Who R U?

welcome Patmatt

Thanks for the welcome folks. I must confess that there was a little period between two channel and home theater when things weren't so charming, but things are much better now.
It's a bit like the stock market nowadays. Short term insanity vs. long term rewards.
Thanks again for the welcome!

Hi.. 6hrs of getting to know everyone in audioland is not recommended, due to the fact I've forgotten most of you. I'll have to go back & update myself as I read the posts. I'm a 36yr old Marketing Director in Hong Kong until next year (Korea next) I left England when I was 21 & moved to frankfurt, then to Japan & now here. I've been a music fan since listening to radio caroline late at night on a small radio which was given to me by my grandmother. As far as high end equipment... A distant relative (AMP/Speaker designer)introduced me when I was 15. He took me into a side room of his house. There were 2 huge alabaster angels holding lights, a sofa, lots of equipment which had no flashing lights & a pair of huge KEF speakers... I can't remember now what he played, but I do remember being gobsmacked at how good music could sound.
Now finally for the last year, I'm beginning to realise my dream, although small time right now. I still love my system & I'm looking forward to updating as time goes by... Denon AVC-A10SE-n,B&W CDM 7SE's,Pioneer DVD DV-S838A (Haven't seen a review of this yet?)& a Grundig Fine Arts Digital TV. All of my hardware was bought on the strength of, advice or recommendations I've read at Audiogon "THANKS EVERYONE" I lack alot of technical knowledge (Check out my Home Theater question posted today!), but I do possess over 2000 CD's.. 80% english bands etc. My wife is Japanese & has no interest in music whatsoever? I still can't understand how such an important thing in my life has had little or no importance in hers? I now buy an antique for our appartment with each hifi addition... Kind of disguise!
I too love fast cars, I hope to get a racing Lotus Elise next year & like many of you good wine seems to go well with great music... I look forward to reading all of your excellent comments & recommendations for many years to come. Cheers!

I'm a 20 year old entrepreneur/college student. i currently am in my 2nd year at California State University, Long Beach which i attend full time, and i also started a business with 3 friends (Pacific Coast Acquisitions, LLC.) in which we purchase properties that are in foreclosure, do a little handy work on them and then sell them on the market for the going rate. right now we're in the middle of our second year and we have 13 properties in our possession and growing. my system is only worth a piddly $7-10k, but i only paid around $5000 for it. its in the virtual systems under my moniker if you're interested in checking it out.

I am 38 years old, single, and living in the midwest at the moment (recently moving here from California). I have a dual Degree in Electrical Engineering, and in Marketing. I have been employed as a technical sales person in the aerospace industry, the auto industry (OEM Electronics), the IC industry (selling high speed linear devices and A/D, D/A chipsets) and now work for an IT company (Yes, I move to a new venue about every five years... I get bored very easily, and am constantly looking for new challenges). As a musician playing the piano, string bass and electic bass, I have spent many a nights trying to decide weather to listen to my stereo, or to just play a tune on my own. This love of music, is what drew me into high end stereo in the first place. I have been through at least 15 high end system iterations, since I was 17 years old. I have owned many of the big name speaker brands, (along with a couple real stinkers)...such as : Magnepans, Polks (arg!), DCM , Spica, Acoustat, Infinity, Magnepan (the only brand I ever owned twice) and Legacy Whispers. As I have become wiser over the years, I have learned that there is no such thing as a perfect component or speaker. As an Engineer, I have found many failings in virtually every big name audiophile component or speaker. (One designer does this part right, but completely misses the boat on another parameter etc...) My findings have led me to modifying virtually everything I currently own. I'm not talking about power cords here, I'm talking about better IC's, better caps, better wire (especially in most speakers). A simple "holistic" look, at each component and speaker design, from beginning to end. (Whoever said that the weakest link is the best your system will ever sound, was dead right). What many audiophiles don't realize is that their particular component or speaker is itself, "a box of many weak links". In my findings one designer seems to overlook something that another does correctly, but the other guy drops the ball somewhere else. It is my humble opinion, that if someone did everything right (for a resonable price, and it CAN be done), he would corner the market. I have been ardently looking for that "Holistic" speaker or component designer, but the only guys that come close, are selling their products for rediculous prices. I just can't stomach the $1000 - $5000 speaker wires, and $5000 - $20000 amplifier prices. As my quest continues, I will be trying to spread my resonably priced findings to all of you, so that you too can avoid trying to find nirvanna, thru massive and needless expenditures, of hard earned cash.