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Who Do You Credit For Getting You Into This Hobby?

I didn't know which forum to post this in so I hope it's alright to have done so in "Speakers".

When you look back over this obsessive hobby of ours, who do you give credit for helping you take the plunge? I am extremely grateful to Albert Porter and John Fort, who were salesmen at Arnold and Morgan (Dallas) in the mid-to-late 70s (I believe Albert might actually have been the sales manager), and spent a lot of time with me to assist in finding the best system for my tastes and budget. They also treated me the same as their male customers, and never made me feel like the minority (female) that I was in this particular hobby. Their love of the hobby was infectious, and I quickly became enamored with the quest for getting the sound right. That first small system was comprised of a middle-of-the line Yamaha receiver (1977), Yamaha speakers, and a Dual turntable. I still own the Dual turntable and have kept it for its sentimental value. It is currently not in use although it is still operational almost 30 years later.

So, thank you, Albert Porter and John Fort, for taking the time to help me all those years ago. It's also evident here at Audiogon that Albert continues to help all of us as we pursue this endeavor, a few of us much older than when we originally began the journey.

--Mary
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dweller
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The Nuns at St. Mathias grade school?
In second grade, they walked our class into the assembly hall where a chamber orchestra (Chicago Symphony members?) of about 15-20 members were gathered.
That morning, I vowed someday to play the French Horn!

Hugh Hefner?
Man, That stereo built into the headboard was to DIE for!

Mrs. Saucier? My high school "music appreciation" teacher?
Every day for a week she played selections from "Grand Canyon Suite" followed by some from "Rodeo".
These started to penetrate my "top 40" saturated brain and ultimately won my "appreciation". Thanks Mrs. S

Jimi? Eric? Jimmy? Duane? Johnny?
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gliderguider
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My father. He's a classical violin amateur, and I grew up with constant music coming from a console hi-fi. Then in 1974 he decided to get a real hi-fi, and came home with an AR XA table, an SAE Mark XXX pre and Mark XXXI power amp, and a pair of Heil ESS AMT1 speaks. I was hooked.

For his 80th birthday two years ago I gave him a pair of B&W 804N speakers to replace the Heils that had just died. He drives them with the same electronics, and he's tickled pink.
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fdaltoaolcom
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When I was a little kid I used to sit right in front of my parent's Magnavox mono console (tubes of course), with the volume up loud. My Mom, who died two years ago, was a big Elvis fan and I loved listening to her Elvis records on that Maggotbox, I mean Magnavox. Later on, my parents had a transisitor GE stereo console that sounded OK. Then, when I was about 16, my younger brother went on a trip to Aruba with my parents (I wanted to stay home and party) and he came back with a complete Sansui component system. When he played Simon and Garfunkle's The Boxer on that rig I could hear instruments in the mix I had never heard before. Wow, that was it for me, and I've spent 36 years chasing systems that enable me hear deeper into the music. But I don't credit (or blame) my brother, it would have happened sooner or later anyway, I think it's in the genes.
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marakanetz
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...to my both ears.
mrtennis
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as i understand, audiophiles don't like the sound of instruments, they would rather suffer through bad recordings as proof that their systems are accurate.
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