What is your OTHER passion?

B&W photography, cooking, playing multiplayer Descent3 (don't take that one too serious).

Jmcgrogan2, I'm not retired, a lot of my interests are seasonal. Never a dull moment!

Stereokarter, what does Albert prefer to consume?

Golf, gourmet cooking, photography, fine wine, travelling.

Scuba diving is numero uno, way beyond my passion for music and high-end systems. If I lived near the ocean, I doubt that I would own a high-end system. Wouldn't need it, because I would always be in the ocean. I am also an amatuer underwater photographer and videographer. I do the recreational vehicle thing with motorcycles, jet skis, and snowmobiles. My most vivid memory was diving in the warm, clear blue waters of the Caribbean on Sunday, flying back to Colorado on Tuesday, and snowmobiling to the top of a snow-covered, windswept mountain range in the Rockies on Wednesday. It makes you realize how small the world has become, and how diverse it's beauty is. I love music and reproducing it with high-end electronics, but there is too much more to life to make it my religion. Am I committing Audiogon suicide by saying this?

If I get another hobby I will need a good Lawyer!