My name is Peter. The furry white dude is Duke. I have never considered myself an audiophile, but I think in relation to my peers, have always had a reasonably good system. (yes, I know, denial is one of the prominent signs...) I'm a longtime lurker on these forums and in particular spend a lot of time reading the threads of the Audiophile section.
Born in Alaska, grew up in Minnesota, and spent part of my university days in Osaka, I now live in San Francisco, but keep an apartment in Tokyo where I run Asia Ops for a software company specializing in Storage management and I/O performance. I discovered music in elementary school when my friend's sister came home from college with her boyfried (he had a BEARD and LONG HAIR and wore a TIE DYE!) and he turned us on to Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and the Stones. In junior high, we made the foray into motown and traditional blues thanks to a local music fan who was kind enough to take us to a live concert of Savoy Brown, Mountain, and Iron Butterfly (triple header). I pulled out a joint during the show and in appreciateion, he have us access to his sizable vinyl collection. Marvin Gaye, Al Green, T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, Magic Slim...they all blew my mind. (My high school friends were all listening to Van Halen and Ratt at the time...) Got my first hifi around that time (Yamaha Integrated amp, Nakamichi 4-head deack, technics turntable with Infinity speakers - hey, I was still in Junior high!). In college, I realized I needed a more serious system and got a Luxman L-430 and KG4 speakers. I think it had the distinction of being the loudest stereo in the dorm. I also played harmonica in a blues band around that time and played the trumpet for 15 years. I don't think I ever had golden ears, and it certainly didn't help matters when I blew out both eardrums in a cave diving incident. Nevertheless, I can hear what I like and what sounds good to me, and I get a rush when things all come together. Since I spend so much time in Japan, I ripped my entire collection, gradually moving from 128K to 160K to full VBR, and now of course FLAC. I picked up some Dynaudio Speakers in Tokyo, and shipped my since retired Lux over, playing my collection through a decent sound card using Winamp. That hooked me on the ease of digital music, and when I started looking into something for the SF home, all the research pointed to SD as they were serious when it came to sound quality. These very forums are what pushed me over the edge. Recently we bought a house here and I needed a second system in my living room. The media room is centered around a Denon AVR-4800 with the KG4's as mains, and SC-1, SR-1 as center and rears and a Klipsch 15" sub. Great for movies, but I wanted something simple that sounded detailed and warm. Finally, about 2 months ago, I decided to ship my Dyns back to SF, and picked up a pair of Portal Paladin monoblocks. I am now in the process of trying to find the sound that gives me the rush on this system through the help of this forum: speaker placement, room treatment, and DRC. After that I am intrigued to try and see if I can hear differences of power supplies and interconnects. I really don't know much about audio and I have no idea whether I am a subjectivist or an objectivist, I just want to listen to good music on a good system. -- ob_kook SB2 --> Axiom passive pre --> Portal Paladin monoblocks --> Dynaudio Contour 1.3 MKII ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ob_kook's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1383 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
