What is your OTHER passion?

Jmcgrogan2, I'm not retired, a lot of my interests are seasonal. Never a dull moment!

Stereokarter, what does Albert prefer to consume?

Golf, gourmet cooking, photography, fine wine, travelling.

Scuba diving is numero uno, way beyond my passion for music and high-end systems. If I lived near the ocean, I doubt that I would own a high-end system. Wouldn't need it, because I would always be in the ocean. I am also an amatuer underwater photographer and videographer. I do the recreational vehicle thing with motorcycles, jet skis, and snowmobiles. My most vivid memory was diving in the warm, clear blue waters of the Caribbean on Sunday, flying back to Colorado on Tuesday, and snowmobiling to the top of a snow-covered, windswept mountain range in the Rockies on Wednesday. It makes you realize how small the world has become, and how diverse it's beauty is. I love music and reproducing it with high-end electronics, but there is too much more to life to make it my religion. Am I committing Audiogon suicide by saying this?

If I get another hobby I will need a good Lawyer!

Karter, I am with you on the interest in motorsports, even if you are into weed-whacker motors :-). Nothing better than the smell of race gas in the morning! Mine started with a typical teenage infatuation with motorcycles. That led to racing them (we only think we know how to spend money-try racing ANYTHING). After lots of rides in the ambulance and leaving body parts in about four states, I finally gave it up. BTW, did you happen to catch Audi do a 1-2 at Le Mans yesterday?