gyusher
08-03-2007, 07:14 PM
This introductions thing ain't a bad idea. . . I'm learning about some of these hooligans, things that I never expected or knew.
In my case I came to AK after many discussions with several members with RetroStereo and Dowojo(never could get it right), the light man. . . This was in the spring of 76. . . more like 2002 IIRC. . . You know you can see what a members number is by letting your cursor focus over a member's name then reading their number in the tray at the bottom of the screen. . .
As far as who I am is concerned. Well I'm basically a 62 year old who has always loved the gear more than the music. Actually that ain't true. I love the music but I'm crazy about equipment.
Much of what we are crazy about I either owned new or knew someone who either sold it or owned it too. As we know there was lots of gear around then but not money enough to own everything we wanted or thought we wanted.
Around the mid 70s I started combining 'video' with my sound systems although very primitive with music still being number one. As time went by and Dolby Surround came along I bought into it along with it's offspring ProLogic, 5.1, 7.1 etc. etc.
In those days my primary 'Big System' was separates of course. I had my Marantz, Rotel, Anthem, Acurus periods until 2002 when 7.1 came along as did AK. Costs were sky high for separates so it was then when I split off music into 2 channel stereo and started using HT receivers for 7.1. My first HT receiver a Pioneer Elite VSX45TX started a journey that I'm still on today with receivers for HT.
Now for stereo. . . I discovered that there was tons of vintage gear out there for pennies most of which I drooled over back then but couldn't afford at the time. I started buying all the Pioneer receivers I could find that were SX-850/950/980/1050 and 1250. In a two or three year period and over 300 of them Pioneer receivers later, mostly 850s and 1050s I got kinda burnt out on Pioneer receivers.
After sinking about a grand into a legendary SX1010 then selling it like a fool plus other ventures into refurbished vintage gear I got tired of that too.
Today I have cut down on buying and selling everything in sight and concentrate on a few things I'm interested in like my new Klipsch La Scala loudspeakers. . . Nowadays it is one thing at a time plus occasionally a rare find that nobody can turn down.
I mean it is fun right?? One constant has been AK. . . I've met many new and what I consider life long friends as well. I've learned things that I thought I already knew only bigger and in more detail. I've discovered items that I always thought I hated but because of AK's diverse background I found out that some of this stuff I like too. . .
It is this diverse nature that makes AK stand out from the crowd. This is what eats your lunch, makes your hair grow, pisses you off and delights you all at the same time. Personally I wouldn't have it any other way.
Give her a chance you might learn something. . . Hell you might teach somebody something too. . .
YeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
In my case I came to AK after many discussions with several members with RetroStereo and Dowojo(never could get it right), the light man. . . This was in the spring of 76. . . more like 2002 IIRC. . . You know you can see what a members number is by letting your cursor focus over a member's name then reading their number in the tray at the bottom of the screen. . .
As far as who I am is concerned. Well I'm basically a 62 year old who has always loved the gear more than the music. Actually that ain't true. I love the music but I'm crazy about equipment.
Much of what we are crazy about I either owned new or knew someone who either sold it or owned it too. As we know there was lots of gear around then but not money enough to own everything we wanted or thought we wanted.
Around the mid 70s I started combining 'video' with my sound systems although very primitive with music still being number one. As time went by and Dolby Surround came along I bought into it along with it's offspring ProLogic, 5.1, 7.1 etc. etc.
In those days my primary 'Big System' was separates of course. I had my Marantz, Rotel, Anthem, Acurus periods until 2002 when 7.1 came along as did AK. Costs were sky high for separates so it was then when I split off music into 2 channel stereo and started using HT receivers for 7.1. My first HT receiver a Pioneer Elite VSX45TX started a journey that I'm still on today with receivers for HT.
Now for stereo. . . I discovered that there was tons of vintage gear out there for pennies most of which I drooled over back then but couldn't afford at the time. I started buying all the Pioneer receivers I could find that were SX-850/950/980/1050 and 1250. In a two or three year period and over 300 of them Pioneer receivers later, mostly 850s and 1050s I got kinda burnt out on Pioneer receivers.
After sinking about a grand into a legendary SX1010 then selling it like a fool plus other ventures into refurbished vintage gear I got tired of that too.
Today I have cut down on buying and selling everything in sight and concentrate on a few things I'm interested in like my new Klipsch La Scala loudspeakers. . . Nowadays it is one thing at a time plus occasionally a rare find that nobody can turn down.
I mean it is fun right?? One constant has been AK. . . I've met many new and what I consider life long friends as well. I've learned things that I thought I already knew only bigger and in more detail. I've discovered items that I always thought I hated but because of AK's diverse background I found out that some of this stuff I like too. . .
It is this diverse nature that makes AK stand out from the crowd. This is what eats your lunch, makes your hair grow, pisses you off and delights you all at the same time. Personally I wouldn't have it any other way.
Give her a chance you might learn something. . . Hell you might teach somebody something too. . .
YeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!