Who R U?

Grandpad, here is another old fart, ten years your senior in fact, to welcome you, not as graceously as cfb was able to, however just as heartfelt. I went through the same as you did, only thankfully her suffering was just a few months. I also found solace in music and tinkering around with my gear. Have a very happy New Year!

my turn i suppose. i am a 27 year old obsessive compulsive audio enthusiast, er i mean audiophile. i realized i had a problem when i spent 6 weeks stalking preamps. somehow i have found time to graduate with a b.s. in mathematics and attend graduate studies in education so i can continue learnin' my students. i teach statistics at a two year college and algebra at a private secondary academy. i work as a professional tutor in mathematics, primarily high school and undergraduate levels, and help coordinate a federally funded program to assist esl students in preparing for the sat test. when i'm not doing all that or running, mountain biking, caring for my dogs or on audiogon, i listen to music, all kinds, as much as possible. actually i've noticed that if i have access to music, i can't be in a room without it for more than say 5 to 10 minutes. when i realized this one day, i knew that an investment in hifi would suit my life perfectly and bring me many, many hours and days and years of joy.
i fell into the world of hifi when i thought it was time to update a 18 yr old kenwood system my father gave to me. i went to a local hifi shop and purchased a receiver, little did i know, a cdp and a pair of floorstanders. since then i've found a better use for my receiver in my fathers ht setup, replaced the cdp and still use the paradigms. the receiver wasn't too much of a blunder since i communicated to the salesman that ht was likely in my future anyway and i didn't think i could afford a better integrated or separates then. so of course i quickly rationalized the expense of about $600 and picked up some cambridge audio separates. i just happened that the same dealer sold rogue audio, so as you can expect, within 2 months i rationalized the expense of about $4k on a very sweet pair of rogue separates. i finally felt and still feel very settled and satisfied with what i have now based on what i hear when i listen and what i have since learned. can't learn a damn thing without a few mistakes. at least that's what some professor said to me while we were talking one day.
so enough babbling, i think this will give you a good enough idea of who i am.

fujindemon: you've told us everthing except "where r u." guess you'll need to visit that thread next. in any event, you're in good company here with your rouge gear. david99, the wise author of this longest running thread, even named himself after his rouge (or is that, former rouge?). BTW, don't even dream you're thru with your audio purchases. welcome to the 'gon.

-cfb

Welcome to all the new posters on this thread.Happy New Year to all!!Kelly,I still have my Rogue 99.I hope to change my name soon to David99magnum!!I cant believe there are almost 300 postings here.Actually Kelly,Craig was more or less the brain child of this thread.I kinda stole his idea and started it.Thanks Craig!!!My original post here needs a bit of updating.I no longer am with the young woman I mentioned.Live and learn! I now have an 'older'(44)and wiser woman in my life.She is incredible! She lives a 1 1/2 hour drive away in Niagara Falls,N.Y. I spend most of my free days there now and I really enjoy the area.She loves music but since Im a metal head it may be a bit of an adjustment.She loves country music!! Has boots and all for line dancing! YEE HA!!! Actually,country 'aint too bad.Very nice digital recordings.Don't worry Kelly,Im not dumping analog.:~)Hey Duddy,I see ewe are still Rogue bashing! Don't forget bud,Mark is a ex heavyweight fighter! :^)Albert,you must be going nuts with no tunes man!!Hey Carl! where R U?? heh,heh,heh! I miss that! Craig,congrats dude! almost 300!!!

Dave your getting old, "country'aint too bad", when you give in its all over buddy! J/K. Good for you, I how ever can't manage to maintain a girlfriend that can tolerate my "ways", lol. Well have to get together eventually, when is mario having his next shindig? Just sent my ticket in from the last safe driving award I was lucky enough to recieve going down there. As the tire turns, so does life, its been a crazy year, hopefully with better to come in the future. If I can live the rest of my life with out another 9-11-01 I would be happy.

Cheers everyone and happy listening,
Tim