92835, but been at 90025, 94404, 91108, 94065, ....forgot the rest. |
in beautiful sylmar, ca. former home of john bedini. land of big quakes. in '94, after some serious ground rolling motion, i was going to go into the living room and protect my the nak700 and tandberg cassette decks and tt.
THEN hell broke loose and i was sure we were in for a dip in ocean water (we live maybe 25 miles inland as the gull flies). i changed my mind and priorities in a split second.
i also experienced the '71 quake close up. i'm STILL not going back to live in buffalo, ny! (west side, near the peace bridge)
dont get me wrong, i have a deep love for buffalo and niagara falls. niagara (1/4) and lancaster (1/8) drag strips were my second home.
in LA here, the proximity to hifi shops is tremendous but overshadowed imho by the used record market. this could be called record collectors heaven. great music venues too, especially for jazz. the jazz bakery, catalinas, the baked potato (former hangout for grusin, carlton, rit, harvey mason, et al). and many other great spots to see jazz, and ive seen (and missed) some of the greats.
the best jazz station in the country (arguably) is here, kkjz, formerly klon at 88.1 fm and on the net ant kkjz.org (listen on line and join, its an npr station).
i have met a couple of online acquaintances and had some good times. met some industry notables too, bedini, schifter, joe grado, arnie nudell, cary christie,sao win, and john ulrich to name some.
if id done this in buffalo, i may have met dan d'agostino who used to hang there. b+k and magnum dynalab are made there.
im a city boy at heart and have lived and done work on the farms around canton, ohio as a boy. i found that theres no substitute for hard work and that its good four your soul as is being alone in the woods and pastures.
a good number of my best friends have had life transitions or death that took them away from me. i function well as a loner but value true friendship which is quite rare these days.
well, enough for self effacement.
.......regards.....tr |
The Best place in the world,Ft collins.CO,but due to the recent lay-0ff,have to move soon..hic-hic |
Is there anyone from Heaven out there?
I wonder if the internet chat is available there;^) |
Charlotte NC -- hey Bryans and South43, maybe we should get together! I've lived in Columbus, Chicago, Boston, Dallas, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Peoria and elsewhere. Right now, I'm enjoying it here. |
Marakanetz- I am told I am an angel does that count? |
Duluth Minnesota. I met a guy in the Minneapolis area, and wonder if anyone else is close. |
I'm out in the middle of nowhere in northwest Ohio. I know one other audiophile who lives about 30 miles from here. One of my best audiophile friends lives south of Houston, Texas; I met him in the Air Force in 1973. He now has his own company and makes high-end speaker cables and interconnects. Also have a good audiophile friend down in Tampa, Florida. He has a good taste for fine audio equipment and loves Mark Levinson and Thiel. |
So Bob is that where you got those Purist cables from? :o) Is your local friend Mark? I know he is some where in Ohio. Cheers! |
Woonsocket, R.I. the smallest state of all!!!
I am the only one i know of other than my friend Dalton whome we are always competeing on whoes system is better for the buck in our area! I hope to see more locals type in! I currently have a Outlaw 950 pre-amp with a Outlaw 750 amplifier. I have a Mit Z Stabilizer for my amps, oh yea my other amp is a Nad 2 channel where the Outlaw is 5 channel, anyway my other power conditioner is a Bybee, John Curl pro A/C conditioner. My front speakers are all the same three Klipsch RC7's in maple and the rears are Klipsch RB5's in maple, four of them. All upgraded power cords and silver interconnects and speaker wire! My subwoofer is a SVS 20-39+ and wow is it awesome!!! Finally my Tv is a HD toshiba 42" projection. Almost forgot i also have a Dennon 1600 Dvd player. |
Anybody in the Sacramento area, we have a good group going. |
Tim I realy envy you,
I wish I could someday have a computer in Heaven!:) |
Marakanetz- You just play your cards right and they make exceptions for that sort of thing ;) Until then enjoy the tunes! |
How's the Hurley Mountain Inn doing these days :)
I grew up in Hurley... now living near Princeton NJ |
Sballs- Haven't been through Hurly in many years, how ever the member with the moniker Winoguy17 lives there and I owe him a visit- I will keep my eye out for it. |
Sandy, Utah, 15 minutes from Snowbird and Alta (which has only 60% of normal snow fall this year). 50 degress today, and will be 50 tomorrow, but below freezing on the ski hill, even though it still lacks snow. Pray for snow. |
Born in the heart of Bensenhurst Brooklyn and then moved to Staten Island (along with everyone else from Brooklyn)! |
Etowah(Beautiful Valley In Cherokee), not too far from Ashville in western NC. |
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El Paso, Tx. Not the most beautiful place to live, but the weather is pretty nice year round. I like to play golf on the weekends, so I play year round. No, I don't ride my horse to work ! Things are fairly modern around here, believe it or not. So far, I'm the only die-hard audiophile I know in this neck of the woods. What few friends I have are mid-fi nuts. Even my good friend at the only high end store here has moved into the home theatre scene just to make ends meet. |
The jazzmonk is in carmel, ca.... that b me. |
Wilton, Connecticut (50 miles NE of NYC). |
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On the edge, not the hype edge, the one you can imagine. |
Alaskan panhandle. WE really are isolated here on an island. Thank goodness for Audiogon and mail order!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Newtown Connecticut, with 140 acres of cow farm on two sides of my property. Sometimes you can really smell the "dairy air". |
I once met a man who owned a pig farm who had a beautiful home surrounded by the worst smell all day long. I asked him how he stood the constant bad odor. He took in a deep breath and responded, " Ahhhhhh, it smells like money to me." |
Home of the 2003 NCAA Basketball Champs, Syracuse, NY. My system isn't that great but i'll soon be upgrading to Rogue, Jolida, and Tyler. By the way i travel to the west side of Cleveland, Oh many times a year.
Tommy |
Tuftonboro New Hampshire on Lake Winnipesaukee. |
Denver, and I have actually toured the famed Avalon factory with a friend that used to work there. Now thats some furniture that sounds great. Too bad I can't afford it. |
Went looking for some Marinco IEC connectors the other day - what an experience! (at the nearest Grainger : "whut's an eye-aye-say kunnecter"? Or the local "hifi store" - me: "do you carry any tube equipment?" them: "they stopped making that stuff in the 70's, why would you want that?" ;-)
getting warmer and more humid by the day... |
Littleton Co, Just a couple miles south of Columbine, the biggest media frenzy since OJ.
Littleton is great, best place in colorado. Everything else is either too yuppy or too violent.
I think i saw a couple other colorado folk in this thread. I gotta admit, i have no Audiophile buddys xcept all you people here on the 'GON
ANyone in denver ever wanna check out gear and drink some beer feel free to let me know! |
Chippewa Falls Wisconsin.
I don't anyone within driving distance has over a $300. rig. No hi-end stores,no audio friends,nothing.
HELP!!!! |
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Down the road in Rochester, NY.
Few people here to speak with on stereo, fewer regarding tube. Due to NY location, mostly McIntosh, always looking for good tubes. Have Klipsch Speakers. Don't know more to begin but contact me if there's interest or info needed.
Whl248 |
I live in The Woodlands, TX, which is 35 miles north of Houston. If you're in town, please look me up for a non-alcoholic beverage of your choice. Nothing against booze...I just don't have any because I don't like it. |
North Kingstown, Rhode Island. I'm sure I am the only one in this state who has Avalon loudspeakers. My boat's name is Eidolon, how sad is that? |
Halfway across the world...New Delhi,India |
Detroit Lakes Minnesota. About an hour East of Fargo, ND, and about 2 1/2 hours West of Minneapolis. Pretty slim pickin's for stereo shops, or people to listen with around here. Wife thinks the $80.00 boom box is just fine. :-(
Paul |
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Omaha, Nebraska. The only "hi-fi" store has recently gone all digital! |
David99-
I saw from your post that you are from Perry. I grew up on the other side of Wyoming County from you in beautiful Arcade, NY. Spent my formative years as a slope rat at Blumont Ski Area and drooling over stuff at the old Purchase Radio store on Transit Road in West Seneca. I now reside in Burlington County NJ about 20 min from Princeton and the Record Exchange. I still drive right through Perry on 20A to visit friends and family in East Aurora. |
Northern New Jersey. Bergen County |
I'm from Chile, specifically from Santiago, the capital.
I'm 25 years old and work for a Dutch owned shipping company. I have had the plesure of living in the US (NJ) and travelling around Japan (you wouldn't believe the audio gear I saw), South America and Europe.
Thanks and Regards,
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Tim Iam from the Philippines moved here 24 years ago,
in Highland Park,Illinois. I use to live in New Jersey
Hackensack,but moved back here, my family are here,
So many audiodealers here, but most of them, I dont
care about them.My location is 30 minutes north of
Chicago,Very close to Music Direct, I shop there in
person.This is another good thread.By the way, we did
email before, thanks for the advises. |
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Erie Michigan, 1/2 mile north of Toledo Ohio, 60 miles south of Detroit. |
Moose Lake, Minnesota.......About 1-1/2 hours north of the twin cities and about 45 minutes south of Duluth on I-35.
Hello to 'Jadem6', 'Elmuncy', and 'Ppridday', let's talk. |
Oshkosh, Wisconsin-- "the beat to hell boombox with wires hanging out the back" capital of Wisconsin ;)
No high end shops to be found and I've yet to meet an audiophile here. Most people around here can't fathom the idea that I have a $3K turntable rig, and think a tube amp must be some kind of sausage-making device...
...and what high-end dealers I've been able to find within hundreds of miles get a little weirded out that a 20-something year old dreadlocked hooligan such as myself would have a high-end system (except for one in Madison who sold me my Conrad Johnson). Once, I nearly got in a fight with a salesman at a local "record store" who wouldn't believe such a thing as a cartridge alignment tool existed. The place was chock full of NuMark and Gemini direct drive turntables and Monster Cable. That was a fun one.
Anyone around the Fox Cities, speak up! |
Dallas Fort Worth Area. Any audiophiles out there? Under the home theater storm, we are becoming endangered species, arn't we?
GD |
