What made you select "audio" as your hobby


I've read many posts here on Audiogon as to the extremes many of you have gone in pursuing sound perfection.
I wonder what made you select this "nutty hobby" in the first place??
goldeneraguy
Waffle 35
Yes,well hidden from the wife.sometimes i wonder why they aren't more into it.My wife loves music,hears much better then i do and yet doesn't understand the emotion that one can feel when Gerry Mulligan's baritone sax plays beneath Chet Bakers Trumpet and then takes the lead.Of course she doesn't understand the cost for this either
My older brother had a Duel TT, a Pioneer intergraded and a pair of JBL's. This was 1975. That's all it took..
I walked into biology lab at age 14 as a high school freshman and the teacher had classical music playing on a mono system and I was a dead duck. That was 64 years ago and I'm still hooked.
An electric shock received playing with a record player as a kid. ⚡️⚡️ Sent me over the edge. 🤪
whoa - 13 year old thread

when i was in grade school i loved music and listened to 33/45's on my my dad's garrard record player hh scott integrated amp ar speakers

always paid attention since then