So, tell us about your user name.............. [Archive]

The Grand Wazoo

16-06-2009, 23:43

Steve Toy

17-06-2009, 01:51

My name on my birth certificate (ok it's Steven, but Steve for short cos only folks pissed off with me call me Steven :D) minus my middle name.

I know most feel they can't be quite so up-front as is the fashion on the 'net, but we do everything here to discourage folks being totally anonymous to the point that they don't think they have to engage with others here as real human beings taking responsibility along the way for what they write.

Monikers can be creative and identify us as we mean to proceed - which is no bad thing.

I like this OP Chris. :)

Beechwoods

17-06-2009, 05:14

Mine's from a once legendary Pink Floyd number called 'In The Beechwoods'. A few years ago now, a recording of the track appeared (sometime after I first started using the name) and I got to hear it at last! Pretty funky number in parts to be honest :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KnxgLsa2vM

DaveK

17-06-2009, 08:23

No prizes for guessing the background to mine. :lolsign:

Sand Dancin Donkey Walker

17-06-2009, 08:24

I once called a guy I worked with a 'Sheep Sha****g T**t'

The reply I got back was 'That's great coming from a Sand Dancing Donkey Walker'

So there you have it, best insult I have ever received so I thought I'd better get some use out of it.

Andy - SDDW

Marco

17-06-2009, 08:45

I am me - the mad Marco boy. Nothing else need be said. Beware of cheap imitations with inferior frocks.

Marco.

DaveK

17-06-2009, 09:25

Good Morning Marco,
Is there something that you need to tell us? :) It seems to me that you introduce the subject of wearing frocks into every other posting you make - do you need to get something off your chest (:lolsign:) - do tell !
Cheers.

Marco

17-06-2009, 09:39

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA... It's a long-standing joke in some quarters, Dave - way before your birth on AOS :lol:

;)

Marco.

REM

17-06-2009, 10:55

[COLOR=navy]The reply I got back was 'That's great coming from a Sand Dancing Donkey Walker'

Andy - SDDW

Hi Andy

You sure you didn't mishear him, I mean it was 'walker' he said....:lol:

Cheers

Spectral Morn

17-06-2009, 11:03

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA... It's a long-standing joke in some quarters, Dave - way before your birth on AOS :lol:

;)

Marco.

Come next election there will be loads of jobs for people who answer like that....oops perhaps not:doh: thats what has got them into trouble in the first place;):lol::lol::lol::lol:. Thats a real politicians answer.

My monicker ummmmmmmmm.... I suppose I am a sad old git(who never quite grew up) who quite likes Dr Who and has always loved the visual design (very Art Deco) of the Daleks. I was looking for a change of identity not long after leaving another forum and asked for this name (I did have another name here on AOS...for a while). As to Supreme... ? why be a minion/drone. :lol::lol: Emperor would have been a bit big headed (though I am Emperor on another forum:lol::lol::lol:)

Regards D S D L

Marco

17-06-2009, 11:12

I think I'll go and alter it to 'Daphne Droopy Drawers'......just 'cos I can and I feel like it! :lol: :lolsign: :eyebrows: :ner:

Tee hee...

Marco.

Spectral Morn

17-06-2009, 11:26

I think I'll go and alter it to 'Daphne Droopy Drawers'......just 'cos I can and I feel like it! :lol: :lolsign: :eyebrows: :ner:

Tee hee...

Marco.

To much time on your Hands Marco here i'll help you out and change the avatar:lol::lol::lol::lol:.

D S D L

Marco

17-06-2009, 11:29

Hehehehe... Nice one! :respect:

Marco.

Spectral Morn

17-06-2009, 11:31

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: :lol::ner:

Regards Daphne

Sand Dancin Donkey Walker

17-06-2009, 12:37

Hi Andy

You sure you didn't mishear him, I mean it was 'walker' he said....:lol:

Cheers

Quite possibly not REM, but I'm sticking to my version of events :lol:.

Andy - SDDW

twelvebears

17-06-2009, 13:14

It is not, in fact, because I'm am distantly related to famous tribe of Native American Indians.

No, it comes simply from something that friend of a friend said once which has stuck for some reason. However the explainantion as to what caused them to say it is the first place is the long(ish) story.

Several years ago when my 1st marriage ended (now considering No.3, that's and even LONGER story) when I was in my late 20's, I felt the need to get a quite sizable tattoo on my left shoulder and immediately (i.e. straight after having it done) went out for post-work beers with a mate. While at the pub, the girl who is responsible for my name spotted the fresh tattoo, asked briefly about it and that was that, except that....

She bumped into me the following week and noticed that I had another fresh tattoo on the OTHER shoulder. This cause slightly more amusement but not as much as when we ran into each other a further two weeks later and she discovered from my mate that I'd now had another huge tattoo done right across my back which joined the first two up.

It was at this point that she declaired that I was "as mad as twelve bears" and for some reason, it's stuck ever since.

Marco

17-06-2009, 15:18

Hey, Steve, somehow I feel all the richer for knowing that now... :eyebrows:

Ta!

Marco.

Spectral Morn

17-06-2009, 15:28

Frankly I am disappointed ......;):lol::lol::lol:

Regards D S D L

Marco

17-06-2009, 15:29

You felt the plot lacked pathos?

Marco.

Spectral Morn

17-06-2009, 15:31

You felt the plot lacked pathos?

Marco.

No...I just thought of Twelve Bears as a noble native American, and pictured him thus when reading his posts.:( :lol::lol:

http://kirbysattler.sattlerartprint.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/nativeamericanart.jpg

http://www.dakotaswtraders.com/images/native_american_looking.jpg

Regards D S D L

The Grand Wazoo

17-06-2009, 16:42

No prizes for guessing the background to mine. :lolsign:

..............you're a litigation specialist?

twelvebears

17-06-2009, 16:43

I said it wasn't because I was related to Native American Indians, I didn't say that I don't look like one....

Always good to have a full feather head-dress (as opposed to other types of dress Marco) to hand for the occasional night out clubbing....

The Grand Wazoo

17-06-2009, 16:44

The reply I got back was 'That's great coming from a Sand Dancing Donkey Walker'

So there you have it, best insult I have ever received so I thought I'd better get some use out of it.

Andy - SDDW

Andy - that's one name that's had me totally baffled - now I know.

The Grand Wazoo

17-06-2009, 16:46

I am me - the mad Marco boy. Nothing else need be said. Beware of cheap imitations with inferior frocks.

Marco.

Well, I knew you live in Wales. What's that about sheep imitations?

Beechwoods

17-06-2009, 17:11

Inferior flocks?

Joe

17-06-2009, 17:24

My name's an abbreviation of Joseph. Inventive, eh?

The Vinyl Adventure

17-06-2009, 17:30

i used to go under the internet name of "pissartist" when i was about 16 but at some point in time i got banned from a forum for haveing a rude word in my name
i then changed it to "redefined" partly because i had been and partly because of a song called redefine by incubus
i then joined a photography forum under that name but eventually changed it as i decided it sounded a touch pretentious under the circumstances
i was also trying to get a name for my self as a photographer and figured having my actual name "hamish gill" relating to photography in as many places as possible wouldnt be a bad thing
try searching for "hamish gil"l on google.co.uk now... the entire first page are links to something to do with me... :gig:

The Grand Wazoo

17-06-2009, 17:34

Inferior flocks?

Well..........actually, I was thinking more along the lines of how he dresses his inflatable farm animals...........

Marco

17-06-2009, 18:29

Have you been to any parties in Wrexham, then?

Marco.

The Grand Wazoo

17-06-2009, 18:43

No, it was just a vicious (viscous?) rumour..........

shane

17-06-2009, 19:13

What's to tell? It's my name and I'm stuck with it, although now there's another one here I should perhaps be more inventive.

Why Shane? Nothing to do with Alan Ladd, thank you very much (the movie came out six months after I was born) and everything to do with the Red Hand of Ulster, although I'm not sure I should be especially proud of that either.

DSJR

17-06-2009, 19:16

Mine's boring - DS & J.R, or D, S, & J, R - take your pick, or not as the case may be :)

aquapiranha

17-06-2009, 19:54

Mine is simply what the aliens called me when they kicked me off the mothership...

Barry

17-06-2009, 23:45

Quite possibly not REM, but I'm sticking to my version of events :lol:.

Andy - SDDW

Whether 'Sand Dancing Donkey Walker' is a Bowdlerisation of his true username or not, reminds me of the former occupation of a fellow work collegue.

His previous work was in the poultry business, specifically he was involved in the artificial insemination of turkeys. In fact his job was to extract the source material - a sort of semen extraction facilitator. No easy task as you can imagine; turkeys are big birds and don't take kindly to enforced onanism!

This was in the days of the old black UK passport, which required a description of ones profession. I always meant to ask him if under 'Profession', he had entered 'Turkey Wanker'!

Barry

The Grand Wazoo

17-06-2009, 23:50

Whether 'Sand Dancing Donkey Walker' is a Bowdlerisation of his true username or not, reminds me of the former occupation of a fellow work collegue.

His previous work was in the poultry business, specifically he was involved in the artificial insemination of turkeys. In fact his job was to extract the source material - a sort of semen extraction facilitator. No easy task as you can imagine; turkeys are big birds and don't take kindly to enforced onanism!

This was in the days of the old black UK passport, which required a description of ones profession. I always meant to ask him if under 'Profession', he had entered 'Turkey Wanker'!

Barry

Hehehe,
Reminds me of a story about the daughter of a landed gent I used to work for, who apparently answered the phone one day & said, "No, Daddy's not in at the moment, he's out in the Park, making the cows pregnant".

Sand Dancin Donkey Walker

18-06-2009, 08:22

Hi Barry

There is no link from my forum mane to my real one, Andy Robertson. It was just a great insult.

There are no emissions or ammendments in translation either, though having thought about it I may have mis-heard the insult, though probably best to stay with the more polite version I think :lol:

Andy - SDDW

myles

18-06-2009, 08:53

webby

18-06-2009, 09:31

I shall call you 'Mills' then ;)

Me, well, webby is just an extension of my surname. Simple.

myles

18-06-2009, 10:03

I shall call you 'Mills' then ;)

Me, well, webby is just an extension of my surname. Simple.
I swear some guy in work really thinks I'm called Mills. I get it in emails, 'polite conversation' etc. Too easy just to leave it, I can't be bothered with the conversation where he tells me he knew all along.....

anthonyTD

18-06-2009, 16:00

hi all,
no prizes for guessing mine i am afraid, Anthony is of course my first name, and TD are the initials of my company which is Tube Distinctions.
regards,anthony,TD...

Beechwoods

18-06-2009, 17:10

A drunken night of love(I know it was drunken, my old man was involved), followed 8-9 months later by another drunken night where my parents decided on Myles. Not Miles, no that would be too easy. It HAD to be MYLES, with a Y, like some poncey yank. Still not used to it, even after 36 years on Gods green earth........

My little boy is called Mylo, not Milo, MYLO, with a Y :lolsign:

He's going to be posting on an internet forum in 33 years saying exactly what you've just said!

I love it ;)

electric beach

26-06-2009, 12:49

Marco & Neil, a pox on both your houses; I've searched for bloody hours to find Daphne Droopy Drawers to see that avatar again! Now I've seen the thread and understand... but bring her back, best username yet.

Mine has Hi Fi links to a fave picture (hanging on my wall) and to the glorious feeling of basking in front of a glowing system, wallowing in waves of music and thermionic warmth....

441

Also my name for a sunbed. :smoking:

Spectral Morn

26-06-2009, 14:35

Hi steve and Valerie

Daphne Droopy Drawers was me...for a bit(couple of hours);):lol::lol:

No problem the photo comes back(+an extra one not seen before), for this post, but not the name(though I reserve the name for future use) It was as a result of a bit of banter between Marco and me. Glad you like the picture. There is nothing quite like a bit of late 40's early 50's style. I'll be back shortly with it.

So by special request Daphne revealed ...
http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii364/davros124/image-getphp.jpg
And after a change of outfit...
http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii364/davros124/image-getphp-1.jpg

Thats your lot

Regards D S D L

Barry

26-06-2009, 14:46

No problem the photo comes back for this post but not the name. It was as a result of a bit of banter between Marco and me. Glad you like the picture I'll be back shortly with it.

Regards D S D L

No No No! Please, I loathe that photo - much prefer Daleks!

Daleks rule supreme!

Spectral Morn

26-06-2009, 15:14

No No No! Please, I loathe that photo - much prefer Daleks!

Daleks rule supreme!

Don't worry Barry my avatar stays...well at least as various Daleks.

Why do you not like Daphne...her feelings would be hurt if she knew.:lol::lol:

Regards D S D L

Marco

26-06-2009, 15:23

There is nothing quite like a bit of late 40's early 50's style...

Indeed: when women looked like women and men looked like men, before bloody tracky bottoms, jeans, and trainers were invented! ;)

I like both the Daleks AND 'Daphne' :eyebrows:

Marco.

Barry

26-06-2009, 15:32

Don't worry Barry my avatar stays...well at least as various Daleks.

Why do you not like Daphne...her feelings would be hurt if she knew.:lol::lol:

Regards D S D L

She looks a whole lot better in the larger photos. The avatar was too small and reminded me of the cheesy pin up pictures of the '50s - all pointy 'up-lift' bras and stocking tops ....slobber, slobber,...:eyebrows:

Regards

Spectral Morn

26-06-2009, 15:43

Indeed: when women looked like women and men looked like men, before bloody tracky bottoms, jeans, and trainers were invented! ;)

I like both the Daleks AND 'Daphne' :eyebrows:

Marco.

A man of taste and discernment...as are you too Barry. Yes the avatar was a wee bit on the small side....;)

I hope Steve and Valerie are happy now....:)

Regards D S D L

REM

26-06-2009, 18:31

So by special request Daphne revealed ...
http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii364/davros124/image-getphp.jpg
And after a change of outfit...
http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii364/davros124/image-getphp-1.jpg

Isn't that the bint in the Tannoy Prestige range brochure? No wonder Marco is so keen on them...:lol:

Spectral Morn

26-06-2009, 20:19

Isn't that the bint in the Tannoy Prestige range brochure? No wonder Marco is so keen on them...:lol:

Could be....? But I don't think so ;)

Regards D S D L

electric beach

27-06-2009, 10:53

She looks a whole lot better in the larger photos. The avatar was too small and reminded me of the cheesy pin up pictures of the '50s - all pointy 'up-lift' bras and stocking tops ....slobber, slobber,...:eyebrows:

Regards

Exactly. So what's not to like?! :bum:

We are happy, ta Neil. Kinda distracted you from the username though. Proud of that one, had it as an email address for years.

Spectral Morn

27-06-2009, 15:38

Exactly. So what's not to like?! :bum:

We are happy, ta Neil. Kinda distracted you from the username though. Proud of that one, had it as an email address for years.

Slightly confused :confused:

You had Daphne Droopy Drawers as an E-mail address ? :lol::lol: That must have raised a few eyebrows:eyebrows::lol::lol::lol: over the years.

Regards D S D L

electric beach

27-06-2009, 16:54

Electric Beach. I seem to recall we were discussing username origins... But I would have had DDD if I'd thought of it! My daughter uses Daphne Scrumpton.

Beobloke

28-07-2009, 11:20

"Beobloke" - I'm a bloke and I like B&O. Simple really........;)

Alex_UK

03-08-2009, 21:19

I'm sure I don't have to explain, do I? :lolsign:

I'm a bloke called Alex. Oh, and I live in the UK! Bet that surprised you!

As the Meerkat says, Simples!

Mike

03-08-2009, 22:13

Well mine... nah, surely not! :lolsign:

Mazeppa

15-08-2009, 13:43

Whether 'Sand Dancing Donkey Walker' is a Bowdlerisation of his true username or not, reminds me of the former occupation of a fellow work collegue.

His previous work was in the poultry business, specifically he was involved in the artificial insemination of turkeys. In fact his job was to extract the source material - a sort of semen extraction facilitator. No easy task as you can imagine; turkeys are big birds and don't take kindly to enforced onanism!

This was in the days of the old black UK passport, which required a description of ones profession. I always meant to ask him if under 'Profession', he had entered 'Turkey Wanker'!

Barry

I have wondered at the exact meaning of the word "wanker", but no longer.

Barry

16-08-2009, 00:00

I have wondered at the exact meaning of the word "wanker", but no longer.

Hi Mazeppa

I would have questioned your misunderstanding, however I have noticed your location, so realise that 'wanker' is a unique British euphemism and as a term not necessarily known to you. Not only is it a euphemism, it is also a term of disrespect for someone who is perceived as being a bit of a 'loser'.

Clearly this has nothing to do with matters audio, but we hope that AoS as a forum educates, informs and entertains.

Regards

REM

16-08-2009, 10:20

Back in the 70s I worked for a civil engineering company on the admin side of things. One day the (Scottish) Site Agent came in looking most perturbed. One of the foremen had occasion to tell him that a particular job was simply not feasible and he was not prepared to spend anymore time attempting to complete the task which in his opinion was just a complete waste of time and effort. So what, well this being in Liverpool the foreman didn't quite put it in those terms, what he actually said was "...you can fook that, I've seen me arse with it..." only being Scottish he was unfamiliar with the local phraseology and was visibly upset at the very thought:lol::lol:

Cheers

Alexxus

19-08-2009, 22:11

My user name... Goes back a while... Actually, I prolly got it when I first tried to set up an e-mail account. You know how that works, you keep dialing in user names and the thing only spits back at you the name's taken, wouldn't you like instead the same but with a _345897634 added to it?

So there... I got two first names, one of which is Alex, but that of course was taken by a few million peeps, so I extended it to Alexus (from Ms Winston see below) but that was not enough either.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_xEBaOMH_2GA/SbZMd2qjqsI/AAAAAAAAAGk/22UhG8J5skg/Alexus+Winston.jpg

So I just popped in an extra X and that seemd to do the trick. Somehow, most probably because I'm a lazy individual, I just stuck with it on my subsequent fora application, so there it is once more. :carrot:

aquapiranha

19-08-2009, 22:15

Alex, that is where I got mine from! couldn't be arsed thinking of another and it stuck...

Alexxus

19-08-2009, 23:19

Alex, that is where I got mine from! couldn't be arsed thinking of another and it stuck...
That's it! That makes me feel better :lol:

Covenant

20-08-2009, 09:34

Mine is from a series of books called The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. So far 8 books written and two to go. A bit like Lord of the Rings in its setting except the main character has leprosy and is despised by people around him.
About 1.2 million words so far and I have read it three times so I must like it.

jandl100

20-08-2009, 09:40

My user name... Goes back a while... Actually, I prolly got it when I first tried to set up an e-mail account. You know how that works, you keep dialing in user names and the thing only spits back at you the name's taken ....

Yup, that's my story too.

Setting up email when I first went on to the internet .... JANDL - Jerry & Lindsey (the missus ;)) ... damn thing wouldn't take JANDL .... so after several tries I finally ended up at JANDL100 ... and I've used that as my username everywhere on t'internet ever since. Much easier than having to remember a different name for each site!

.... see, I tol' youse I was a boring old fart. :)

Alexxus

20-08-2009, 14:10

.... see, I tol' youse I was a boring old fart. :)
You ain't the only one, I just don't go around telling people that. Who knows, maybe some of them won't notice :lolsign:

freefallrob

18-09-2009, 12:53

Well mine goes back years, surf the hifi forums and ebay and you'll see freefallrob, it's me.

My name is Rob, and while i'll was trying to think of the rest of it I swivelled around on my chair and saw a book called 'Freefalling', the rest is history.

P.s I liked those pictures of the young lady earlier, can someone point me in the right direction:eyebrows:.?

Alex_UK

18-09-2009, 13:13

P.s I liked those pictures of the young lady earlier, can someone point me in the right direction:eyebrows:.?

North America, the West, she's wearing a bit too much make up for me, and I don't like the dead bird hat, but each to their own. Oh, hang on a minute - not THAT far back... :lol:

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showpost.php?p=49842&postcount=20

Sorry, It's Friday, the sun's shining, and only four hours to wine! :smoking:

freefallrob

18-09-2009, 13:22

:lol:

kendrew

19-09-2009, 03:53

Simply, my middle name. An inherited whim of generations past.
Which, I have found, is usually conveniently acceptable when selecting "user names" across the board.

Spectral Morn

19-09-2009, 07:08

freefallrob

21-09-2009, 09:23

Sorry NO. If I did I would have to exterminate you.....:ner:;):lol:

Regards D S D L

Damn and blast......

Rare Bird

15-10-2009, 13:47

After years of different usernames & probably one of the most controversial internet posters of all time

:lolsign:

I'm now just me.

Themis

15-10-2009, 14:06

Themis has always been my main character name, on all MMORPGs, even now.

As I have been for (very) long a user/moderator of certain MMOs' forums, I have the habit of using the same username and avatar (which is one of the elite spells of GuildWars Mesmer profession, one of my favs) on all forums. Any forums for years.
I won't change, because I've too many friends around.

So... that's all. ;)

steveinspain

15-10-2009, 20:45

Steve in Spain
Need any more help on that ?

Beechwoods

16-10-2009, 18:48

Do you have an alternative persona when you're on holiday, Steve?!

steveinspain

16-10-2009, 19:10

Well, most of my recent visits to the UK have been for health reasons (long story involving motor bikes and crashes and many ops to try to sort me out..) so my name is often mistaken for Steve in Pain, which I often am !
Steve in Debt seems a good one too, as I am currently spending way more than I have..

Marco

16-10-2009, 19:47

After years of different usernames & probably one of the most controversial internet posters of all time

:lolsign:

I'm now just me.

And all the better for it!! ;)

Marco.

Rare Bird

16-10-2009, 20:14

And all the better for it!! ;)

Marco.

:ner:

Marco

16-10-2009, 21:44

You didn't type anything :eyebrows:

Marco.

Rare Bird

16-10-2009, 22:09

;)

flatpopely

14-12-2009, 15:33

flat = hi-fi awakening in the 80s tatstic heyday of Linn/Naim/Rega and the Dual CS505

popely = surname

MartinT

02-01-2010, 20:00

I've been moderator of the hi-fi conference in CIX for a number of years and got used to signing off as MartinT (the T is for Taylor). So there you have it.

technobear

03-01-2010, 15:27

I've been technobear for about twelve years now.

techno = http://www.technobear.btinternet.co.uk/images/jilted.jpg

bear = http://www.technobear.btinternet.co.uk/images/bearflag.gif

http://www.technobear.btinternet.co.uk/emoticons/slayer.gif

Primalsea

08-01-2010, 21:09

Mines very boring and goes back to the time I first got 56K dialup connection. I wanted an email address with Primordialsoup which was accepted but due to a connection glitch when I tried to complete the process it then said that the name was taken. I then tried Primalsoup but the same bloody thing happened again!

Eventually I managed to get Primalsea and it stuck.

beek

11-01-2010, 22:44

Is a nickname from high school :lol:

Psion770

14-01-2010, 16:45

Psion because the ubiquitous palm tops finally brought me into the digital age and 770 because Farad Azima's iconic speakers gave my record collection a new dimension whether it was the right one .... I'm still searching.

Martyn

ONIX Addict

15-01-2010, 11:01

Hy all!

Guess what?... :D

:o

O.A.;)

electric beach

16-01-2010, 17:33

Mine is from a series of books called The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.

Not heard of it before, so just ordered the first from your post.

The journey begins...

UV101

22-01-2010, 12:50

U=Ultra
V=Violator
101=101

All Depeche mode album names. Ive been UV101 as long as I can remember.

Not my first choice of recording these days but great for the car when I want to feel like a teenager again!!

Ian

chris@panteg

24-01-2010, 20:04

Panteg ' the little Hamlet in ceregidion ' south wales ' where my father was born and is also the my house name .

twelvebears

25-01-2010, 19:08

Ali Tait

25-01-2010, 19:33

That's why he was called "The Unbeliever"! :eek:

electric beach

26-01-2010, 15:40

And jolly good they are....

But didn't he take an age to stop going 'No, I don't believe any of this is happening'......

Bugger. You've spoilt the story before I've even started! I don't believe it!! :steam: :doh:

Themis

10-02-2010, 08:11

Marco

10-02-2010, 08:41

Il n'y a pas de problème, mon ami.

We aim to please! :cool:

Marco.

Covenant

10-02-2010, 20:35

And jolly good they are....

But didn't he take an age to stop going 'No, I don't believe any of this is happening'......

But to admit it was real would mean he had gone mad. Any way I can't wait for the ninth book! I have to buy them in hardback too because I dont like waiting for paperback-its a bit expensive.

DevillEars

16-02-2010, 08:08

Hi All,

DevillEars is a construction based on my surname (= de Villiers) and is one I've used on all forums mainly due to early onset Alzheimer's and the need to avoid cluttering the mind with useless and unnecessary detail... ;)

NB: There is no hidden "Satanist" connotation!

Dave "DevillEars" de Villiers
(pardon the bad stutter)

MartinT

16-02-2010, 08:19

mainly due to early onset Alzheimer's

Sorry to hear that, Dave. Are you taking an interest in Terry Pratchett's progress? He is on TV quite a lot these days and speaks very openly about the disease.

DevillEars

16-02-2010, 13:48

Sorry to hear that, Dave. Are you taking an interest in Terry Pratchett's progress? He is on TV quite a lot these days and speaks very openly about the disease.

My apologies - my somewhat weird sense of humour can get me into awkward situations. :doh:

I don't have Alzheimer's - its just something of a standing joke between my wife and I - each accusing the other on a regular basis (or using it as an excuse for forgetting a birthday, anniversary, etc.) :scratch:

Maybe I should switch to "FOOT IN MOUTH DISEASE"? ;)

Dave

MartinT

16-02-2010, 15:41

No problem - better than having it for real.

dowser

12-03-2010, 16:43

But to admit it was real would mean he had gone mad. Any way I can't wait for the ninth book! I have to buy them in hardback too because I dont like waiting for paperback-its a bit expensive.

How are the last set of Covenant books - I've read the first 2 chronicles many times, and committed to not read them again until the 3rd chronicles were all published. When is the last book coming? And did you read the Gap series by Donaldson too - I loved this too.

My user name is my login ID from one of my first jobs (jeez Novell 3.1 :)).

Covenant

12-03-2010, 16:58

The last series is fine-centering around Linden Avery (at least at the beginning) and the dubious return of Covenant to the Land. To say anymore might spoil things. I think it might be a couple of years before the third and forth are released.
The Gap series is excellent-some people say its too long but I enjoyed them all and am part way through the series again (I must try and read something other than science fiction/fantasy)
Didn't enjoy Mordants Dream.
I recommend Reeve the Just and other stories-a nice little collection of short stories by S.D

dowser

12-03-2010, 17:00

Thanks Jerry - and agreed on Mordants Dream!

Alex_UK

12-03-2010, 22:33

Why, wasn't it a full novel, just Mordants Shorts? :)

goraman

13-03-2010, 01:03

My wife is from Pakiatan,most ofmy freinds are Punjabi's.
I look like Ron Howard,I'm so white I glow in the dark.
Goraman: fair skined man

robofet61

13-03-2010, 09:41

Light Capture

19-03-2010, 14:05

I chose "Light Capture" because of my love of photography. Capturing an image on film or digital is capturing the light on an object.

Marco

19-03-2010, 14:17

Hi LC, welcome to AOS :)

Since you're in the welcome area, you'll notice the other threads here where new members have introduced themselves when joining.

Could you do likewise please (as it's part of our required procedure), using the other threads as a guideline for what's required (first name, basic location, system details, etc).

Cheers, and enjoy! :cool:

Marco.

untangle

25-03-2010, 04:12

I currently lead a company called - you guessed it....

technobear

25-03-2010, 10:40

I currently lead a company called - you guessed it....

Divorce lawyers ? :whistle:

slipperyjim

03-04-2010, 19:43

Slippery Jim is, I believe, a character in a series of sci-fi books - Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat stories. Not really my cup of tea, but a girlfriend of mine (from over thirty years ago) used the term to refer to a very dearly cherished body part of mine.

technobear

03-04-2010, 20:01

:lol:

You forgot the " :o "

Beechwoods

03-04-2010, 21:13

Jim's obviously got nothing to be embarrassed about!

Marco

04-04-2010, 07:05

Indeed - wave it around like a conductor's baton, I say! :lol:

Marco.

PRYML

07-04-2010, 09:08

Merely the alternative spelling for Primal, as in the primal urge we all have (I'm assuming) to "make a connection" e.g. in this instance, to our music ;-)

Grez

12-04-2010, 08:33

Grez - due to my fascination with Delius and his home at Grez-sur-Loing, France I acquired this nickname from my slightly bohemian friends at Eton and Cambridge University. It has nothing to do with the fact that it was a shortened version of my first name, Graeme, that was given to me by my mates in Castleford where I was born... honest!

;-)

Grez

12-04-2010, 08:33

ThresholdSpectralLover

16-04-2010, 06:31

My username comes from two of my favorite audio (electronics) companies: Threshold, and Spectral. IMO if somebody wants to get serious about sound on some type of budget, used high-end gear (of many diferent companies) is the way to go. I use a Spectral DMC-6 preamp, because it has the quietest phono stage that I have ever used. It is really noticeable, when you start turning the volume up, and the lower volume passages come up. It is something that they did differently in their design, but I can't remember what it was. I found a discussion about it on the net, but now I can't find it. (I'm not trying to brag or anything here) It was $2,800 new, and I got it years ago used for $1,350 U.S.D. Now when they rarely come up, they can be had for about $600-$700 U.S.D.

I use Threshold S-300 amps, because they can drive any load all day long. I also think that like so much other high end gear, they are beautiful! I have three of them, but I don't have the third hooked up yet.

:)

magiccarpetride

05-05-2010, 19:43

Don't know if this is the right place to put this, but I certainly think it should be a sticky somewhere.

I'm often intrigued as to the stories behind people's user names - and there's nearly always a story behind every one.
So, why don't you tell us about the origin of the name you've chosen to be identified with on the Art of Sound?

Your enormously self-depricating starter for ten:

The Grand Wazoo - The Big Arse...............also the name of one of my favourite Frank Zappa albums.

The first time I've ever truly, really experienced high quality sound reproduction in my house was when I replaced my Castle Inversion speakers with a pair of Magneplanar MG1 IMP planar speakers. There was something about the music coming out of these enormously huge speakers (they look like the monoliths from the Space Odyssey 2001) that made everything sound and feel (and look) as big as a house! The drum kit suddenly appeared before me as big as the real life drum kit, and all the other instruments in the mix gained their life size dimensions. On top of that, the vocalists suddenly gained in stature, as I could plainly see Janis Joplin standing in front of me in her full 5 feet something height!

Depending on the mix/mastering, some instruments even gained larger-than-life dimensions (this is especially true with synthesized instruments). Also, the instruments were now distributed not along the boring familiar toy-sized left-to-right squishy soundstage, but were well extended up, up, almost touching the ceiling, all the way down touching the floor, and beyond the left and right edges of the speakers. Plus, they were now layered in depth, extending all the way to the back of the house (and, on a very quiet night, even beyond).

All that produced such a vivid, palpable illusion of witnessing a breathtaking music performance, that I felt as if I've been taken on a magic carpet ride. Hence my moniker:)

The Grand Wazoo

05-05-2010, 20:03

So it's got nothing to do with Steppenwolf then? - that's how I had you pegged!

Barry

05-05-2010, 20:35

So it's got nothing to do with Steppenwolf then? - that's how I had you pegged!

Goodness! Stepenwolf's 'Magic Carpet Ride' - I'd forgotten about them. Used to have an LP by them.

Can't find it now, so probably gave it away. Think I recorded 'Magic Carpet Ride', 'Born to be Wild' and 'The Dealer' onto cassette.

Regards

The Grand Wazoo

05-05-2010, 20:42

I always used to like 'The Pusher'.
A couple of years ago I discovered the version by the guy who wrote it - Hoyt Axton:

wWrYrABuPtA

Barry

05-05-2010, 20:58

I always used to like 'The Pusher'.
A couple of years ago I discovered the version by the guy who wrote it - Hoyt Axton:

wWrYrABuPtA

Yes of course: 'The Pusher' - what did I say: 'The Dealer'? Obviously too much consumption in my youth of such 'dealt' substances! :eyebrows:

Regards

Barry

05-05-2010, 21:09

Chris,
Your 'YouTube' clip froze at 1:55, just as the poster of the naked girl was coming into view. Clearly my PC was doing a bit of a 'double take'!

Regards

insomnia

24-05-2010, 03:08

ummm... put simply, i have difficulty going to sleep. That is why i turned to music to sing lullaby songs whenever I get insomnia attacks. Works every time :).

Batty

22-06-2010, 00:32

Here's where mine came from - Captain Beaky.

My Surname is Batt, and this was around when I was serving in Germany with the army. Just progression I guess and it stuck.

The bravest animals in the land are Captain Beaky and his band
That's Timid Toad, Reckless Rat, Artful Owl and Batty Bat
They march through the woodlands singing songs
that tell how they have righted wrongs.

Visoflex

22-06-2010, 14:34

A device for converting a Leica rangefinder camera to a (not very good) single lens reflex.

I chose it because it was suitably obscure.

Barry

22-06-2010, 15:33

A device for converting a Leica rangefinder camera to a (not very good) single lens reflex.

I chose it because it was suitably obscure.

Not obscure enough - I have one to use with my 280mm/F4.8 Leitz Telyt lens.

Agreed it does make the 'converted' Leica a bit of dog to handle!

Regards

The Grand Wazoo

22-06-2010, 18:00

I thought you were a manufacturer of motorcycle helmet accessories!

montesquieu

30-06-2010, 21:32

Long-time ex used to call me Fortescue, a reference to the Rev Charles Fortescue, the hapless Victorian era Michael Palin character in the film The Missionary who goes around saving fallen women ...

Anyway touring in France one year she started to riff a little on this and began calling me Montesquieu instead ... then low and behold we drove into the village of that name (was Gascony IIRC). So that's what stuck.

Effem

01-07-2010, 09:20

Effem is very simply my initials FM

Joe

01-07-2010, 20:15

Effem is very simply my initials FM

No static at all?

Beechwoods

01-07-2010, 21:25

I always thought it was Eff 'em of the two-fingered variety!

Mike

01-07-2010, 21:26

Effem is very simply my initials FM

But you look more like "JR" in your avatar! :lolsign:

Beechwoods

01-07-2010, 21:30

Psst... Mike... Looks can be deceiving... He's probably a girl! :eek:

Mike

01-07-2010, 21:31

Psst... Mike... Looks can be deceiving... He's probably a girl! :eek:

eek!

sparrow

01-07-2010, 21:44

My late Dad called me sparrow from an early age. It got a bit embarasing when he still called me that as a young adult. I like to use it where possible in his memory. He was a good Dad who brought me up on his own.

Mike

01-07-2010, 22:06

Use it with pride! :clap:

Techno Commander

01-07-2010, 23:07

I tried to think of something original. Techno comes from my love of music of that genre and the commander bit comes from working as a LD or production manager at rather large parties and therefore in charge of lots of buttons.:)

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg116/sillystuff99/Animations/rave.gif

Alex_UK

01-07-2010, 23:31

But you look more like "JR" in your avatar! :lolsign:

I believe that is Sheriff Buford T. Justice, from the Smokey & The Bandit films, played by Jackie Gleason. Not sure if effem (I also thought it was a "two finger salute" reference) can explain the significance, if there is any...?

Mike

01-07-2010, 23:46

I believe that is Sheriff Buford T. Justice, from the Smokey & The Bandit films, played by Jackie Gleason.

I'm sort of glad I didn't know that! :lol:

Alex_UK

02-07-2010, 00:01

I'm sort of glad I didn't know that! :lol:

Or roughly translated "Alex you sad b@st@rd!" ;)

I loved those films when I was a kid, still do!

So yes, Alex is a sad b@st@rd! :)

Batty

02-07-2010, 05:30

No static at all? Steely Dan ?

Effem

02-07-2010, 05:42

I believe that is Sheriff Buford T. Justice, from the Smokey & The Bandit films, played by Jackie Gleason. Not sure if effem (I also thought it was a "two finger salute" reference) can explain the significance, if there is any...?

No significance at all. I still regularly watch the Smokey films and to be honest without Buford T. Justice they simply wouldn't be worth watching at all. Some cracking old school one liners that still make me laugh:-

"There is no way, no way you could come from my loins . . . . when I get home I'm gonna punch your momma in the mouth".

"Daddy, we got a flat tyre". "Yep, flatter than your momma's chest"

Besides, I don't think AoS is quite prepared yet for seeing my ugly mug :lol:

G1DRP

20-07-2010, 20:29

My user name is my amateur radio callsign.

73,
Ian

Reid Malenfant

23-07-2010, 15:38

Well i have had lots of different forum names elsewhere so i had to think of something different :scratch: As i'm rather partial to Sci Fi books & some of my favourites are the Manifold Trilogy by Stephen Baxter (Space, Time & Origin) i decided the main character out of all three books would be suitable :)

Besides that i'm usually quite spaced out anyway 2287 In the evenings that is :lol:

amdismal

23-07-2010, 18:12

Mine is an anagram of my name :)

BoD

26-07-2010, 14:07

Mine is my gaming tag from when I started playing online games like Operation Flashpoint & Medal of Honour Allied Assault.

It's also a film I greatly enjoyed in the 80s...

B etter
o ff
D ead

Tasuke

26-07-2010, 14:21

hi, new here.

big PIONEER fan. anyway, my username is the name
of guy who falls in love with my favorite Anime
(JAPANESE ANIMATION) girl in the series
"Mamotte Shugogetten"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamotte_Shugogetten

while my avatar is a pic of that girl herself (Miss Shaorin Shichiri)

Marco

26-07-2010, 17:00

Hi 'Tasuke',

Welcome to AOS! :)

Could you please pop into the Welcome area and introduce yourself to our community by supplying your real first name, system details and music tastes, as this is a requirement for all new members joining AOS.

Cheers! :cool:

Marco.

Techno Commander

26-07-2010, 22:15

Mine comes from a love of music with punishing bass lines and from many years of being in charge of the "bright and noisy" stuff at musical events & extravaganzas. (gigs & festivals :))

Jerrykan

28-08-2010, 19:35

My name 'Jerrykan' comes from my childhood love of making models of German WWII armour. The jerrycan is the ubiquitous metal 20 litre container for fuel and water. Designed in Germany in the '30s for the Wehrmacht it is now used worldwide. A white cross painted on the side denoted it is carrying drinking water.

Jerrykan is my online gamer tag, I like shooting people with an M16 from a distance, online of course.

My interest in hi-fi started when I was about 20 and bought my first system, a JVC ghetto blaster that had a phono input for a Sony deck. When I got my first job I got a NAD 3020, a Dual 505 TT and a pair of secondhand DIY Tannoy loudspeakers ( gert big things with a 12" woofer ). I still love vinyl but find the durability of CD very useful.

My digital system now approaches that vinyl sound I love - an Audio Synthesis DAX Decade DAC, Tri-Chord modded TEAC VRDS 25 CD player / transport, a Primare SPA21 amp ( the only 5.1 amp that sounds good in 2 channel) and a pair of Usher 6371 Compass speakers.

Interconnects are a Chris Venhaus design home-brew ( I AB'd against Nordost, Chord Co and Kimber and they stand up very well ).

I like listening to modern jazz, ( ECM, Coltrane and Davis, Mehldau, Metheny ) also Four Tet, Radiohead and folksy stuff ( Joni Mitchell, Nick Drake, Laura Marling and Creedence Clearwater Revival ).

Looking to get another valve amp now my kids are a little older, I still make models and have my stereo on nearly all evening most evenings whilst I work on my next 'masterpiece'.

My much younger wife accepts my need for an awesome sounding rig, she also has a penchant for jazz and can hear the difference between Black Ravioli and Aurios Media Isolation Bearings, a quality I find highly attractive.

Thanks for reading this, I always like reading other people's bios, hope you liked mine.

Marco

28-08-2010, 20:24

Hi there, thanks for that.

My name 'Jerrykan' comes from my childhood love of making models of German WWII armour. The jerrycan is the ubiquitous metal 20 litre container for fuel and water. Designed in Germany in the '30s for the Wehrmacht it is now used worldwide. A white cross painted on the side denoted it is carrying drinking water.

Jerrykan is my online gamer tag, I like shooting people with an M16 from a distance, online of course.

So what's your real first name? We like to refer to each other on first name terms here :)

Marco.

Jerrykan

28-08-2010, 21:43

Hi Marco, my first name is Matthew, pleased to meet you.

Reid Malenfant

29-08-2010, 10:03

Primare SPA21 amp ( the only 5.1 amp that sounds good in 2 channel)
:scratch: I wouldn't be so sure about this :eyebrows: I reckon the Audio Research MP1 would make you think differently ;)

Jerrykan

29-08-2010, 17:40

I wouldn't be so sure about this I reckon the Audio Research MP1 would make you think differently

Then let me re-phrase, the only 5.1 amp I have heard under 2 grand that is good at 2 channel stereo.

Reid Malenfant

29-08-2010, 17:49

Then let me re-phrase, the only 5.1 amp I have heard under 2 grand that is good at 2 channel stereo.
That's more like it ;)

As soon as i get this phono pre amp built i'll be dropping the MP1 into my system 2513

Anyway, sorry for going :offtopic:

Back to the point of the thread, i'm a spacedman :eyebrows: 2514

ClasseAudio

02-09-2010, 01:11

My name is pretty self explanatory.......love Classe products.

thaiman

02-09-2010, 10:29

I was born in Thailand and I am not female.

Alex_UK

02-09-2010, 12:29

I miss read it at first and thought you were some sort of vitamin (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vitamin-b1/NS_patient-thiamin) expert! :lol:

pepe7788

26-09-2010, 15:04

interest in cd players mods and tube amps.
listen to all sorts of music except heavy metals.
have my own dedicated sound room and diy workshop.
regards to all.

YNWaN

26-09-2010, 18:09

How is that a explanation of your user name pepe7788 (which is what this thread is about)?

Beechwoods

26-09-2010, 18:49

Just copied to a new thread in the main Welcome forum... :)

ourdogmax

27-09-2010, 09:09

this is our dog max:rolleyes:

southall-1998

27-09-2010, 12:44

I've been living in Southall (Also known as little india) since 1998.

moo-fi

01-10-2010, 15:43

I had an unfortunate encounter with a cow on my honeymoon :doh: which put me out of action for the rest of the honeymoo, so my other half never lets me forget it. At least it is easy to remember.

Fred

TopBalcony

01-10-2010, 18:32

Alex_UK

01-10-2010, 19:06

Well I couldn't think of anything witty or innovative so chose my favourite vantage point at my beloved Everton FC. Time, distance(I'm in West London) and kids have prevented me visiting recently although I have brainwashed the kids! With Arsenal and Chelsea to choose from locally this is arguably child cruelty. Still, who cares, football has eaten itself anyway:scratch:

Well I'm a Norwich fan living in Ipswich, so if you know your geography and your football rivalries you'll understand that it will be the height of cruelty to get my daughter to follow my team, so I understand where you are coming from! And at least we both support crap teams! ;)

michaelhigh

15-10-2010, 01:00

My moniker is michaelhigh, my real name is Michael Hy Yaffe. It's Jewish, I believe. I am Russian Jewish German (!) Cherokee... How 'bout that. I'm a mutt.

Barry

15-10-2010, 01:03

My moniker is michaelhigh, my real name is Michael Hy Yaffe. It's Jewish, I believe. I am Russian Jewish German (!) Cherokee... How 'bout that. I'm a mutt.

Relax! - I'm Scots-German, if anything (with Tibetan sympathies). Takes all sorts!

Regards

michaelhigh

15-10-2010, 16:51

Relax! - I'm Scots-German, if anything (with Tibetan sympathies). Takes all sorts!

Regards

Many here are probabaly part German or British or Irish or Italian. That probably covers the caucasian portion of people in general anywhere. :mental:

hoopsontoast

10-11-2010, 19:49

Hoops On Toast - from when i was a student (a few years ago) it seemed to work and no one else had it.

Jac Hawk

12-11-2010, 23:27

Ok well i guess user name like many others is a bit obscure, I use it for all my user names from XBOX live to my email address, anyway it all started a few years ago.......
My girlfriend and I were into this online game, I can't remember what it was, but to regester you needed to create an I.D. and password so to start with I tried variations of my real name Mike Davis, but seen as it is as common as muck no decent name was left, but as i was on the PC I was also watching Talladega Nights a movie with will farrell, anyway i was in the midst of pissing myself laughing when a part of the film came on about them advertising different products anyway will farrell was brandishing this huge hunting knife called the Jack Hawk 9000 so i typed that in and the rest is history so they say.........

jantheman

13-11-2010, 10:51

Jan = short for Janner.
Janner = native of Plymouth.
'Simples'

Bazil

17-11-2010, 19:44

Not to difficult ,I get called Baz a lot obviously ,but it seemed a bit short for a forum name.
So Bazil and not Basil because if you had never seen the latter written down this is how most people would spell it.
Comprenda?

Trickie_Dickie

23-11-2010, 17:23

Hi everyone.
Well, my handle is Trickie_Dickie because I was on FriendsReunitedConnections a while back and got banned for posting a saucy joke about Mr & Mrs Cadbury. So I signed in as Trickie_Dickie and it kind of stuck.

audio39

14-12-2010, 01:17

Hi Folks,

My username...audio39...is from my love of audio/music, and that I was 39 when I made that username on Audioweb quite a few years back.

Just been using it ever since.

P.S.

jantheman...that's a fine looking Staffie, is it yours? I owned English Bull Terriers for 20 years...we have a Bull Mastiff now (far less energy!!!)

goraman

15-12-2010, 00:30

My wife is from Pakiatan,most ofmy freinds are Punjabi's.
I look like Ron Howard,I'm so white I glow in the dark.
Goraman: very very white man In Hindi,Punjabi or Urdu is the same word,for a woman Gori.

Crap instead of editing my post I replyed to my self.
Jeff have another drink...

synsei

26-12-2010, 13:52

Hi all,

I use this forum nick on quite a few forums. It is the name of a character I created for an MMORPG called Anarchy Online. There's no backstory connected with it other than I needed a name that sounded oriental and Synsei popped into my head at the time... :cheers:

sparrow

27-12-2010, 15:41

My late father called me sparrow as a nipper so I thought it's be nice to use it on tinternet.

rep

02-01-2011, 14:49

A nickname bestowed on me during my motorcycling years - as a self proclaimed spokesman for our group I was 'christened' the 'Representative' which was rapidly reduced to Rep and has stuck ever since.

Spur07

02-01-2011, 16:17

'spur' as in Tottenham Hotspur - my family roots are in Edmonton, North London.

and '07' as in my current house number.

xphada

04-01-2011, 11:22

My user name is a reference to my days as an aspiring bedroom DJ:

XPHADA = CROSSFADER

The crossfader is the fader located at the very bottom of a DJ mixer.

http://theartofsound.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=66&pictureid=398

I no longer have those DJ aspirations but I'm still an avid record collector who became a bit of an audiophile along the way.

It would also explain why I have 4 Technics turntables ('decks' in DJ-language ;)):

SL-1200mkII X 2 (1 with Rega RB300 and many more mods to come :))
SL-1210mkII
SL-120 (still waiting for an SME arm)

KT88

15-01-2011, 17:33

Greetings one and all.
User name is a well-known valve, had a KT88 valve amp for a short while.
Interested in vinyl and old-school transistor gear (like the fabled CT-7000 Yamaha tuner which is indescribably good - long live FM).

satanfriendly

15-01-2011, 20:36

Because someone once described me as being the most twisted, but nice person they had ever met.

bringler

17-01-2011, 21:42

Well just call me bringler.....back in the days when you’re upset they use to use that term bringle! So I once had to come up with a unusual name and I made bringler up and I've been using it ever since.......System: Arcam A90, Arcam CD92,Arcam IR Dock and B&W cm1. cables cobra 3 and VAN DEN HUL THE NAME INTERCONNECTS and VAN DAMME BLACK SERIES TOUR GRADE SPEAKER CABLE 6.0mm....Stripped down and plait sounds WICKED!!!:rock: looking for a CD192 to replace the CD92

fishylikeslps

23-01-2011, 14:01

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh231/fishydan/fishII-2.jpg

I came up with the name when ebay decreed that an email address would no longer be acceptable as a user name- which was a good thing.

I like to fish and I like lps...

Not very elegant, but it will do.

hotiron

24-01-2011, 02:57

My iron is always hot because I don't have the patience to wait for it to heat up Hence! :lol: :eek:

Marco

24-01-2011, 08:41

Hi 'hotiron',

Welcome to AoS :)

Could you please pop into the Welcome area and introduce yourself to our community, by providing your real first name and basic location, system details and music tastes, as this is the required procedure for all new members joining AoS.

Cheers! :cool:

Marco.

Stevie 911

04-02-2011, 19:21

Hi guys,
Great to know that analogue still rocks. Simple rational behind my ID, not difficult guess to guess which is my favourite sports car....911 is a clue.

Many years ago I was a mad hifi fanatic, but somehow lost my way and sold my beloved Rega II deck in a rash moment and regretted it ever since. Imaging my surprise and absolute delight when I found a brand new, boxed SME 3009 Improved tonearm in my dads loft:). Also found a part completed Dual turntable, well I think it is. It sparked my dormant hi-fi DNA and decided to build a deck an add a analogue source back into my system, which luckely is a Quad 33 pre amp and 405 power amp. Both were serviced last month by Quad who completely overalled the electronic plus converted the speaker terminal to wired for just 100 quid. What an amazing company.

Glad to have joined a bunch of true believers. :cool:

Beechwoods

04-02-2011, 19:59

Dads are fan aren't they. Especially the ones who enjoy hifi!

MartinT

05-02-2011, 12:56

Welcome, Steven. My mate is a 911 fan (and ex 911 racer) and a real petrolhead. He calls me a dieselhead now, but of the performance variety.

The SME 3009 was my very first proper hi-fi purchase, from Laskys. Great arm, fab build quality.

Alex_UK

05-02-2011, 14:55

Welcome to AoS, Steven. Got a 3009 but never a 911 - at one point about 10 years ago my 4 best mates all Porkers - one had a 944 Turbo, one a late 928, another a Boxster S and the last one a 911 Carrera 4... I felt very much the poor relation at the time in my company Mondeo!

Anyway, good luck with the hifi kit, should be able to put together a great system based on what you've got I suspect. Enjoy the forum.

Rare Bird

05-02-2011, 16:46

The SME 3009 was my very first proper hi-fi purchase, from Laskys. Great arm, fab build quality.

Awesome classic.I've had some cartridges fitted to em that were technically insaine compatibility wise but worked perfect! I loved the 3010R, i've been considering buying an old Garrard '401' with vintage SME just as an ornament, a testiment to such marvelous British engineering of years past.

Sir Archie Splinter

17-02-2011, 21:44

Mmm Sir Archie Splinter.....Mmmm i just had a feeling hat no-one else would have used this handle.... And i quite fancied being promoted from my usual 'Reverend Eusabian Snickleberry' !

Beechwoods

17-02-2011, 21:49

It reminds me of Archie Bunker, as namechecked in The KLF's 'Kylie Said To Jason'

Trapped in a rerun
Of a seventies sitcom soap
"Some Mothers Do Have 'Em"
Or "The Archie Bunker Show"
I was smokin with Felicity
The good life begins in bed
Richard was in the garden
Or I think that's what she said

:lolsign:

sparrow

17-02-2011, 22:59

My faither called me Sparra when I was a wee laddie ...so in his memory I use Sparrow on all forums where possible

56frogs

18-02-2011, 19:49

Nothing profound. In fact, totally random. OK, I was born in 1956, so maybe not quite so random after all. :)

Fi-Wi

18-02-2011, 23:20

Being a hi-fi-addict over wi-fi I abbreviated my (double) surname to Fi-Wi. :)

Thing Fish

20-02-2011, 21:00

Mines obvious really. I'm a big Zappa fan...:eyebrows:

Alex_UK

20-02-2011, 21:54

Mines obvious really. I'm a big Zappa fan...:eyebrows:

We have a few of those - not sure you will be as big a Zappa fan as one of our mods, Chris (The Grand Wazoo) - just how gig are you? I've not met Chris personally, but legend has it he's 6'11" and nearly 30 stone! ;)

joey

20-02-2011, 21:57

Joe was taken to so i had Joey! simple really

The Grand Wazoo

21-02-2011, 00:00

I've not met Chris personally, but legend has it he's 6'11" and nearly 30 stone! ;)

I may be big, but by golly I'm nippy!

Barry

21-02-2011, 01:21

I may be big, but by golly I'm nippy!

Unlike my friend, who in the words of Howlin' Wolf:

"...I'm-a built for comfort
I ain't a-built for speed
(But I got ev'rything
A-that a good girl need)"

The parentheses are mine as the last statement cannot be corroborated.

Tim

22-02-2011, 15:05

My user name relates to one of my favourite tracks.... Pink Floyd's The Great Gig in the Sky. Performed well it can reduce me to tears - I also go to too many gigs!

Been using it awhile now in many different forums, so thought I would stick with it here. Floyd fans may know me by it elsewhere :)

Rare Bird

26-02-2011, 16:38

My user name relates to one of my favourite tracks.... Pink Floyd's The Great Gig in the Sky.

I had guessed that but didnt wanna look a birk if i was wrang

pgabulon

28-03-2011, 15:48

I am Philippe and new joining.
I am currently living in Hong Kong but originally from France were I have lived only for 5 years during the last 20 years.
I am an analog addict and I have been listening almost exclusively to LP's or FM since the last 10 years.
I have recently fallen in love with a denon 103 pro when i mounted it on a AT LH18 heavy headshell that i have just bought in Tokyo.
I have at the same time put my integrated Audiomat Opera Signature integrated on a sound mechanics rather cheap chinese platform and the amp has relaxed a lot since then and sound far more natural and almost as detailed and fast.
Voila

Folkboy

06-04-2011, 01:51

Mine's from a jovial slur aimed at me by my metalhead chum when I owned up to having a couple of Skyclad CDs in the mid-1990s.

I've never let him forget it.

PenThis

13-04-2011, 20:25

Barry

13-04-2011, 22:54

Hi, handle is from an past girl friend that maintained a long distant email relationship (she was in Dubai and I was located in West Coast of Canada). Kinda stuck.

After reading many articles on this website and having a hoot watching the friendly discord take place amongst the regulars, I surmised this is the place to be for all that's right!
So, I have joined initially to garner some insight and wisdom from the inmates on a current problem, and will hopefully be able to share in what little I know or understand in the future.

Thank you,

Jim Anderson
White Rock, BC

Hi Jim,

Not sure if I have welcomed you in person, if not then I apologise.

Looks like you've got a 'handle' on what a friendly forum this is: populated by (mostly) harmless nutters who (again mostly) love to chat about music and the best means by which to hear it.

(Oh and we like to talk about "sex, drugs and rock and roll" as well! :lol:)

Regards

MG1

01-05-2011, 14:41

mine's really dull...MG are my initials and this is a tag i've used on various astronomy forums. In astronomy there is a series of visible objects called the messier catalogue and each object in the series is numbered sequentially, M1, M2...etc. so I just picked that up and picked MG1. :doh:

Hello...wake up...okay I'll get my coat!

:ner:

Reid Malenfant

05-05-2011, 18:21

Nice to see another amateur astronomer on here :)

Yoga

10-05-2011, 15:48

This one is quite self explanatory :¬)

Yoga = unity. I have a habit of spending hours/days/weeks/months/years researching the nature of consciousness/quantum physics/cosmology/philosophy.

Space guys, if you have an iPad, grab Redshift, seriously kickass :¬)

Cosey Man

13-05-2011, 11:33

cosey man , its the name from a boiler manufacturer one of their models in the pressure jet range , i used to do some work on them one time , there were a good few around the area , & my other half at the time thought how funny it would be for an email name . :scratch:

jim

MG1

14-05-2011, 12:24

Space guys, if you have an iPad, grab Redshift, seriously kickass :¬)

Cheers Yoga, will check that one out

MG1

14-05-2011, 12:26

Nice to see another amateur astronomer on here :)

likewise....although I would probably refrain from calling myself an astronomer at the moment, more of a photographer with an interest in the stars...I've far too much to learn at the moment!

cheers

bill

14-05-2011, 21:14

i was an audio tech in the 70's and am back at it i'm also a snowboard instructor

Slippershod

14-05-2011, 21:47

Slippershod is the name for an, ahem, power trio project that's supposed to be getting underway with a couple of chums in london...

if I have my way, we'll be doing things like covers of the 'theme from black beauty'.

icehockeyboy

26-05-2011, 08:51

I thought my name up because I played ice hockey, I am certainly older than a boy, but icehockeyman didn't sound quite right.

It seems (playing hockey) is in my blood, my dad was a pro, he even had a trial back in the day with the Detroit Redwings, and my son went on the frozen stuff with a stick aged 4.

jtonthebike

05-06-2011, 09:41

Jt = my initials
On the bike = wish I was out cycling and not having to work for a living!

Hi btw ;o)

Epiphany Acoustics

12-06-2011, 15:10

Fairly simple... Name of my business :rolleyes:

WOStantonCS100

12-06-2011, 19:51

Mine is so completely boring. Ladies and gents, I give you the W. O. Stanton CS100 phono cartridge. Too bad I don't own one.
(Some reviewers have said it fails to best the 881; so, no big loss, I guess. But hey, it's black and gold. That's gotta count for something!)

http://www.vinylengine.com/images/cartridgedb/stanton_cs100.jpg

olderlathe

13-06-2011, 07:31

I collect ornamental lathes - bit like my current system, more decorative than state of art.

Gromit

13-06-2011, 18:25

It's coz I'm a Plastiscene dog. ;)

Seriously - comes from when I was building my Caterham 7 back in '97. Every day I went into work it was 'how's your nuts bolts and grommets?' Also, when I smile I look a little bit like Gromit apparently. :scratch:

nickbojko

13-06-2011, 23:03

enjoy all things hifi and video,can't stop improving things,nice to see a bunch of lunatics like myself.hope all my years of experience can help in any way.

Stumpy

20-06-2011, 03:03

Sorry, too long to explain. Suffice to say, it normaly puts a smile on the faces of the Ladies! :eyebrows:

Yomanze

21-06-2011, 19:02

I shall call you 'Mills' then ;)

Me, well, webby is just an extension of my surname. Simple.

This is where I got mine from. I was mentioning how so many people get named their surname with an 'ee' on the end e.g. Spearsy, Giggsy etc., but mentioned Yeomans-ee just doesn't work, to which Si responded: "Yo-man-ze"!

Yomanze

21-06-2011, 19:59

Sorry, too long to explain. Suffice to say, it normaly puts a smile on the faces of the Ladies! :eyebrows:

Whereas Trunky would put a scream on the ladies.

s70rmp

21-06-2011, 21:08

mine is my car reg (private plate)

S 70 RMP

I used to follow Manchester Storm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Storm

so I got a S70RM reg plate and the P is for Paul

Stumpy

21-06-2011, 22:49

And I thought it would be something to do with the Canon S70.
British Ice hockey eh. Another import from the rulers of the world? (Sorry, suppose that should be Hollywood Wives). :lol:

griffo104

22-06-2011, 12:01

Wot everyone calls me (although the 104 is just a random number and people don't us it when they call me :))

steveinfrance

30-06-2011, 15:34

mine is my car reg (private plate)

S 70 RMP

I used to follow Manchester Storm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Storm

so I got a S70RM reg plate and the P is for Paul

That's pretty convoluted. The best personalised number plate I have ever seen was 4 KOF frequently seen around Hagley (West Midlands).
He must have been a cough medicine salesman but how he got it past DVLC will forever be a mystery.
I won't bother explaining my name, since I'm actually called Richard and live in Uttar Pradesh.

Dr Bunsen Honeydew

30-06-2011, 16:28

My sister and her husband have ORN8 and ADL1B things like this go for silly prices now.

MartinT

30-06-2011, 17:38

I have N1 MWT but I subsequently discovered that D1 MWT was available. Shame - I could have been 'dimwit'.

Beechwoods

02-07-2011, 07:59

Paul Daniels has MAG1C which is pretty cool, even for someone who's plate might more aptly be PEN15 ;)

MartinT

02-07-2011, 17:09

Which airline captain has P1 LOT? I think it was offered to Branson.

Alex_UK

02-07-2011, 20:12

I saw MU 1 or 1 MU (can't remember) the other day - it was on a coach - and nothing to do with the football team as far as I could tell.

Mike

02-07-2011, 20:51

Paul Daniels has MAG1C which is pretty cool, even for someone who's plate might more aptly be PEN15 ;)

Thay plate actually exists. Sort of!

PEN1S belongs to ex mororcycle racer Steve Parish. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Parrish I saw it once on his Merc at Ally Pally! :)

Barry

02-07-2011, 23:31

That plate actually exists. Sort of!

PEN1S belongs to ex mororcycle racer Steve Parish. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Parrish I saw it once on his Merc at Ally Pally! :)

Fiona Richmond (a 'centre-fold' model who posed for Mayfair magazine (I think), who would 'road test' men and report her experiences in the afore mentioned magazine), used to have an E-type with the registration number "FU 2".

peterd123

13-07-2011, 17:32

Hi everyone, i'm from London and been interested in Hi Fi for some time. At the moment I'm running a Musical Fidelitey amp and Sugden A21 SE Cd player match with Celestion Ditton 66's.
Hope to speak to a few of you soon.
Regards
Pete

rt1980

17-07-2011, 09:43

new to site my username is me initials and d.o.b:lol: live in london not safe for my speakers in my area:lolsign: have celestion ditton 44:ner: and monitor audio r352 but have to sell all:steam: my mrs who is 9months pregnant says the child cant use them to sleep apon will upload pictures this afternoon

MartinT

17-07-2011, 11:18

but have to sell all:steam:

Why? Don't you have any say in the matter?

rt1980

17-07-2011, 13:33

only a little :(she thinks they take up to much room so i can replace for smaller speakers but how do you replace speakers like that maybe i should replace her instead:lolsign:... i do joke hmmm.....http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/31/speakers001.jpg
By spursfan1980 (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/spursfan1980) at 2011-07-14

eltell

27-07-2011, 22:05

hi my user name is el tell because I lived in Spain for 7 years 50 k from barca on the Costa

stewartwen

31-07-2011, 09:20

My user name....................hmmmmmmmmmmmmm stewartwen.........as my real name is stewart wennnen....tis logical. I have no problem with my username, unlike the armchair warriors of the net. If you want to google my name, be my guest. And you could find my name and address as well.
I dont understand the secrecy that people find so reasuring. Any road I am off for some bereakfast.
Have a great day everyone.
S

MartinT

31-07-2011, 10:24

I dont understand the secrecy that people find so reasuring.

Proper handles I approve of, but a searchable address? I think not, especially as many of us list our wares in the pursuit of our passion? It's just too tempting for some scumback making use of Google.

Have a great breakfast :)

john & Jake the dog

31-07-2011, 14:10

Hi, I'm john and Jake is my dog.
Through all my adventures with a soldering iron he has patiently laid at my side.
But has gradually learnt to "disappear" at he crucial point of plugging the "repaired " equipment in.
Can't think why, It's generally not a loud bang and not too much smoke.:)

Welder

31-07-2011, 21:45

Haha, funny how a dog picks up on that stuff :)

Mine knows when things aren’t going as well as they might be and goes and lies in the hall with one slightly concerned eye on the progress. Switch on time and he’s by the door looking anxiously at the fire blanket :lolsign:

Even weirder how most females don’t know when to not ask you how its going and mention you're burning a hole in the carpet :steam:
My current girlfriend has it better sorted and tells me “I’ll come back when you’ve broken it shall I?” :doh: