Expecting a new audiophile in the family...

Tonight I am proud to announce that Nooshin and I are expecting the birth of our first child. This afternoon, her doctor confirmed our pregnancy and we could not be happier. Having just turned 50 this year, for me it is also long overdue. We can't wait to begin this new journey in life, and the challenges and the joys to come.
The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson


How many flies need to be buzzing a dead horse before you guys stop beating it?
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  • That's awesome..Congrats!
    Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,120
    Congratulations John!!
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,980
    Congrats! Surprised at 50 your swimmers could beat the current, LOL...
  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited December 2015
    Congrats, John! There is nothing quite like this! I was 43 (married later too, 38) so you got me, but believe me when I say it keeps you young! Just ask my daughter ("Dad, you just don't act your AGE!")!
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    edited December 2015
    Congrats to both of you. What a way to bring on a marrier christmas & a splendid new year coming
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    Congrats to you and your wife.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,687
    NICE!!!!!
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    Awesome news John ...Congrats to you and Nooshin!!! Due when? August...
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  • polk500
    polk500 Posts: 1,171
    What a great Christmas Present Congratulations.

    Roger
  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,499
    Hear, Hear

    Cheers

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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    That is very nice. Congratulations.
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  • Congrats man!! I am so happy for you!
  • Best job ever being a parent, also the hardest....lol.

    Congrats.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    Congrats John! Children really are amazing in so many ways. And since my wife thinks we were so old when we had our last (36) I can now use you as an example! Thanks!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,877
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    Congrats John! Children really are amazing in so many ways. And since my wife thinks we were so old when we had our last (36) I can now use you as an example! Thanks!
    Thanks for that....
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson


    How many flies need to be buzzing a dead horse before you guys stop beating it?
  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,980
    Congrats! Surprised at 50 your swimmers could beat the current, LOL...

    At almost 56, my swimmers just sit on the edge of the pool and dangle their feet..
  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,877
    Congrats! Surprised at 50 your swimmers could beat the current, LOL...

    At almost 56, my swimmers just sit on the edge of the pool and dangle their feet..

    Having a wife that is smokin' hot and 14 years younger is my fountain of youth, and besides, I ain't as good as I once was, but I am as good once as I ever was.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson


    How many flies need to be buzzing a dead horse before you guys stop beating it?
  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,084
    Time to start choosing a budget hifi rig. You know, because infants like falling asleep to soothing sounds, such as babbling brooks. You can't expect your newborn to listen to babbling brooks on inferior equipment.
    afterburnt wrote: »
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,877
    I can give him everything from a babbling brook to a flight of F18's in full afterburner 50 feet of the deck.... He will be just fine. lol.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson


    How many flies need to be buzzing a dead horse before you guys stop beating it?
  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 9,080
    Congrats! Surprised at 50 your swimmers could beat the current, LOL...

    Funny!

    Congrats to the proud parents!

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,674
    Fantastic, congrats to you both.
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,712
    You have just struck fear into us younger guys!!
    Now that i know potency can last until i'm 50, i'm grabbing a DIY Vas kit with Amazon Prime....TONIGHT!

    That's great news. Better get started on a mini carver kit...
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,796
    Suuuuuuuuweeeeet!!! Congrats to you and the Noosh! You can use the tubes to keep the nusery warm at night. Atta boy, John!
  • Congrats! Very cool. B)
  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,065
    Congrats John.....may the Force be with you both. :)
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  • Congrats John! Fantastic news! :D
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,216
    Congrats to all of you. It is such an amazing thing to be a father. (parent)
  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    Many congrats John, what a great Xmas gift to you both!
  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,065
    I think somethin' fishy was going on out there around Labor Day. Hopefully this baby won't be born with a Carver birthmark. :)
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    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    Congrats!

    I got three of em...they'll make you laugh, cry and lose sleep and tear you hair out.

    But mostly laugh :)
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