I had my first tube amp at age 6. My dad was an audio nut and bought me a little starter syatem. I quickly disassembled it and used all the tubes as Ultraman props. Needless to say, dad was not pleased! I always listened with dad to his Maggies and Ohms and various Marantz, SAE and other audio goodies. He bought me another stereo combo for my 12th birthday and I have been an avid audio freak ever since. Now I have the good fortune of giving him my "hand-me-downs".
What age did the "audio bug" hit you?
I was always into music, and as early as 7 yrs old I would put 2 sources next to each other (2 tape decks or a 8 track, or recoed player) and fade them over each other and play "D.J." all day long, in High School I ran the closed circuit radio station and was the D.J. at the local YMCA for dances to raise money for our "leaders club" and did a few weddings here and there, then I was a D.J. at a lesbian bar for awhile (down guys! these chicks rolled their own tampons) but all the same I look back and I guess I was always some sort of an Audiophile...what about your stories???????????