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  How did U get into this expensive hobby?
So I was up last night listening to my system and thought to myself, when am I going to be 100% satisfy with my set up. Just for once I like to listen without thinking well maybe if I can add this or remove that I can improve on this or that area. A mist all that I thought how did I ever got into this hobby any way? Well, the nightmare began for me when I was working in my college university's periodical section. We had over 3000+ magazines on file. The first stereo magz I ever picked up was the AUDIO annual price list which was about 300 or so pages of all major audio mfg. and models..also known as the audio bible; what ever happened to Audio magazine anyway? I remembered being so intrigued by so many brands that I have never heard of before and how the workmanship and industrial design seemed so much far superior than the average Kenwood and Pioneer back then (no offense to Kenwood and Pioneer owners). This was 10 years ago and I started by scraping every pennies I had to purchase my first NAD integrated amp. Although 10 years have passed, I am still scraping for money to own something new every now and then, but this time instead of pennies, it's dimes a nickels since my tasted have upgrade with my salery. It'd be interesting to hear how some of you fellow audigoners got started in this hobby. Upon adding to this thread, you'll find that you'll get a little grin on your face after spilling your guts out on how you began on this deep pocket journey and how far you have come. Happy Holidays guys and gals.
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12-25-00
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09-16-01   My uncle had a pair of ar 2ax with a dual tt and klh intergr ...   Weiserb

09-25-01   I had just come home from work one afternoon, and i turned o ...   Tylerb

10-04-01   I think the year was maybe 1974 or 75 and i wandered into a ...   Xiekitchen

10-07-01   I got into high-end audio by accident. about two years ago ...   Chexxchexx

10-11-01   Yeah john r. is pretty cool. he modified my spica tc-50's, a ...   Xiekitchen

10-11-01   I was shopping for a cassette back in 1982. i had never hear ...   Jhardy

10-14-01   Well here it goes. i have been involved with music sinc i wa ...   Kirk930

10-19-01: Rsuminsby
I was an audio gear-head from a very early age. I started out in high school with a no-name 'table, a Dynaco PAT-4 preamp, and a pair of Koss Pro-4AA headphones. A friend of my parents, a physician with lots of disposable income, loaned me a pair of Janzen elctrostatics. They were way out of my league at the time, but he wasn't using them. I borrowed a power amp from another friend, and that was it...I was hooked. Had to give back the speakers eventually, but after 6 months living with them, there was no turning back!
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10-20-01   My father bought a nice sansui rack system which costed $900 ...   Sly

11-08-01   "expensive" is a relative term, so i am not sure i ...   Viggen

11-18-01   I have ears and a soul--that's how i got sucked into this ho ...   Soix

11-23-01   It was during the late 60's, early 70's. it seemed we were a ...   Mg16

12-22-01   Great question. i started seriously listening to music in t ...   Dancarne

12-28-01   I got my first "real" system about 22 years ago. i ...   lallyst@

01-01-02   My father did bring to the house a "everything together ...   separaciones@

01-18-02   ////////////////////////////////////////////////// a differe ...   South_park

01-21-02   My father promised to buy me a stereo system for my 15th bir ...   Drewfidelity

02-10-02   My father built a homemade dynaco kit stereso system when i ...   Jrn

02-15-02   As a teen (late 1970's) i read stereo review every month and ...   Akaddict

02-22-02   My mother was going to buy me a stereo as a graduation prese ...   old fart at play@

02-26-02   My father bought me an h.h. scott all in one turntable/recie ...   Muzikat

03-02-02   I was around twelve or so when the bug bit me.i was visiting ...   Phased

03-15-02   Mom used to play albums on an old magnavox console stereo wh ...   Bobgates

03-17-02   It's my dads' fault. in 1955-56 (?) my dad set-up a mono ra ...   Consttraveler

04-10-02   I won't bore you with how i got started because everybody el ...   Jim_fitz

04-13-02   Jim, what's your "audiophile approved" scotch? i f ...   Gregm

04-18-02   Well, to greg, i prefer delwinnies or cardu; do you know the ...   Jim_fitz

04-18-02   Jim, you speak for me. indeed, as guiness/udv is the markete ...   Gregm

06-10-02   How did i get started into this expensive hobby of "hig ...   Chaskelljr2001

06-29-02   For me it started when i brought a pair of headphone from a ...   jeffturner@


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