Anyone in this hobby lonely like me and wish they could “hang” with a fellow audiophile?

@asvjerry 

Thanks, Jerry. All the best, John

newton_john

I don't think it's possible to post photos on this site, but if you go onto the Naim Forum, I'd be happy to share some good ones.

Mitch

Yeah, I get where you are coming from. None of my friends are audio nuts, certainly not in the way that I am. To them, anything that plays music gets treated like an appliance, like the refrigerator. The complexity of most home theater gear is intimidating and I think turns many people away from digging down into the weeds and trying to understand it. To a lesser degree I think the same thing applies to a 2 channel system. I love the music and love to sit and listen. I also just enjoy interacting with the equipment, as well as doing the occasional upgrades, to make the music play. Having friends who appreciated a good system and sharing a listening session with me would be nice. This would usually mean finding someone who shares your particular taste in music, and that makes it a bit more challenging. There are no audio enthusiast groups in the area that I am aware of, and having lived here most of my life, I think I would probably know about one if it existed. Living in central VA there are no dealers close by anymore. The closest thing to a dealer is Crutchfield in Charlottesville and that is nearly 2 hours away. Hardly close enough to casually drive over and hang out. Used to have 3 local shops with a variety of gear available, the only thing local now is Best Buy and that is hardly what I would call a dealer. 

@orenstein 

Under your userID is a place to create a virtual system. It is easy to post photos and is set up to ID your components. It simple there. It is very hard to post photos to threads. 

I’m a Member/Director for the AudiophileFondation.org, we have meet-ups and zoom events so you can join the community. We have a happy hour every Friday at 5 pm PST that is free to the public.