It was 20 years ago today...
@viridian Many happy returns, old sport! A’gon has me as a member since 1970 -- how’s that for early, eh! And my thoughts are with those that have left us and passed on. Patrick, I really miss you.Another uniquely gracious, knowledgeable, and deeply humane member is no longer with us: Detlof. In my book Detlof was one of the great men to have graced our earthly shores; a psychiatrist, philosopher, a unique human being, and an audio and music-phile -- happily (for me) because audio is how we met. Keep safe everyone! |
Mike, I don’t know if you remember, but several years back you were so gracious to host the Portland contingent lead by Jim Howard, another great friend no longer with us, and the indefatigable Colby Lamb, who is very much, still with us.i do remember that visit. you (and friends, if that works) would be most welcome for a return visit anytime. sorry to hear about Jim Howard, RIP. these days the traffic between Portland and Seattle is much less stressful.....but not sure how long that might last. i now have a Win Tinnon built Saskia model two tt, which i think Colby had a hand in some of the early machining/design. not sure if he was involved in my later version. i sure love this tt. i hope it happens and please PM me when it could work. i'm really 'over' the whole COVID issues and ready to host listeners again when they are game. we can mask or glove or distance to whatever degree (or lack thereof) you desire. |
Mike, I don’t know if you remember, but several years back you were so gracious to host the Portland contingent lead by Jim Howard, another great friend no longer with us, and the indefatigable Colby Lamb, who is very much, still with us. Thank you for your hospitality, I would love to visit with you again some day. |
I don’t know how I found Audiogon But it was around 10 years ago for me. I was active for a year or two then priorities shifted. Interestingly, I was still into audio, just not audiogon. I remember this place as having many knowledgable people and everyone was polite for the most part. Many of those people aren’t contributing anymore; it’s kind of sad. I learned everything I know from those people though. I also remember not knowing what a dac was but I knew ghat I needed one in order to make my stereo sound better, lol. I’ve been wondering if joining Audiogon insider would be good. Are those private forums? Seems like there are many people who’ve been into the hobby for 6months to a year and they speak like they have been around for 20-30 years. That combined with quite a bit of negativity is really off putting. Anyhow, not to rain on the parade! Congratulations to everyone here who’s been around for 20 years, or close to it 👍 |
I bought my Roksan Caspian on here in 1998 and other than a little static on the volume pot it's still going strong. Got my totem hawks here in maybe 2007 along with my Zu speaker cables. I swapped out a few different ones before sticking with these. Thanks for years of me searching for the sound and helping me find it. |
Thanks to all for the overwhelmingly positive response! Foxy mentions Albert Porter. I have been in the hobby for so long that Albert and I used to trade through Audio Mart, a print publication from before the invention of the internet. Back in those days we would think nothing of sending the gear before the check had arrived. Of course PayPal was many years in the future as well. |
Happy Anniversary Viridian. I know that it's been over 20 years for me, and they have my date wrong too. There are also members that I miss, like Albert Porter and Mike Lavigne. Some other members are still here. I do wonder where some members are or why they dropped out; but there are times when I've considered it myself, or taken a break for a bit. I still normally check in every day though. I used to look at gear every day and check the forums; but now it's less gear and more forums. All in all it's been a fun ride thus far. |
| Post removed |
I remember the early adopters and posters as well, but I don’t remember when I first found the site. My join date says Feb 1, 2001 but that’s just what got filled in when Audiogon adopted its new format. Looking through some of my transactions it looks like the earliest are from 1999 so maybe that’s when I joined. I do remember learning a lot from some of those early guys. |
January 30th 2001 was the date I joined. I don’t get to listen that much anymore since suffering chronic migraines a little over three years ago. I’m facing the unfortunate reality that I need to get rid of a lot of gear. It’s a tough decision to make. I still like to read the forums to retain some audio life and help with information when I can. |
@onhwy61 20 years and some. onhwy61 4,333 postshttps://forum.audiogon.com/users/onhwy61/posts?page=281 |
BTW, Anyone know when our little club house was launched? Hard to tell anymore. Several years ago when Audiogon changed the format many of the members actual start dates were lost in the change over from the old to the new. albertporter start date September 29, 1999. audiogon start date says July 17, 2010. Looking at audiogon discussion posts it shows his first post on January 31, 1999 member lookup https://www.audiogon.com/users/member_lookup . |
Cheers to you viridian. We have seen a lot of changes over 20 years, which was last October for me. Most amazing to remember back from when I could not comprehend a world beyond the CD to today when we don't even have to touch physical media. I mostly joined to buy/sell gear and upgrade and started posting later. I wish you well, and all of those who used to join in the discussions back when we were making cables and putting our gear on inner tubes. I hope those who don't post anymore are ok and have found something else interesting to do. |
When I feel introspective it’s kind of fun to look back at what I and others were talking about, or for that matter not talking about, back when I joined in 2001 to get away from the world events of the time. I started out using Audiogon to source equipment. After a year or so I started participating in the forums. It was fun. Now I’m back to (mostly) just reading the ads. Should change my moniker to 'oldbee' perhaps. :-) |
