I guess that it is about time that I posted an introduction. My name is Ralph which I supposed you have already guessed.
1. You post about your music experience, your audio experience, what drives you in this hobby, what brings you to Slim Devices, etc. I have been a music nutcase since I can remember. I have spent a lot of time in folk clubs, concert halls etc and play Guitar, Mandolin and Appelachian Dulcimer, all very badly. I have ripped about 600 CD's to my PC and I am very slowly working my way through 200 vinyl albums. I have been pretty into HiFi for years. What brought me to Slimdevices is a little stranger. I am a Brit living in the US and I still wanted to get radio from the UK and other places. The internet and later a squeezebox turned out to be the route I chose. I then discovered the benefits of storing my music on a hard disc. Have not looked back since. In fact I am constantly suprprised at what I can do these days. Tonight I am in a hotel in Mexico City streaming from my music collection in South Carolina. 2. You post about your current, past, and future (hopefully!) rigs. Discuss your room, speaker placement, cables, whatever. As a student (early 80's) I had lots of secondhand gear. When I got a job and had a few more pennies I wanted to get a better system and took the opportunity of buying a whole system that a workmate was selling as he upgraded to a Linn/Naim system. It was my first proper system. The turntable I cannot remember the name but it had an SME arm, the amp was a Cambridge A60 and I think the speakers were B&W DRM4's. After that my system went through a lot of changes as I tried different makes like Tannoy, Tresham (anyone remember?), Audiolab. Todays system has a Transporter which I prefer to play balanced to a Brystom ST4. The speakers are Magneplanar MG1.6's, yes I am mosty definitely a Magneplanar type of person. I still have an Adcom CD player and a Thorens TD321 turntable. When I bought the Transporter I moved the SB3 to my garden system. That means that I can sit by my Koi pond and listen to whatever I want. 3. Say something about your audio philosophy. For example, do you believe in blind testing or not? Why? Audio philosophy. Listen to more music, all types. In truth I think that blind testing is just too contrived. Listening to music is an emotional experience and you have to give it time to come to conclusions. 4. Say something about what brings you to the forum and what you hope to get out of it. I first started coming to this forum just to learn about the device and the software and I am grateful for all the help others have been to me. Nowadays I visit the site most days just to see what is going on. -- RalphO RalphO Transporter/Audio Research SP9/Bryston ST4/Magneplanar MG1.6QR ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RalphO's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30141 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
