to know, but as you can see I am getting quite excited. Bob- |
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...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 |
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 |
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. |