TerryO
25-10-2009, 19:56
If you're wondering where Cascadia is, please don't feel too frustrated as it's an imaginary grouping in the Pacific Northwest area, on the west side of the Cascade Mountains. It would include the states of Oregon, Washington, and the province of British Columbia. The organization of this geographical area is based not merely on proximity or climate, although they are similar, but actually on a mindset towards life in general. It is generally agreed among the Cascadians that we have more in common with each other than can be said of areas east of the mountains in either Canada or the US.
I'm mainly into diyaudio and building speakers, although I do have some off-the-shelf gear as well. I listen to mainly to Classical music, some Opera and to the dismay of normal people...Bagpipes!
About myself, there's really nothing too exciting or noteworthy. After serving an enlistment in the US Air Force, I attended the University of Washington doing my undergraduate and graduate work in History while working for the US Postal Service (just went over 42 years with them).
I have four children, the oldest daughter is the Manager of Claims for a Health Maintenance Organization, the second daughter is a Professor of Communications and my third daughter is in marketing. The youngest, our only boy, is 14 and wants to be a US Marine (at least this week). All of them were homeschooled, as the local public schools were and remain, IMHO, disgustingly substandard.
Other interests and hobbies include reading, painting, building and sailing wooden boats and woodworking.
My current system, which is always changing from week to week, consists of:
Prototype Well Tempered turntable, Grado "Silver" cartridge and a battery powered Hagtech "Bugle" phonostage.
Radio Shack CD 7300 deck (actually a good sounding piece)
Preamp is an SAE TWO PA10 (unmodified)
DIY Gainclone amp with custom PCBs designed by Kevin Haskins of Exodus Audio. I also have a Phase Linear 700 amplifier in mint condition.
Speakers include the Exodus Audio "Kepler" monitors (I assisted in the prototyping), Rosgaard DR-1 mini monitors (minor assistance with the series crossover) and the Hi-Tweek Black Box Nearfield Monitor (my own design using a heavily modified Radio Shack 40-1197 full, or more precisely, extended range driver.
I have also participated in the crossover voicing sessions of several commercial designs.
My interconnects are often homemade, although I find the AR brand available locally to be quite satisfactory. The speaker cables are always homemade, I am currently using (bad pun!) a version of the "White Lightening" cables based on 16 AWG "Utilitec" extension cords, purchased at the local Lowes Home Supply store.
I also have a lot more gear, including several turntables, receivers, cd players, preamp/linestages, cassette decks, equalizers, electronic crossovers, speakers and a fair amount of raw speaker drivers as well as parts for several amplifier projects.
Now that I've told you more than you probably ever wanted to know about myself, I'd like to say that I look forward to visiting this site and learning from the participants.
Best Regards,
Terry Olson (aka TerryO)
I'm mainly into diyaudio and building speakers, although I do have some off-the-shelf gear as well. I listen to mainly to Classical music, some Opera and to the dismay of normal people...Bagpipes!
About myself, there's really nothing too exciting or noteworthy. After serving an enlistment in the US Air Force, I attended the University of Washington doing my undergraduate and graduate work in History while working for the US Postal Service (just went over 42 years with them).
I have four children, the oldest daughter is the Manager of Claims for a Health Maintenance Organization, the second daughter is a Professor of Communications and my third daughter is in marketing. The youngest, our only boy, is 14 and wants to be a US Marine (at least this week). All of them were homeschooled, as the local public schools were and remain, IMHO, disgustingly substandard.
Other interests and hobbies include reading, painting, building and sailing wooden boats and woodworking.
My current system, which is always changing from week to week, consists of:
Prototype Well Tempered turntable, Grado "Silver" cartridge and a battery powered Hagtech "Bugle" phonostage.
Radio Shack CD 7300 deck (actually a good sounding piece)
Preamp is an SAE TWO PA10 (unmodified)
DIY Gainclone amp with custom PCBs designed by Kevin Haskins of Exodus Audio. I also have a Phase Linear 700 amplifier in mint condition.
Speakers include the Exodus Audio "Kepler" monitors (I assisted in the prototyping), Rosgaard DR-1 mini monitors (minor assistance with the series crossover) and the Hi-Tweek Black Box Nearfield Monitor (my own design using a heavily modified Radio Shack 40-1197 full, or more precisely, extended range driver.
I have also participated in the crossover voicing sessions of several commercial designs.
My interconnects are often homemade, although I find the AR brand available locally to be quite satisfactory. The speaker cables are always homemade, I am currently using (bad pun!) a version of the "White Lightening" cables based on 16 AWG "Utilitec" extension cords, purchased at the local Lowes Home Supply store.
I also have a lot more gear, including several turntables, receivers, cd players, preamp/linestages, cassette decks, equalizers, electronic crossovers, speakers and a fair amount of raw speaker drivers as well as parts for several amplifier projects.
Now that I've told you more than you probably ever wanted to know about myself, I'd like to say that I look forward to visiting this site and learning from the participants.
Best Regards,
Terry Olson (aka TerryO)