Greetings from London!
My name is Lawrence and I'm very pleased to be a new member of The Art of Sound.
I started out several years ago on HFWW but moved on to PFM.
I heard about the AoS some time ago when I purchased a pre-amp from Tom (montesquieu) and have been dropping in from time to time.
I've always been impressed by how well this site is run with the congenial atmosphere and intelligent, thoughtful and considerate posts.
I started off in hi-fi as a university student and was very fortunate that the first system I encountered was a friend's Oracle Delphi, Matisse Reference, Audio Research, Ensemble Reference PA1.
A visit to my nearest dealer followed and, luckily for me, his demo system was Audionote Ongaku and Snell A speakers, with I think a Voyd Reference front end.
My first set up (from Richer Sounds) - Kenwood Multiplayer, Rotel 810A, NAD speakers - was soon upgraded to Micromega Trio, Audio Innovations First Audio, Snell Es shortly after graduating. Only the Trio is still with me but I hope to get it down from the attic one day.
Now with a family and less time to myself, I find that there are fewer opportunities to listen to music and have ended up accumulating more gear rather than playing it - I hope that I am not becoming a collector.
I have a CD based system, but aspire to a computer audio set-up whenever I see how convenient they seem to be.
You might see me from time to time at one of the KJ West One evening events, but it seems that the recent ones have all coincided with parents' meetings or other school events.
So, I have been finding myself visiting the AoS more frequently and enjoying reading about everyone's hi-fi and music experiences and recommendations.
Wishing you all a very enjoyable weekend!
Lawrence