30. Shortly after my 30th birthday I accidentally blew up my old Kenwood receiver. I did a google search on Audio gear, since I thought I should get something better, and my eyes were opened to a whole fascinating world or the high-end. As a guitarist I was blown away when I found that tubed consumer audio gear existed. Since I had collected a huge number of recordings, going bakc ot my days as a college DJ, I decided to treat myself to some nice equipement. And it's been straight down the rabbit hole from there...
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???????????