Allrighty, here we go then... I'm a Dutch guy living in the US, my name is jan. I'm an Oracle DBA, and ride a Yamaha FZ1 (with Holeshot pipe and Ivan's jet kit) when the weather is nice :-)
The first single I bought was "Ob la di ob la da" from the Marmalade. Yes, really. Got into music more seriously when I was in high school. Hanging out with friends, that's what we did mostly, listen to music. I started buying audio gear once I got a temp job, stuff like Akai at first, then Kenwood, Infinity speakers. Then when I was 18 I met a guy who build his own speakers, I thought that was neat, so I build some myself too. Big transmission lines, two, the size of a nice bookshelf, 6 feet high :-) Simple design, lots of bass for sure! But I'm not too handy, so they looked like crap and, years later, had to go due to WAF, well, GAF to be exact. That's when the Mission speakers were bought, the 753. They survived until this fall, to make space for the B&W 803. The SB2 has been in my system for a while, spent a lot of time in the bedroom, but is now playing in the living room until the sb4 with AKM dac is introduced... The SB2 is connected with Blue Jeans LC1 interconnects to my Denon avr4800, from there through the pre-out to the Rotel RB1090, also with LC1. The RB1090 uses Blue Jeans Belden 5T00UP to the B&Ws. For home theater I use the Oppo 971, and the Denon, to Denon center and surround speakers. I'm fooling around with the interconnects and speaker placement at the moment. I'm also reading up on room correction, so expect some questions about that soon! AC conditioning is also high on the list to try out... No idea what my audio philosophy is. Just trying to have some fun here, to get some good sound going, without driving the wife mad :-) I'm willing to try most anything, as long as it's reasonably priced! This forum is fun to read and a great place to read up on all kinds of hifi stuff and ask questions. It's always fun to hear contrasting ideas and opinions! I even enjoy the flame wars. Hey, it's all in good fun right! Personally, I don't really care if somebody flames me, really, why bother! That person might be some 8 year old having fun pissing people off, so for me it's water off a duck's back! Don't take it all too seriously! Well, that's about it. If you read this far, thanks :-) jan PS. Favorite music: Steely Dan, Talking Heads, The Police, ABC, Heaven 17, Andrea Bocelli, Doe Maar, Pet Shop Boys, U2, The Cure, Donald Fagen, Joe Jackson, Nina Hagen, Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre... PS2. Favorite quote: All is vain! This morning, a healthy friend; This evening, a wisp of cremation smoke. Ikkyu PS3. Favorite blog: http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/ Gotto to love it, with sentences like this: "The man took one look at capitalism and beat it like a 14-year old boy with unrestricted Internet access." -- jmourik ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jmourik's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7123 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
