Hi from an Aussie newbie!

[SpeakToTheHand]

I'm a lurker who decided to pull my finger out, get legit and finally join up.

My Hi-Fi interest started about 22 years ago when I worked in an AV retail store and slowly started picking up reasonable gear when I could afford it. I started with a Kenwood gear. [pre/power amp (http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g10/R107roadster/kenwood_KC-KM209.jpg), 6+1 multi CD, Dolby B+C cassette deck and a Kenwood Pro Logic surround amp added with a Mitsubishi S-VHS stereo VCR]. As Dolby Digital came out I switched to a Pioneer 5.1 AVR, then a Marantz 6.1 AVR and now I am back to another Pioneer 7.1 THX AVR. For speakers, over the past 15 years I have hunted down and collected a set of classic M&K THX sat/speakers (http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g10/R107roadster/P1010699.jpg) & subs (http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g10/R107roadster/MKsubbystack.jpg).
As you can see my interest is mainly HT but recently I have started to go back and lift my music appreciation when I picked up a great Technics CD player (http://vintagetechnics.co.uk/cdplayers/slps900.htm) that I've wanted for 20 years. I'm using the optic out from the new[old] CD player into the on-board Wolfson/Burr Brown DAC in my AVR and I've been blown away by difference it made!:eek:

My music tastes are pretty varied:
Blues - Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, John Lee Hooker, SRV, Hendrix, Clapton, Led Zepplin, Rolling Stones, John Butler.
Classics - Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Joy Division/New Order.
Hard Rock- Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Alice Cooper, System of a Down, Deep Purple, Linkin Park.

I've found time lately to get back into playing blues harmonica and bass guitar but over the next 12 months I will be kept busy building a 2 story rear extension to my home with a dedicated music/HT room.

In the meantime I hope I can contribute to this forum.

Cheers:cool::D

[The Grand Wazoo]

Hi Andrew,
Here's a warm welcome to AoS from me mate!

Cheers

[SpeakToTheHand]

Thanks Chris
:):)

[Macca]

Hi from me Andrew - I once went to an M & K dem which I was told would be very impressive, unfortuantely when we got to the dealers it turned out that the previous customer had been left alone in the dem room and had managed to blow up the satelite speakers. We had to listen to a Monitor Audo set up instead.

[SpeakToTheHand]

Hi from me Andrew - I once went to an M & K dem which I was told would be very impressive, unfortuantely when we got to the dealers it turned out that the previous customer had been left alone in the dem room and had managed to blow up the satelite speakers. We had to listen to a Monitor Audo set up instead.

Cheers Martin,

I remember when I sold hi-fi the first thing you would have to do in the morning was walk around and check that all the volume levels were set low. Occasionally some bored clown would walk around turning up all the volumes on the hi-fi that was turned off. Doing a demo for a customer would scare the hell out of them.

Some people have no respect :(