Hello all,
Apologies for my delayed response; the past two months have been rather hectic... In response to Fathertime's considerations, one Saturday in the first quarter of the year would probably be a good target- where and when to be determined.
Here's where I am in this hobby: I've assembled several systems from 1976-1992 that represent what I would have owned in junior high school through grad school had I had the money. These comprise TOTL Kenwood, Harman/Kardon, and NAD separates powering period american-made speakers, mostly JBL, Spica, and Klipsch. Judging by my past history of collecting vintage japanese motorcycles, I will experiment with the above until the limits of utility and storage space are reached, then move toward a modern, mostly domestic/european high-end system or two that will be keepers. I'm going in two directions: Tubes and horns or electrostats for an all-analog system, and a solid-state digital system driving omnidirectionals for entertaining. If you're hearing things like VPI, Prima Luna, Quad, Klipschorn, Ohm Walsh, Portal Paladin, etc., you're hearing what I'm currently thinking about.
I did not mean to trash HT or multichannel-- my wife leans this way and I can always learn something in preparation... I'm just old school in my approach to hobbies (e.g. I'm down to one air-cooled motorbike with carbs)-- the rest of life is complex enough.
Let's find out how many of us have similar goals and interests.
Best,
Morgenholz
Apologies for my delayed response; the past two months have been rather hectic... In response to Fathertime's considerations, one Saturday in the first quarter of the year would probably be a good target- where and when to be determined.
Here's where I am in this hobby: I've assembled several systems from 1976-1992 that represent what I would have owned in junior high school through grad school had I had the money. These comprise TOTL Kenwood, Harman/Kardon, and NAD separates powering period american-made speakers, mostly JBL, Spica, and Klipsch. Judging by my past history of collecting vintage japanese motorcycles, I will experiment with the above until the limits of utility and storage space are reached, then move toward a modern, mostly domestic/european high-end system or two that will be keepers. I'm going in two directions: Tubes and horns or electrostats for an all-analog system, and a solid-state digital system driving omnidirectionals for entertaining. If you're hearing things like VPI, Prima Luna, Quad, Klipschorn, Ohm Walsh, Portal Paladin, etc., you're hearing what I'm currently thinking about.
I did not mean to trash HT or multichannel-- my wife leans this way and I can always learn something in preparation... I'm just old school in my approach to hobbies (e.g. I'm down to one air-cooled motorbike with carbs)-- the rest of life is complex enough.
Let's find out how many of us have similar goals and interests.
Best,
Morgenholz
