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

Amherst · February 2011

Wow, really makes me think, and that is not easily done.

Age is 52, was much younger than ten with first stereo speakers in the bedroom.. Probably started with a little 7 transistor handheld FM radio at about the age of seven. Pretty heavy into the rigs during the seventies and removed from my life after marriage in the early eighties.

Giant reconnect the past two years and no coincidence I'm no longer married.

styx · July 2011

I'm 48 and started in '77.....has it been that long ago? :eek: Man, I'm gettin' old.:mad:

TNRabbit · July 2011

50 years young: started in 1978 with a Pioneer SX-880 receiver~

byfthalone · July 2011

59 years and just 6 months in the hobby

janmike · July 2011

The Quadraphonic sound probably go me started. Before that, small little record players was all we could afford. Now I am a confirmed 2CH guy.
BTW - 56 and who knows.

Tbone289 · July 2011

I'm 39. I got my first gear in 1986--a Technics Quad receiver & TT, Realistic tape deck & BSR speakers (from DAK mail-order catalog). I guess I've been in the hobby for 25 years.

Tony M · July 2011

53 and had a receiver in my night stand at the young age of 12 I guess. Loved FM over the older radios of the time. But around 1974 I heard a huge system with a fisher amp, seperate tuner and a record player to play music in tandom with my friends keyboards playing through a Leslie in the same room. Just imagine,, 4-12" woofers, about 9-6" MW's And I believe a couple of horns in each cabinet to finish the highs off. It was awsome. I didn't do much critical listening in that room, just realistic concert levels sometimes...I was really hooked then.

Conversations during those listening sessions..vvv

What....what did you say?..I can't hear you, speak slowly so I can read your lips... by the way....pass that ummm...yea, that's good.

Kansas and Emerson,Lake and Palmer were played alot back then since he played the keyboards to them perfectly. He had three keyboards set up in there that he played at one time.He was great, God rest his soul.

WilliamM2 · July 2011

47. Got my fathers old tube equipment when I was 8, started buying new gear when I was 10 or 12.

inspiredsports · July 2011

54 / 39 (serious '78-'80, '85-'92 and '08-present)

adabro · July 2011

42 – Lived with a 3 disc carousel changer until 2006 when I started to build nicer setups. I wish I had more rooms and money to experiment with…

scottyboy76 · July 2011

george daniel wrote: »

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.

I knew there was an air of mystery about you george.

Im 53 chronologically, much older physically.

Always loved music, always had some stereo, but was lost most of my life, and like everything else, never had much fundage for quality audio.

Got laid off one day from equifax,and it was like i had snapped out of a bad dream of working jobs i hated and settling in life,earned a degree in horticulture and started a landscape co. and became close friends with my neurologists, neurosurgeons, and their neighbors, made great money until my body fell apart, met an angel here in the mountains, my life straightened out, the road became clearer, and after taking care of the things she needed and wanted, decided to spend JUST A COUPLE DOLLARS on some audio gear,found an ad for some nice polk home theater gear on cl , joined cp so i could ask if they were any good.about two years ago.

I went into all this because you never know when a little of you,shared with others, could wake someone up,life is for living, do somethin fun, if it stops being fun, do something else, its all going to be over very soon, hurry.

Systems · August 2011

53...My first Stereo with speakers was from Radio Shack..Back in 1975 when i met my wife her Father had a stereo with speaker from them. Thats how i found out about HI FI.

EDUBAG · August 2011

I am 34, My first stereo was a panasonic component at the age of 11-12. then on my teenage years spent more on car stereo than house (since in the car is where i used to spend my time.

got more serious about home music abot two years ago when i purchased my rtia setup with pio elite avr (instead of a BOSE system), and have been upgrading, buying new (to me) stuff ever since.

My last acquisition was a spin clean record cleaner system that i got last friday.

boomerfss · August 2011

45 and I have been a music lover since my early teens. Finding this site has opened my mind to some new ideas and my next goal is to look at trying a tube amp.

I like listening to music so much with this new system that I actually went and bought a guitar a few months ago and have been steadily learning to play.

Now I have two hobbies to spend money on.

gudnoyez · August 2011

49 I started buying stereo gear in 76 my first Marantz set up was purchased at Stereo one in San Diego, then they changed to Stereo Tech' last time I was there it is now called Classic Audio they have changed hands several times but still around bought several Marantz recievers and amps through them. I guess as far as home theater, I just started this year and loving the hobby

tonyb · August 2011

Tbone289 wrote: »

(from DAK mail-order catalog).

Man, I remember those guys. They always claimed everything was a hi-fi killer. I guess nothing changes eh ? I bought an emerson hi-fi vcr from those dudes, biggest piece of crap....nevermind.

sandworms · August 2011

just turned 48 (7/30) and 3 years of trying to learn HT/ 2CH
"pig whomper?"

HTguru1982 · August 2011

28. Been into the hobby for at least 15. First ht system was a htib from Radio Shack. Didn't take long before I was on the upgrade path. I've gone through at least a dozen systems and am still not happy. I don't know if I ever will be but that's what I love about it.