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Do you, or did you, have Audiophile buddies that you shared music, gear, times with?

In my lifetime, from the military, to business, to racing, vacations and more, sharing all with a close friend was part of the magic of those times.
Have you had someone close to you that made or makes your audiophile experience(s) even better?  My primary audiophile friend has passed, but I enjoyed so many great musical times with him.  From Magnepans, to Martin Logan,  Dahlquist, Conrad Johnson, ARC and so many more....a major part of the joy, learning and more was the friend that I shared nearly all of it with.  The fact that we both liked sports cars, Bordeaux and modern architecture/furniture was also great, but the music/audio connection was, likely,  the best.  I think the holidays make me think of friends and family experiences and music has been much a part of those times. 

Have a good and safe holiday season. 


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edcyn
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I've only had one true audiophile buddy.  It was the early 1980's.  At the time I was scraping by, working the classical records section of a San Fernando Valley Tower Records, when a guy started regularly exploring what was pretty much my private second floor enclave.  We struck up a friendship, and I'd like to say I got him intrigued with the notion of quality stereo.  Eventually, the guy actually became a writer with The Absolute Sound.  He was actually summoned to Hairy Person's house, where he listened to the audiophile god's Infinity IRS system.  Of course, we were both picky as hell when it came to hardware & software, and our relationship cooled.
big_greg
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I've been fortunate to find a music club locally where (pre-pandemic) we get together every month and listen to member's picks of music based on a theme.  We've been continuing in virtual mode.  I've had a number of guys over to my place and been to some of their houses to listen to their systems and developed friendships with some outside the confines of the music club.
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curiousjim
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What a great thread!

Back in the late 70’s, my friend Andy and I went to all the area stereo stores and shared a love of Halfler to ARC. And the music.  We went and bought the Sheffield albums.  I almost moved into his place when he bought those OHM speakers!  Those Walsh drivers were the coolest thing I’d ever seen.

Sad to say he’s moved to Florida years ago and we don’t have that spark anymore.

JD
whatjd OP
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I am not a student of the "human condition", ie: psychology or related fields, but over the years some of  the posts to threads would make for a good research study.  Nothing bad or good, just humans being humans with all to good and pitfalls of that condition.  



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mapman
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Here and there but in college I worked part time at the local Tech HIfi and sold systems and gear to a lot of others in my dorm. Having a good hifi in your dorm room was a big thing back then and a lot of time was spent together on the topic.
That was 1979 ish. Back in the olden days. These days most people don’t know a thing about hifi and most don’t care. “Good” sounding music is everywhere. All you need is a smartphone and earbuds.
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