What made you select "audio" as your hobby

Emailists,
Thank you for your post.I have a friend that listens to his music on inexpensive headphones and derives pleasure from it.He states music is personal and using headphones makes it even more personal.Another of my friends listens to Rhythm and Blues from the 50's.He has about 7,000 of these oldies which
would probably bring a kings ransom if he chose to sell them. He plays them on an old 45 RCA portable changer.I know they enjoy listening to their respective systems as much as i do listening to mine and although they can afford more than i,they would not spend anything close to what i have spent on components.So i guess "To Each His Own"
I can still hear my Quad 63 (not Crosby mod's)powered by a Spectral 50 watt amp.I listen to Jazz,Jazz and more Jazz.This combo brought music to life.I am still wondering why I parted with them.

Goldenage- I parted with my quads because the panels kept arcing, and I didn't feel like eventually replacing ALL of them at over $500 per panel. I ended up going from the spectral gear (which I still have to sell) to Atma-sphere MA-1's and liked the results. Today I am getting far superior sound than even those Crosby'd 63's, but the Atma gear is here to stay.

Emailist,VERY NICE system.Glad to hear you have some KEEPERS.

I Like The Lights

Goldeneraguy, I don't think that I will ever be buying a $7500.00 amp, however I do have a very nice six-eye of Sketches of Spain, and I can recommend the album without reservation. You may also enjoy the original source material, Rodrigo's Contierto De Aranjuez. There are many good recordings of this, but the Mercury with the Rodrigos is my favorite. Guitarist Jim Hall also did a very nice piece based on the same source material, simply called Concierto, on CTI. Since it is a small band work, it almost sounds like chamber music compared to the original text or even Gil Evans arrangement for large band. Happy listening.