Alexxus
19-08-2009, 21:53
Been lurking about for a while, but where did it all start? Well, it was Stan who pointed me to the forum, which btw it's quite a nice and friendly place to be in :respect: but then I got into a bit of a crazy stretch in my life, so no mo' time to read it, let alone get involved.
I hope in the near future I'll have more time to interact, not sure about how much I can contribute, but I'll have a go at it :)
Righty then, let's do this. My name's Eddie and I'm from Romania. Just pushed 40, hopefully doing a good job of it lol Music's always have been an important part of my life, although I had to struggle for a while back in the 80's when there was no hi-fi to talk about in my country. My first stereo was some Sharp cassette player, it could even rewind back to the start of the song. Back then that was the bee's knees around here :lol:
Things evolved to a reel-to-reel I had to fight hard to get, but the improvement was well worth it. I even started fiddling with it, all sorts of trial and error mods that eventually (against all odds) did make it sound better.
A while later, early 90s, I got into digital and for a while my Technics (hard earned) system seemed like the best thing around. You know, this is something I sometimes ponder about... you always seem to think there cannot be anything better sounding than your system. Until you hear a better sounding one :lol: Anyway... a few years down the road, I started looking for something better. Back then a Nakamichi AV7 (cracking AV receiver and stereo amp, if you asked me, a freakin' powerhouse too) plus a NAD CDP and Mission speakers made me chuck the nicely lit Technics into storage and forget about it.
That lasted a few more years, but then the unrest hit again. I was looking for more consumer gear, the likes of Cambridge Audio, when I happened to stumble onto a hi-fi forum and after extensive reading decided there's more to life than that and took the plunge with a Creek system. And that was the start of the disease. Out went my Missions, in came a pair of Spendors. The Creek amp hit the road too, soon. Naim followed it in. Not a bad combo, but the bug just started to bite. So out went the Creek CDP, replaced by an MF A5. Gee, the difference :eek:
Not content with that. So the Naim was the next to go, replaced by an AVI LSI. Now that's what I call music. :band:
I had to do something about all those boxes cluttering my living room, impressive as they were, so my whole 5.1 system was history once I found Stan's box (not easy that, I can tell you, I accidentally read a few of his posts at PFM, is how I found it). So this is where I now stand: satellite receiver, DVD player, laptop all playing through my amp via 7520. CDP to my Senns 580's via same, and CDP via amp direct.
My God, what's all this about? Are you even allowed to spout all this in an introductory thread? Well, it's all here, so might as well leave it, eh? :lol:
Anyways, nice to meet you guys, hope I'll be around more, I'll try to post some pics of my gear some time soon.
All the best :smoking:
I hope in the near future I'll have more time to interact, not sure about how much I can contribute, but I'll have a go at it :)
Righty then, let's do this. My name's Eddie and I'm from Romania. Just pushed 40, hopefully doing a good job of it lol Music's always have been an important part of my life, although I had to struggle for a while back in the 80's when there was no hi-fi to talk about in my country. My first stereo was some Sharp cassette player, it could even rewind back to the start of the song. Back then that was the bee's knees around here :lol:
Things evolved to a reel-to-reel I had to fight hard to get, but the improvement was well worth it. I even started fiddling with it, all sorts of trial and error mods that eventually (against all odds) did make it sound better.
A while later, early 90s, I got into digital and for a while my Technics (hard earned) system seemed like the best thing around. You know, this is something I sometimes ponder about... you always seem to think there cannot be anything better sounding than your system. Until you hear a better sounding one :lol: Anyway... a few years down the road, I started looking for something better. Back then a Nakamichi AV7 (cracking AV receiver and stereo amp, if you asked me, a freakin' powerhouse too) plus a NAD CDP and Mission speakers made me chuck the nicely lit Technics into storage and forget about it.
That lasted a few more years, but then the unrest hit again. I was looking for more consumer gear, the likes of Cambridge Audio, when I happened to stumble onto a hi-fi forum and after extensive reading decided there's more to life than that and took the plunge with a Creek system. And that was the start of the disease. Out went my Missions, in came a pair of Spendors. The Creek amp hit the road too, soon. Naim followed it in. Not a bad combo, but the bug just started to bite. So out went the Creek CDP, replaced by an MF A5. Gee, the difference :eek:
Not content with that. So the Naim was the next to go, replaced by an AVI LSI. Now that's what I call music. :band:
I had to do something about all those boxes cluttering my living room, impressive as they were, so my whole 5.1 system was history once I found Stan's box (not easy that, I can tell you, I accidentally read a few of his posts at PFM, is how I found it). So this is where I now stand: satellite receiver, DVD player, laptop all playing through my amp via 7520. CDP to my Senns 580's via same, and CDP via amp direct.
My God, what's all this about? Are you even allowed to spout all this in an introductory thread? Well, it's all here, so might as well leave it, eh? :lol:
Anyways, nice to meet you guys, hope I'll be around more, I'll try to post some pics of my gear some time soon.
All the best :smoking: