My name is Lou and from my username I guess you can figure out what I think sounds best. I'm 46 years old and live in a Western suburb of Philadelphia and have been in Philly my whole life. I'm a diehard Eagles fan and typical Phrustrated Philly fan. Right now I'm in between jobs but have been in Real Estate and Property Management for the past 15 years. I have been married for 15 years and have a beautiful 13 year old daughter.
My next door neighbor growing up, Uncle Al, was a mfg rep for audio equipment and most likely was the one responsible for getting me into audio. I would be playing ball in the street with my brothers when Uncle Al would pull into his driveway and motion us to come over. He always had DJ Promo copies of albums to give us and other stuff. Some of the albums were junk but some were real gems, like the Doors/Morrison Hotel. He repped some cool gear too but I was pretty young then.
Jumping forward, I've been into this since my late teens/early 20's and have gone through a lot of gear since then. I used to have large collections of TAS, Stereophile, HFN & RR, HiFi Heretic & Listener magazines and would love to read the reviews and even worked for about 2 years selling mid-fi & lower priced hi end gear. All of those magazines are long gone and so is most of the gear. Right now, I'm enjoying Tim Rawson's Gainclone mono blocks thru a Superphon Rev Basic Dual Mono and Omega Grande 8 speakers. Pretty darn good for not a lot of money.
I've met a lot of really nice people thru A'gon but mostly scan the ads rather than read the posts. I love trading gear too and have traded a custom PP6bg6 amp to another a'gon member (Inrit) for his Tannoys and recently traded the Tannoys for the Omegas. Rounding out the current system is a Rega Planar 3, ads CD3, Nakamichi BX125 and a cheap but nice sounding Pioneer T500 tuner. Sorry for being so long-winded, thanks for reading! Louis
My next door neighbor growing up, Uncle Al, was a mfg rep for audio equipment and most likely was the one responsible for getting me into audio. I would be playing ball in the street with my brothers when Uncle Al would pull into his driveway and motion us to come over. He always had DJ Promo copies of albums to give us and other stuff. Some of the albums were junk but some were real gems, like the Doors/Morrison Hotel. He repped some cool gear too but I was pretty young then.
Jumping forward, I've been into this since my late teens/early 20's and have gone through a lot of gear since then. I used to have large collections of TAS, Stereophile, HFN & RR, HiFi Heretic & Listener magazines and would love to read the reviews and even worked for about 2 years selling mid-fi & lower priced hi end gear. All of those magazines are long gone and so is most of the gear. Right now, I'm enjoying Tim Rawson's Gainclone mono blocks thru a Superphon Rev Basic Dual Mono and Omega Grande 8 speakers. Pretty darn good for not a lot of money.
I've met a lot of really nice people thru A'gon but mostly scan the ads rather than read the posts. I love trading gear too and have traded a custom PP6bg6 amp to another a'gon member (Inrit) for his Tannoys and recently traded the Tannoys for the Omegas. Rounding out the current system is a Rega Planar 3, ads CD3, Nakamichi BX125 and a cheap but nice sounding Pioneer T500 tuner. Sorry for being so long-winded, thanks for reading! Louis