As early as I can remember. My dad always had high-end, built his own kits, transmission lines, single driver speakers, etc. I grew up with music and audio, and it was pretty high-end for the time; at one point in the mid-70's, when I was a teenager, he had a prototype pair of Tympani 4's, triamped with all Audio Research tube gear, SP3 preamp, SP10 turntable, top Ortofon moving coil, etc. My cousin still has the speakers, I think. Then I took a long break from high end while in college and graduate school (living on a dollar a day--love those ramen noodles) and getting started in career. Just got back into it about 3 years ago; I'm making up for lost time.
When did it all start?
I heard a song this morning that reminded me of when I first became interested in music production and in audio equipment. I heard this song for the first time on my older brother's new system in about 1978.
He was home from university for the summer and having acquired a good paying job from a local chemical plant, had been in search of new equipment to replace his hopelessly outdated (and pathetic) "system".
I recall that he had gone to a "big city" to look for audio nirvanna and had come home with a technics reciever the size of a Buick, a technics turntable, a JVC top-load cassette deck and a pair of mammoth Acoustic Research speakers.
When he hooked it up in his 9' x 8' x 8' room and turned it on, I was hooked.
I was about 12 years old. Maybe I'm just feeling a little too nostalgic, but it occurred to me that this was an epiphanous moment in my life.
Did this happened to you?
He was home from university for the summer and having acquired a good paying job from a local chemical plant, had been in search of new equipment to replace his hopelessly outdated (and pathetic) "system".
I recall that he had gone to a "big city" to look for audio nirvanna and had come home with a technics reciever the size of a Buick, a technics turntable, a JVC top-load cassette deck and a pair of mammoth Acoustic Research speakers.
When he hooked it up in his 9' x 8' x 8' room and turned it on, I was hooked.
I was about 12 years old. Maybe I'm just feeling a little too nostalgic, but it occurred to me that this was an epiphanous moment in my life.
Did this happened to you?