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 :))
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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 :))
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.
Hi there, thanks for that.
So what's your real first name? We like to refer to each other on first name terms here :)Quote:
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.
Marco.
Hi Marco, my first name is Matthew, pleased to meet you.
:scratch: I wouldn't be so sure about this :eyebrows: I reckon the Audio Research MP1 would make you think differently ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jerrykan
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.
That's more like it ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jerrykan
As soon as i get this phono pre amp built i'll be dropping the MP1 into my system Attachment 2513
Anyway, sorry for going :offtopic:
Back to the point of the thread, i'm a spacedman :eyebrows: Attachment 2514
My name is pretty self explanatory.......love Classe products.
I was born in Thailand and I am not female.
I miss read it at first and thought you were some sort of vitamin expert! :lol:
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.
How is that a explanation of your user name pepe7788 (which is what this thread is about)?
Just copied to a new thread in the main Welcome forum... :)
this is our dog max:rolleyes:
I've been living in Southall (Also known as little india) since 1998.
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
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! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TopBalcony
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by michaelhigh
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Hoops On Toast - from when i was a student (a few years ago) it seemed to work and no one else had it.
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.........
Jan = short for Janner.
Janner = native of Plymouth.
'Simples'
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?
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.
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!!!)
In Hindi,Punjabi or Urdu is the same word,for a woman Gori.Quote:
Originally Posted by goraman
Crap instead of editing my post I replyed to my self.
Jeff have another drink...
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:
My late father called me sparrow as a nipper so I thought it's be nice to use it on tinternet.
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.
'spur' as in Tottenham Hotspur - my family roots are in Edmonton, North London.
and '07' as in my current house number.
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/pictu...&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)
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).
Because someone once described me as being the most twisted, but nice person they had ever met.
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
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/h...n/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.
My iron is always hot because I don't have the patience to wait for it to heat up Hence! :lol: :eek:
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.
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:
Dads are fan aren't they. Especially the ones who enjoy hifi!
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.
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
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' !
It reminds me of Archie Bunker, as namechecked in The KLF's 'Kylie Said To Jason'
:lolsign:Quote:
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
My faither called me Sparra when I was a wee laddie ...so in his memory I use Sparrow on all forums where possible
Nothing profound. In fact, totally random. OK, I was born in 1956, so maybe not quite so random after all. :)
Being a hi-fi-addict over wi-fi I abbreviated my (double) surname to Fi-Wi. :)
Mines obvious really. I'm a big Zappa fan...:eyebrows: