What started you on your audiophile journey .

I had a Yamaha/Mirage mid-fi setup since college (10+ years), and at many times did a lot of dedicated listening on it. A year ago the wife said, "Hey, what do you think about getting rid of our TV?" I said, "Sure, Babe. Think we could upgrade the stereo?"

Shortly thereafter a tube integrated appeared on Craigslist. "Honey," I said, "a series of events are about to unfold..."

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At the age of 7 or so I would put my ear near the speaker of my parents early 70's Panasonic-FET Compact system. My mother would ask what are you doing? I told her I was trying to hear the words better(lol).

Music has always been in integral part of my life. But journey into high end equipment began when my mid-fi CD player broke. I began searching for a replacement. At the same time I considered upgrading my speakers as well. I found www.axiom.com and got interested in their speakers. Almost bought a pair, but through them, then discovered a whole world of high end audio I had never known existed. The race was on!

If I had to blame one person for giving me the giddyup down the “audiophile” path, it would have to be Bob Carver and those crazy Silver Sevens on the cover of some audio magazine.

Like most people, I had an interest in music, a basic record player. I did'nt know HiFi existed. I was working as a junior doctor, intern in US parlance and a colleague had a pretty good system, Linn SME based of course, being the UK in the late 70's. I was just knocked out by how good music can sound. That was 34 years ago. Still toiling away, with a long break for young kids.
My kids love music to and I hope one of them will take on my system and collection, when I eventually head for the great record fair in the sky