Good afternoon to all!

[Law]

Greetings from London!

My name is Lawrence and I'm very pleased to be a new member of The Art of Sound.

I started out several years ago on HFWW but moved on to PFM.

I heard about the AoS some time ago when I purchased a pre-amp from Tom (montesquieu) and have been dropping in from time to time.

I've always been impressed by how well this site is run with the congenial atmosphere and intelligent, thoughtful and considerate posts.

I started off in hi-fi as a university student and was very fortunate that the first system I encountered was a friend's Oracle Delphi, Matisse Reference, Audio Research, Ensemble Reference PA1.

A visit to my nearest dealer followed and, luckily for me, his demo system was Audionote Ongaku and Snell A speakers, with I think a Voyd Reference front end.

My first set up (from Richer Sounds) - Kenwood Multiplayer, Rotel 810A, NAD speakers - was soon upgraded to Micromega Trio, Audio Innovations First Audio, Snell Es shortly after graduating. Only the Trio is still with me but I hope to get it down from the attic one day.

Now with a family and less time to myself, I find that there are fewer opportunities to listen to music and have ended up accumulating more gear rather than playing it - I hope that I am not becoming a collector.

I have a CD based system, but aspire to a computer audio set-up whenever I see how convenient they seem to be.

You might see me from time to time at one of the KJ West One evening events, but it seems that the recent ones have all coincided with parents' meetings or other school events.

So, I have been finding myself visiting the AoS more frequently and enjoying reading about everyone's hi-fi and music experiences and recommendations.

Wishing you all a very enjoyable weekend!

Lawrence

[struth]

Welcome to the forum Lawrence. Hope you enjoy it...nice intro by way [emoji3]

[Puffin]

Hi Lawrence, welcome along. It looks as though you progressed quite quickly to a far better system than I managed muster in many years. If you are interested in streaming, as a start I bought a Google Chromecast which for £20 is stupidly good.

[Law]

Thank you Grant!

I'm very happy to be here, and already thinking about turning on the system tonight after everyone has gone to bed.

I hope that it still works...

[Law]

Hi Lawrence, welcome along. It looks as though you progressed quite quickly to a far better system than I managed muster in many years. If you are interested in streaming, as a start I bought a Google Chromecast which for £20 is stupidly good.

Thank you Rob!

That sounds very interesting.

I shall go and have a look at half-time.

My hi-fi is nice, but my computers aren't. One is still running Windows XP and the 'new' one is still on Windows 7!

Small steps for me to start with.

[Macca]

Hi Lawrence, welcome to the forum.

[Law]

Hello Martin!

Thank you very much for welcoming me.

You have nice speakers!

[Puffin]

Thank you Rob!

That sounds very interesting.

I shall go and have a look at half-time.

My hi-fi is nice, but my computers aren't. One is still running Windows XP and the 'new' one is still on Windows 7!

Small steps for me to start with.

I don't really know much about computers but my mate who knows nearly everything says that the worst thing he ever did was update from Windows 7 to 8 and then to the dreaded 10. He uninstalled everything and re-loaded Windows 7. He runs a Chromecast with no problems.

[walpurgis]

Hello Lawrence. Welcome to AOS.

Tell us what music you like and what equipment from your collection is in your current system.

As you've seen, this is a friendly place, so just get involved and join in the chat.


Enjoy the forum,
Geoff.

[Spectral Morn]

Welcome to AoS.

Nice previous systems, that Trio is worth lifting down, but I would not switch it on without using a variac, the capacitors in the PSU might go pop, if having to deal with a sudden in rush of power, after being unused for awhile. I have recent experience of this, in my case a small fire ensued. Once you get it running, find somewhere better to store it, roofspace not the best place to store electronics.

[Law]

Welcome to AoS.

Nice previous systems, that Trio is worth lifting down, but I would not switch it on without using a variac, the capacitors in the PSU might go pop, if having to deal with a sudden in rush of power, after being unused for awhile. I have recent experience of this, in my case a small fire ensued. Once you get it running, find somewhere better to store it, roofspace not the best place to store electronics.

Hi Neil!

Thank you very much for the warm welcome and very useful advice.

The Trio has been in for repair a couple of times in the past and when it last came back, I just put it into storage.

I'll make sure that I'll be well prepared when it finally comes out to play.

Thanks again for the great tip.

All best wishes,

Lawrence

[Law]

Hello Lawrence. Welcome to AOS.

Tell us what music you like and what equipment from your collection is in your current system.

As you've seen, this is a friendly place, so just get involved and join in the chat.


Enjoy the forum,
Geoff.

Hello Geoff!

Thank you very much for this.

The stuff that is connected up at the moment is a Wadia 581ise / Woo Audio WA6SE / Sennheiser HD800, and also Audio Research CD7 / Townshend Allegri / PX25 monos / Horning Agathon.

It all needs a good dusting off!

I like 'live recordings' such as the MTV Unplugged series and am always grateful for recommendations on CDs to explore.

All best wishes,

Lawrence

[Barry]

Welcome to AoS Lawrence.

Nice introduction - you have certainly heard some legendary items of audio gear: Matisse pre, Ongaku power etc. :eek:

Never too late to get back into audio, and it sounds as if you have put together a very good valve-based system. What are your tastes in music?

Enjoy the Forum
Barry

[Law]

Welcome to AoS Lawrence.

Nice introduction - you have certainly heard some legendary items of audio gear: Matisse pre, Ongaku power etc. :eek:

Never too late to get back into audio, and it sounds as if you have put together a very good valve-based system. What are your tastes in music?

Enjoy the Forum
Barry

Hello Barry!

Thank you very much for your kind welcome.

I think that I've been fortunate in that my first exposure to hi-fi was with very nice systems that produced involving and enjoyable music.

I only realised that there were different characters of presentation after going to one of the Heathrow Penta shows in the early 90s. Luckily for me, I had already got the Audio Innovations system that I was happy with, and being able to hear other demonstration systems which I found less appealing, made me appreciate my own set-up even more.

Regarding my tastes, it ranges from Classic FM type programme, to Oscar Peterson jazz, Depeche Mode, Erasure, The Beautiful South.

I tried to get up to date and was watching one of the music channels on TV. To me, the videos are more watchable with the volume on mute.

I'm always open to suggestions and recommendations!