Hello to all

[Arcamnut]

Just a quick message to say hello to everyone @ AOS.My name is Paul and I am 45 yrs young, like all sorts of music and am slowly building my system in my man den when funds allow.I stumbled across this forum a week or so ago and after a bit of lurking I decided to join today.Anyway thats enough about me so once again I would like to say hello to all:cool:

[Reid Malenfant]

Hi Paul, welcome to AoS chap :) I'll be the same age as you in June, can't say i'm looking forward to it except for the bottle of bubbly :eyebrows:

I'm sure by sticking around here we can help you empty your wallet & hopefully in the right direction :D All the best & i hope you enjoy your stay :wave:

[Alex_UK]

Hi Paul, welcome to AoS, glad you found us, and hope you are enjoying it so far.

I'm going to go out on a limb here, and guess that some of your system is Arcam? Don't ask me why, just a hunch! ;) Let us know what your system is, and if you can manage it sometime, some photos in the Gallery would be most appreciated.

Tell us a bit more about your music tastes - a few of your favourites?

Have fun!

[Jonboy]

Hello Paul and welcome from someone else who's going to be 45 this year

[Arcamnut]

Thanks for the warm welcome chaps .I do apologize for the lack of info about my system and tastes so here goes.My latest venture back to Hi-Fi started with a present for my birthday in Feb this year which consisted of a pair of Monitor Audio BX2s and Atacama Nexus 6i stands.These were a revalation to my old lugholes after listening to computer audio through some Creative yogart cartons.
The speakers started the ball rolling in the quest for better sounds so I purchased a Arcam A28 amp to partner them,I then realised that after about 6 years of my CD collection being boxed up in the loft it was time to buy a disc spinner,enter a ex display CA 740c that I got for a good price.That was good for about 2 weeks until I won a Arcam DV79 for a song.The Arcam then took prime position in my also newly aquired rack whilst the 740c was relagated to DAC mode for my PC.This configoration lasted all of 2 days as I had been bitten by the bug and won a Arcam CD73T that was advertized as not working.It cost me a cotten bud and ten minuites of my time to fix.This was a much better sounding CD player than the DV79 so things got swapped around again,so now my current system comprises of the above components + I treated myself to a Project Genie 3.I also found my old Sony STSE 500 tuner and MDS-JE520 minidisc lurking in the loft.This system is very modest compared to others but for all my efforts I am very pleased with the outcome.My tastes in music vary from Ah-Ha to ZZ Top (well not exactly) but I like music for what it is.
I do hope I hav'nt bored you all to sleep with my post so I will say good night to all and as soon as I get a chance I will get some pictures up for you.
Paul

[Barry]

Welcome to AoS Paul.

Ah - Ha to ZZ Top? Nice one! My musical tastes extend from Laurie Anderson to ZZ Top, so as you can imagine, I'm delighted to welcome a new member with a broad taste in music.

Enjoy the forum,

Regards