This are the Agoners That I enjoy reading their post, Sean come back I miss those long post, Tireguy make me laugh many times, good Agoners, Mike is full of knowledge and humility Even though his system is one of the best, Albert is always a gentlemen as well, Ozzy very informative as well. I learn a lot from their post.Agoners is there a members here that you guys like to read their post and admire?
I met you sometime back in around 2000. You were taking care of your father and running the business. My wife had started her second career and was going to Albany School of Pharmacy. You stopped by my place and listened to a few of my recordings on my modded out Maggie’s 2b’s. I think that got you interested in them and brought you on your Maggie journey.
I hope all all is well and enjoy your new journey. Children certainly bring a new meaning to life and help with prioritizing the important things in life.
BTW, there are some amazing things you can do with an older pair of 3A’s, which can be had cheap. They were the last pair of Maggie’s I owned, which I totally Hot Rodded. If you are able to get the space again to properly run a pair it is an affordable way to get the great Maggie sound. However, I too down sized a bit and sold them to a friend about a year or two ago. I now run a pair of JM Lab Micro Utopia’s with a pair of subs, MK 150’s. Power is a pair of Rogue M120’s and Audible Illusions M3A. Lots of other stuff but my point is that this system is relatively affordable and sounds marvelous. It also plays much better at low volumes than Maggie’s do. However it does not have the same life size imaging, not that it is not presently very good.
With a 13 and 9 year old I, too, do a lot of headphone listening. I’m particularly smitten by Hifiman and my 560’s run into a Benchmark HDR. We are really fortunate to be living in the times we do. 20 years ago personal listening came no where close to where it is at today.
On another note, I'd like to add one more name to the list of those who are missed here. That would be Bryoncunningham. During the several years he was here, which ended about five years ago, he stimulated and contributed to discussions that IMO were uncommonly thoughtful, intelligent, and enjoyable.
I miss Nate, nrchy. He’s probably off riding his hog some where. Joe, Trelja, is a force of nature as well. Thanks so much for the kudos Grogan; it’s greatly appreciated.
As for me, I think that I have become, somewhat less caustic, and less likely to wade into the swamp at times. Don’t know if that is a good, or bad, thing. They say that testosterone levels plummet as you age. Maybe I should get tested.
Thanks Al. Just want to say I enjoy reading your posts. I don't post often but your interest in stereo and electronics are a learning read. tvad, I've been lurking long enough to say I enjoyed reading your posts also for about the same reasons. Good to see some of the old-timers still around. Darn good cars Porsche though I'm old enough that Janis Joplin's 356 seems like a mighty fine ride! I wish. https://2c27809e61cd41c3b4f8d8995798bc09.objectstore.eu/media/750x/0.yw3mte75zjbg40a1uhpzrrudi-janis-joplin-and-her-porsche.jpg
I don't think so. I'm pretty sure that I never submitted a post there; I just used that forum for research purposes before buying the car. And I was registered there under a different screen-name.
In any event, I hope the car has been treating you as well as mine has been treating me. Mine has been perfection, for four years now! Although it doesn't have all that many miles on it, in part because my wife and I are retired and don't do any commuting, and in part because its high performance tires make it unsuitable for use here during much of the winter.
I built a system I enjoy, and once the equipment chase and churn was over, I let the Audiogon forum experience go.
Here is an ironic anecdote. Many of us have spent hours upon hours, and lots of disposable income trying to quiet our systems. Mine had a persistent ground loop hum that I worked on for YEARS. It would come and go depending on the electronics I owned. I tried so many tweaks it made my wife's head spin. I installed dedicated AC lines, and a whole house power filter/surge protector. At one point, we remodeled our kitchen, and part of the remodel involved a partial re-wire of the service panel. Nothing fancy. Added a breaker as I recall. Some of the circuits were re-wired...but no attention was paid to the dedicated audio circuits. At the end of the remodel, my system was dead quiet. Go figure!
It seems that many of the old-timers just found another life that doesn't require a keyboard. Or perhaps they just spend all of their free time perusing Facebook now. ;^)
@mikelavigne hey hey! You can't keep guys like us down :-)
I stalk your system from time to time, it continues to evolve in almost a magical way. Hope music, and life has been treating you well - hope we catch up soon. Cheers!
I was just kidding I am happy to engage younger folk and many others here also seem more than willing to help. And spirited debate can be fun and entertaining it's always important to remember this is a form of entertainment and a fun hobby. Approached from that perspective I find it's pretty hard to get upset about anything.
The problem, from my understanding of it... is that the pressuring louts who throw bibles (of opinion and science) around and insist on having their way in any discussion...if they are allowed to persist..they end up slowly but surely driving away the people who are open minded, or easy going, or quiet.
Many people who would and do post are easy going and quiet.
When you run into hard minded louts who are together and in a bar, they ruin everyone’s night.
And if allowed to persist, they change the bar, permanently.
Most people want to be tolerant -and are. All grinds, when constant, have their limits in tolerant people, though.
And the population of the forum, or bar...slowly drifts away.
Thus, the insistent louts have to be targeted and removed from the given environment. And when a new one shows up, they also have to be targeted and excised.
When that is consistently done for a year or more and then in perpetuity, forever, the given forum, or public venue... can then slowly right itself into being a lively area of discussion.
The louts can be sneaky, when under threat of being excised... and can and do try and hide and have undercurrents of danger, threat, and forced emotional conditions projected in the subtext of their texts/posts. They won't stop. It is part of what they are..some will try to ride the ragged edge of being removed from the given forum, by playing with sarcasm or potential second or third possible meanings in the text presented. To try and escape excising on technicalities. As underneath the text, they are still the nasty controlling projecting lout.
So they still need to be found out and excised on that level.
Let them have their mosh pit of derision, projected control, and scorn ....elsewhere.
A forum needs a Patrick Swayze, a "roadhouse cooler", for a moderator..to come in and do the dirty work. To be on that job, on the watch... for the sins of the projecting nasty folk. Always. It eventually get easier as the louts are eliminated and then only a few of the new members are of potential threat.
Basically, there are some memberships that need to be cancelled. Yesterday.
@lak , yeah Larry, it's almost surreal when I look back on it now. Now I am watching grandchildren grow up! Yikes! Does that mean I am getting old???!!!
@tireguy , it's good to hear from you again. I'm glad that you are fine and doing well. Enjoy the whole 'family time' thing, it goes by faster than you will believe. I have 3 of my own, and the 'baby' is now 26 years old!!
@jond it may be silly, but the whole Tidal release thing just irritated me, bizarre and insulting all at the same time. It's a business expense so it's not the money, it's the principal, even at the expense of lossless audio. More resolution and detail does not always equate to a better experience.
I am a fan of jmcgrogan2 and wolf garcia.
jmcgrogan2 has experience, very level headed and tells it like it is. Wolf Garcia is just hilarious...what a whack!
@tireguy Glad to see you respond and good to hear you are well! And ditch Spotify for Tidal if you can, even on cans there is a big difference. Cheers!
Tireguy I am so glad you read this thread.Thank you for updating us, As you know, iam so happy that you settle down to start a family.This hobby is only secondary to our family.Congratulation for having a family...
@jayctoy I'm still alive :-) Thanks for the recognition. Truth be told, life just got hectic. Circa 2007 I sold my business, then entered a period of self-reflection, which set me on a meandering journey. I moved throughout the country, learning more about myself the the USA at the same than I ever thought I'd know. Then I got married, started a family, started a new business... Every big change I dialed my system back further and further. I now have a modest rig in our living room, with a fruit snack stuck on the side of our Hsu powered sub, kids make audio an interesting experiment. I've also started an exploration of personal audio, which suits my lifestyle better now, so headphones, DAC's, and USB cables are the flavor of today.
While I enjoyed the gear, it turns out to me, it really is just about the music, at every leg of the journey I've been on music was a huge part of my life. I've also grown up a lot since I was originally an active contributor on this site, I was just a teenager when I found Audiogon.
I will likely step up my home rig when the kids are older, but for now it's Oppo cans, Spotify, and an audioengine dac - which sounds amazing, very similar to my maggie 3.6 system I had over a decade and a half ago!
Cheers friends, music lovers, and audio gear nuts!
Shadorne same here, I was out for maybe 8 yrs, I totally agree with you, I miss good informative good post, that's why I wrote this thread, to invite all the pioneers here, I hope they will continue to post here.Joey v.you are welcome...
I went away for a year or two and came back. After my latest attempt to return, I see absolutely no progress here. Kind of the blind leading the blind. The same old endless threads with exactly the same topics as a decade ago - topics revisited On and on and on and on. Threads sabotaged regularly by shills so consistently I would never come here for advice. No wonder even the most revered diehard audiophile gurus have lost interest.
Ditto, Albert. BTW, my wife just loves the Sony A6000 you recommended. /the darn thing even does auto-cropping while retaining the original!!! A long way from old Exacta w hand held meter :- 0
I'm still floundering around in the swamp, jayctoy. Hope you're well, thanks for the shout-out! I've spent 40 years in the consulting business, getting yelled at and insulted in public hearings, so the negativity doesn't bother me that much...I mean, it bothers me on a philosophical level, but I shrug and move on.
Dekay should be in the list too and Stehno brothers,I also like reading your post...Joey is right Albert , Mike ,not only we monitor your system , we dream of having one.
By the way Mike I read the construction of your room at Positive Feedback, Unbelievable choice and planning.i was so amaze with all the type of wood you put in that room...,
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