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Rakoribs
27-02-2014, 19:09
Hello,
<dishevelled gentleman stands up haphazardly, obviously nervous in front of the circle of unknown faces>
My names Mark...
And I'm an audioholic.

Living in Fife (Scotland, UK) I've had an unhealthy fascination with audio, particularly speakers, since an early age.
Not one to ever have the money to fully bring to life my fantasies in this area, the second hand market along with eye watering surfing sessions has kept my interest keen over the years.

The addition of a wife, 2 young children, a mortgage, a long commute and all the other baggage ;-) you can slowly accumulate over a lifetime have lessened the time I have to spend to 'play' with audio (& repairing audio gear).

My area's of interest are pretty much anything to do with audio (and did I mention speakers?), but primarily:-
- Stereo/audiophile systems.
- Surround sound & home cinema.
- Guitar amplification.

I don't own any 'fancy' kit, but my pride and joy are my TDL Monitor transmission line speakers (currently in storage in the spare room, a/w space & time to be lovingly set up).
The reason I have joined today is that a "TDL speaker" search stumbled on this site with a thread that appeared to contain a picture of my stereo set-up - it appears I must have one of the few pairs of TDL Monitors visible on the web as I've come across the picture on a few threads since posting it a few years back.

I also have a couple of pairs of TDL Studio 1's that I was intending to sell, but I'm currently considering an all-transmission-line 6.1 system for a garage conversion home theatre.
I'm imagining the Monitors for FL & FR, Studio 1's for C & R, with Studio 1 M's for LR & RR.
Although the garage conversion will probably never happen, I definitely intend to do a mock up trial set-up shortly to see how a 6.1 TDL system sounds, with a projector, a good bluray & some Woodford Reserve :-)

Possibly just passing through, but i'll have a lurk about for juicy info & discussion when I get a chance.

Good evening.
Regards, Mark.

Ali Tait
27-02-2014, 19:23
Hi Mark, welcome from another Fife resident.

mr sneff
27-02-2014, 20:13
Hi Mark, welcome to AOS. What sort of music do you listen to with your TDLs?

synsei
27-02-2014, 20:39
That is an excellent introductory post Mark. Welcome to AoS buddy I hope you enjoy your stay ;)

Rakoribs
28-02-2014, 12:17
Hi Mark, welcome from another Fife resident.

Hello Ali, I'm also from Dunfermline.
Don't hold that against me ;-)
Originally from Cairneyhill.
Cheers, Mark.

Ali Tait
28-02-2014, 12:48
Aye well, I just live there!

From Braemar originally.

Rakoribs
28-02-2014, 12:53
Hi Mark, welcome to AOS. What sort of music do you listen to with your TDLs?

(sorry this post went on a bit longer than expected, I looked through my CD/youtube->MP3 list for the last few years, which allowed me to easily copy & paste...)

Hi,

I haven't done any 'serious' (read as - relaxed listen on good equipment, without kids screaming in my ears) music listening for a number of years (my good system is in storage at present).
But my musical tastes are fairly varied (isn't everybody's?).

I used to be predominantly blues/rock/metal orientated, with occasional journeys into classical (particularly after getting the TDL's, they love classical) and some jazz.

I then moved heavily into several shades of dance music ("boom tish" music as I call it), as I was of that age and did a lot of clubbing & seeing favourite DJ's.

These days I quite like a surprising number of 'pop' acts, I'm impressed by Adele's voice and song writing and some of the pop & indie & 'out there' bands have produced some good music (The XX, Daughter, The Heavy, Mumford & Sons), although there are a few that seem to have fallen into the every-song-sounds-the-same problem.

Forgot, over the last 6 years I have also fallen in love with the work of a great many solo acoustic guitarists and classical instrument players, along with those that take the instrument into a genre of music it's not normally associated with.

Particularly:-
Antoine Dufour
Michael Hedges
Ewan Dobson
Andy McKee
Jake Shimabukuro

But also:-
Sergio Altamura
Gareth Pearson
Stefano Barone
Kelly Valleau
Harptallica
Nunzio Rosselli
Pino Forastiere

Generally in the last few years there have been a few standout songs that i've fallen in love with, if anyone can associate with these:-

Ben Howard - "Oats In The Water"
Adele - "Rolling in the Deep"
Massive Attack - "Paradise Circus"
Jai Paul - "Jasmine"
John Martyn - "Solid Air" & "May You Never" & "Go Down Easy"
Anthrax "Safe Home"

For reference, this is a selection of some of the artists in my CD collections:-
Nitin Sawhney
Deadmau5
The Cinematic Orchestra
Ben Howard
Foo Fighters
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Killswitch Engage
Joe Satriani
Korn
The Free Design
Martin Taylor
System Of A Down
Mogwai
Ronny Jordan vs DJ Crush

So I guess there is a fair variation of genres and styles in there.

As a last comment, if you like heavy guitar music you've got to check out this song below, surprisingly I don’t actually like the song much, but the ending guitar section is as deep and dirty as guitars can get ;-)
Axe Wound - "Post Apocalyptic Party".

Cheers, Mark.

Rakoribs
28-02-2014, 12:55
Aye well, I just live there!
From Braemar originally.
Just noticed, I like your signature :-)

Rakoribs
28-02-2014, 12:55
That is an excellent introductory post Mark. Welcome to AoS buddy I hope you enjoy your stay ;)
Thanks for the welcome :)

Ali Tait
28-02-2014, 13:06
Just noticed, I like your signature :-)

Cheers, it's from an Iain Banks book.