How old are you and how long have you been in the hobby

polkfarmboy
polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
edited August 2011 in The Clubhouse
I shall start

32 and 2 years
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,004
    edited January 2011
    40, since I was 8. Hardcore the past 5 years.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited January 2011
    I'll be 23 twice this year.
    Been in "da hobby" about 20-25 yrs.:eek:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited January 2011
    Stoopit old and a long time (52 and since about 1973, respectively)
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  • Earthy
    Earthy Posts: 488
    edited January 2011
    I view this "Hobby" more like a locust. I surface once every 7 years or so and decimate my finances. Just over half a century and been doing it for several decades.
    Polk Audio SDA SRS 2.3TL
    Parasound Halo A21
    Parasound Halo P3

    Home theater
    Polk LSiM 707, 706c, 703, 705
    Polk Blackstone TL3 for height
    SVS PB12-ISD Sub
    Denon AVR-X6400h
    Parasound Halo A51
    LG OLED65B7A
    Sony UBPX800
    Logitech Harmony Elite
    PC LSiM 703
    Spare LSIM 702 and 706c

    Home Theater #2
    Polk Audio LS70, CS350LS, LSF/X, S4
    Onkyo TX-NR808



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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited January 2011
    Sorry but I should have asked ...how old are you and how long ago did you start buying audio gear
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,004
    edited January 2011
    The same.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2011
    Is your nickname candyliquour?
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2011
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Stoopit old and a long time (52 and since about 1973, respectively)


    :confused::confused::confused:

    52 is YOUNG.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited January 2011
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    Sorry but I should have asked ...how old are you and how long ago did you start buying audio gear
    44, and probably 20 or so years ago... Only recently, though, have I actually had a clue... :redface:
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited January 2011
    27

    Music has been one of my biggest passions since I was about 12, but audio gear has only been a primary hobby for me for about 5 years, and hardcore only 2 years.

    It's funny, I got the chills just as much listening to my **** car or boombox speakers as I do now out of my much more expensive and better sounding rig. :rolleyes:
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

    Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses

    Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,830
    edited January 2011
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Is your nickname candyliquour?

    35M... you left that part out, Ricardo.:biggrin:
    (I doubt it very much, though)

    Oh yeah - 47
    And into the hobby since 1983, but seriously into it since coming here.
    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


    http://audiomilitia.proboards.com/
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  • dcmeigs
    dcmeigs Posts: 708
    edited January 2011
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Is your nickname candyliquour?

    Ricardo,

    Why am I thinking of Sympathy for the Devil? Is it the:
    I've been around for a long, long year, stole many a man's soul and faith
    And I was 'round when Jesus Christ, had his moment of doubt and pain.

    Or is it the "hope you guess my name" part?

    Oh yeah, I'm 54 and my earliest recollection of "skin in the game" was when I got into a fight with my buddy over proposing to take his new "The Monkees" album over to the neighbors house and ask to play it on her Magnavox console - on acountta his record player sounded like crap and that console was amazing. That must have been the year the Orioles beat the Dodgers in the Word Series. What, 45 years?
    The world is full of answers, some are right and some are wrong. - Neil Young
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited January 2011
    Old and a long time.
    DKG999
    HT System: LSi9, LSiCx2, LSiFX, LSi7, SVS 20-39 PC+, B&K 507.s2 AVR, B&K Ref 125.2, Tripplite LCR-2400, Cambridge 650BD, Signal Cable PC/SC, BJC IC, Samsung 55" LED

    Music System: Magnepan 1.6QR, SVS SB12+, ARC pre, Parasound HCA1500 vertically bi-amped, Jolida CDP, Pro-Ject RM5.1SE TT, Pro-Ject TubeBox SE phono pre, SBT, PS Audio DLIII DAC
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited January 2011
    Ricardo wrote: »
    :confused::confused::confused:

    52 is YOUNG.

    I agree. I always thought Mhardy was a bit older?

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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  • shawn474
    shawn474 Posts: 3,047
    edited January 2011
    36. Got my first ghetto blaster when I was 12 with birthday monsy and it has evolved ever since. Been buying HT gear for the last 7 or 8 years; actually just purchased a B&K Reference 50 to replace my Outlaw 950. Just want to try new (to me) gear and see where it goes. Half the fun is acqiring gear and flipping it out IMO.
    Shawn
    AVR: Marantz SR-5011
    Center Channel: Polk LsiM706c
    Front: Polk LsiM703
    Rear: LSI fx
    Subwoofer: SVS 20-39pci
    Television: Samsung UN58NU7100FXZA
    DVD Player: Sony PS4
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited January 2011
    cnh wrote: »
    I agree. I always thought Mhardy was a bit older?

    cnh

    uh-oh! :-P
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  • gimpod
    gimpod Posts: 1,793
    edited January 2011
    Old enough to know better and young enough to do it anyway. (57 and '82)
    “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” ~ Mark Twain
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,492
    edited January 2011
    57 and on and off for 42 years. By on and off, I mean I've never been far away from what I consider a good audio system, just that other hobbies took priority.

    Chasing gear was fun, but the best times have been with my fellow audio junkies of the RAS (Rockford Audio Society) listening to music. Get in a club, start one! If you want to compare gear and play the same song over 50 times looking for your holy grail, fine. Better yet, concentrate on music get togethers and find what your friends like to listen to. It can and will expand your music interests. It makes the hobby much more fun!
    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited January 2011
    Young I guess.

    Been in this hobby for just over a decade, but never got into buying/listening as much as I do now up until 2+years ago.
    Truck setup
    Alpine 9856
    Phoenix Gold RSD65CS

    For Sale
    Polk SR6500
    Polk SR5250
    Polk SR104


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  • indyhawg
    indyhawg Posts: 1,642
    edited January 2011
    45 yrs old and into the hobby off and on since I was 18 and heard the monitor 10s for the first time. Unfortunately when I was younger I never had enough disposable income to be into the hobby seriously. But the past year or so I have been able to dive in and have been having a blast acquiring gear and have met a few great people along the way.
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  • kefranklin
    kefranklin Posts: 141
    edited January 2011
    I am 28 and luckily was able to get into this through hand me downs and such when I was in my early teens. It is only the last three or four years, though, that my love of audio and motorcycles trumped my love of drugs and women and redirected my finances. Well, I still like women more than audio, as long as they don't mind all my speakers.
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  • JimAckley
    JimAckley Posts: 1,138
    edited January 2011
    23, and it started back when I was 11 and my passion has progressed exponentially since then.
    - Computer Rig -
    YAΘIN MS-20L, polkaudio RT5

    - Main Rig -
    Pioneer SC-37, Overnight Sensations, Samsung 52" LCD

    - Currently In Progress -
    Curt Campbell's Uluwatu LCR, LMS Ultra Gjallarhorn, JBL W15GTi stereo subs, 2.1 entertainment system for the gf
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited January 2011
    I'll launch into one of my "old man' stories,,,I am 62,, been into music/audio since 1964,, been into audio for about 40-42 years.When I was in the army,I was fortunate to have my own "hootch"(not alcohol) when I was a participant in the SE Asia war games,,,kinda neat little spot,,had a pair of AR speakers,,RTR,and a Sansui 500x receiver,so I was never far from my tunes/jams.If you were sitting inside, there appeared like there was no way out,,I had taken a wall locker and removed the back,,so,when you entered,you came in thru it,,one inside,you shut the locker,and I used to get a kick outta folks trying to find their way out,,as they usually left in a different condition than they entered,,quite amusing actually,,,then inside was a blacklite,,black walls, dayglo posters,,and the famous "Pig Whomper",, but thats another story for a different thread.I moved into tubes about 3 or 4 years ago,and never really looked back.:wink:
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • Hotdog
    Hotdog Posts: 3
    edited January 2011
    49 yo :eek: - This is my first system installed 6 years ago. Units listed below. Only change-out was the amp.
    CDA-9855 (Alpine Head Unit)
    CHA-S634 (Alpine 6 CD Changer)
    2-SR 5250 (polkaudio components
    2-MMC 6500 (polkaudio components)
    JL Audio 700/5
    polkaudio 10" sub w/custom box
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited January 2011
    I'm 24, And I got into audio when I joined here... 2002
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,273
    edited January 2011
    Earthy wrote: »
    I view this "Hobby" more like a locust. I surface once every 7 years or so and decimate my finances. Just over half a century and been doing it for several decades.

    This is about how I did it till the past year...a little more involved with the research, and getting out to listen...CP enlightened me a little and has started a new addiction...my wife thanks you:biggrin:

    42y.o.
    2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
    Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
    Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
    Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC

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  • schutz2106
    schutz2106 Posts: 115
    edited January 2011
    44, 30 years into it. hit it hard in Okinawa in 85 when the Yen was cheap and came home with a couple Onkyo Amps.
    Klipsch RF7-II
    Klipsch RC64-II
    Klipsch RC62-II

    Onkyo TX-SR805
    Dish 722 dvr
    Sony BDPS370 Blue Ray
    Samsung 52b750 LCD Tv
    Panasonic DVD Recorder
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,611
    edited January 2011
    i started when i was .12 and ive been in it 10 years hardcore hahaha
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited January 2011
    28. Been in the hobby as long as I can remember, since my dad got me into it. Hardcore last two years.
    Main Surround -
    Epson 8350 Projector/ Elite Screens 120" / Pioneer Elite SC-35 / Sunfire Signature / Focal Chorus 716s / Focal Chorus CC / Polk MC80 / Polk PSW150 sub

    Bedroom - Sharp Aquos 70" 650 / Pioneer SC-1222k / Polk RT-55 / Polk CS-250

    Den - Rotel RSP-1068 / Threshold CAS-2 / Boston VR-M60 / BDP-05FD
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  • bsoko2
    bsoko2 Posts: 1,449
    edited January 2011
    '68 and been in the hobby for four + years (late bloomer), ever since I found this site.
    My 2012 HT Room - http://www.avsforum.com/t/1416077/bsoko2-new-ht-june-2012
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