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10-11-00
Redkiwi, being a junior wells fan, has inspired me to post. ... Hdm
10-11-00
Yes indeed hdm, junior wells is fantastic, and hoodoo man bl ... Redkiwi
10-12-00
The cd made by buddy and junior in france is called 'alone a ... John_l
10-12-00
Hi redkiwi, hdm, john_1; nice to meet you on this thread an ... Garfish
10-12-00
Treyhoss - i have stories galore..but many my wife shouldn't ... Alexc
10-12-00
I have begun this hobby when i was 11 and living in south am ... Bemopti123
10-12-00
Saw the thread and thought i'd throw in my 2 cents. name is ... Musikdok
10-14-00
What can i possibly say about myself? i'm 35, single and liv ... Taichi
10-15-00
I'm 31, single, never married, no kids, live in the southeas ... Carl_eber
10-18-00
I am 57, and fell in love with music when i was about 11 yea ... Albertporter
10-18-00
My turn. i'm a 44 y/o man who could stand to lose a few poun ... Deshapiro
10-19-00
David, maybe you could shed some light on what it takes to p ... Swampwalker
10-19-00
Hi swampwalker, there are more & more preamps that offer de ... Sedond
10-19-00
Doug is completely correct. i bought a rowland coherence pre ... Deshapiro
10-19-00
I just figured out something cool. the adcom gfp-750 has a ... John_l
10-19-00
My name is tom and i used to shop (as often as possible) at ... Dtj3@
10-19-00
Hi tom, you are lucky! anja sounds wonderful and i'm glad yo ... Trcnetmsncom
10-19-00
Greetings to tom and all, it's great to hear about all of yo ... Lak
10-25-00
Ok, my turn i guess (great thread by the way!) i'm 28 years ... Outlier
10-27-00
I'm 33 years old and have been at this for a long time. my ... Danielho
10-29-00
Hi, my name is mark johnson and i'm just starting to re-visi ... Tunaboy
10-31-00
I'm 43, single, one (3) year old boy. artist living in the m ... Mwalsdor@
11-01-00
I am a 50 year old environmental contractor, married living ... Tubegroover
11-01-00
For some time now. being canadian we have somewhat limited e ... Rgd
11-03-00
My name is jeff, and i'm 42 yrs old. i live in hawaii and h ... Jbrchl@
11-03-00: Alberta_steve
I've been reading this site with a passion for about 8 weeks but have never made a post. Although I feel I should introduce myself as I feel almost "voyer like" as I keenly read all the postings in this section. My name is Steve Dougherty and live in Calgary Alberta. At 47 im right in the thick of bulding my systems. I schedule flight crew for canadain airlines and have been doing so for too long. Some of my best memories of my teens are listening to my best friend's father's stereo on friday nights. Great big Tannoys,lancasters I think, powered tubes of some sort. Ever since I longed for a system of my own. I shopped for years but could not afford what my ears said I deserved. I had lousy stuff until 1990 when I moved from Montreal to here and my roommate reintroduced me to hifi. The first system was the little maggies with rotel 40w a side. The early cd players weren't so good but I concentrated building a cd collection. I just loved the maggies and could not figure why everyone in the office didn't have these. Well I got married shortly after and we had 2 girls right away. I was sure glad I had the stuff I did because the money for upgrades disappeared. Believe it or not I sold the maggies when my first girl was 2 because we live in a samll house and she was tipping them over. I bought some bookshelf kefs and thought I was happy. Well my life was too busy too know better. For the next 6 years every pennie went to building my wife's buisness, an ad agency, so guess what I listened to. I still built up the cd s , though,to well over 400 and thats not including all the trade ins. Let me digress here to my Cds. In 1990 when I started I had not a single title. So when I started my collection I felt I had to have all the oldies I liked growing up. It didn't click that I might not really lile that stuff any more. Also there seemed to be lots of changes going on in my life and the discs I bought the year before weren't really getting played any more. So every time my tastes expanded or changed another 50 or so cd's would find there way home. Sometimes they were hidden in the sock drawer. Anyways the buisness is now 17 employees and does pretty well. So guess whos playing catch up. My speakers were first with Paradigms ref studio 80s v2 I chose these over the 100s because of a more 2 way like sound. Then I bought a Anthem mca 2 for power. The Anthem Pre 2 is on order. I also bought a pricey paradign /dennon home theatre system. The plan is when we move to a bigger house in the spring then home theater will go downstais for the kids along with the studo 80s and mca 2. I think then I'll match the pre 2 with an amp 2 and perhaps maggies 1.6qr or the Oskar speakers with the Heil tweters that have been talked about so much in UHF magazine. Living in Canada we are restricted with the currency difference of late. I dont think most of you relize a 1,000 dollar us product on this site costs us 1550 canadian. I mention this because if you live close to the border near a major center you can save a fortune buying canadian made hifi with US bucks. My local dealer sells lots to customers from montana who drive up. Its a lot cheaper than buying the same product in the US because usually a importer or distributor lays a margin on the product.This works especially for who live close to montreal ,toronto or vancouver where there is a big hifi following. My current musical tates are classical,latin jazz and i have a big collection of acapella I just love the harmonie of voices by them selves. I also like mowtown but try to find a quality recording. Latest cd to come home is Armandos fire by Oscar Lopez on the Narada world lable. Pet peve is audio reviewers who use the word bloom in their decsriptions.Bloom is what happens in my garden in springtime not what grows out of my tweeters. A note to all of you who, like me, have a spouse who does not share your passion. It works if you encourage her to have her hobbie and you invest equal amounts. My wife has horses. Thanks to all of you who do post your thoughts and expertise here. I' learning a ton. Cheers steve
Alberta_steve (Threads | Answers | This Thread)
11-12-00
Have you noticed we're all guys?! Msw26
11-13-00
Alberta_steve- i have always liked a capella, have persuasi ... Swampwalker
11-15-00
It could be worse. i have music/audio bug and horses. we all ... Rackon
11-15-00
Alberta steve: it could be worse. i have music/audio bug and ... Rackon
11-15-00
Swampwalker/ref a capella recordings. here are some of my f ... Alberta_steve
11-15-00
Rackon , not a big deal, really, this way i get to ride too ... Alberta_steve
11-21-00
Well, just a little mail from europe, from holland to be pre ... Satch
11-22-00
I'm a 20 yr old chemistry major at penn. state university. i ... Superfund
11-22-00
What the heck... i'm 34, tomorrow, and live and work in tam ... Marcy
11-22-00
Welcome marcy! why dont you post more often? tell us a littl ... David99
11-22-00
My system consists of all solid state stuff: aragon amps, ea ... Marcy
12-01-00
I'm a 28 year old corp. headhunter. living in phoenix, az. ... Briweve
12-01-00
Who i am ? one who dislikes fanatics, whether audiophiles or ... Joe_coherent
12-01-00
Joe_in_coherent :) you have some very extreme views.cant say ... David99
12-01-00
Diva99, yeah so what. Joe_coherent
12-02-00
This is a great idea, it helps to know the people who watch ... Jadem6
12-03-00
I'm 36 years old,live in glasgow,scotland..have done my whol ... Bencampbell@
12-03-00
Welcome ben! does your chick dig your stereo? think you can ... David99
12-03-00
29 years of age, living in dc and working for a development ... Issabre
12-04-00
I've hesitated to enter this thread for some time now, but h ... Billspecfoc
12-04-00
Bencampbell, what area of chemistry do you work in? nice to ... Trelja
12-05-00
My turn , i'm 26 yrs old, an electronic tradesman , working ... Tim.warhurst@
12-05-00
Hey tim.warhurst@ nice to know you aussies are there. i know ... Jadem6
12-05-00
Treljia,david99...i work in the boring world of pigment prod ... Bencampbell@
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