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In Reply to: Re: How did you discover high end audio? posted by mkuller on June 15, 2012 at 21:20:35:
I discovered high end audio when out of curiosity I decided to attend my first ever Stereophile annual equipment show, which at the time was held at the Hotel Pennsylvania. The experience made me an immediate convert. Prior to that, I had always resisted high end audio, believing what was said by the mainstream audio press that the products were overpriced and not any better than common mass market equipment.
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Re: How did you discover high end audio? - mkuller 21:20:35 06/15/12 (120)
- Re: How did you discover high end audio? - Bill Way 12:16:57 06/21/12 (0)
- What do you mean: high end audio? - Sumflow 16:20:39 06/20/12 (0)
- Re: How did you discover high end audio? - Glen B 06/20/1211:35:00 06/20/12 (0)
- RE: Re: How did you discover high end audio? - Ross 18:20:04 06/19/12 (0)
- Watching ABC (Aussie BBC) engineers setting up to record my cathedral choir - Timbo in Oz 18:17:11 06/19/12 (0)
- Re: How did you discover high end audio? - 6bq5 09:45:47 06/19/12 (0)
- By happenstance ... - woober goober 08:29:08 06/19/12 (0)
- In the 50's - in my own living room - kavakidd 14:59:15 06/18/12 (2)
- Your dad was an early audiophile... - mkuller 15:08:02 06/18/12 (1)
- Indeed - if you check my galery - kavakidd 15:49:07 06/18/12 (0)
- Re: How did you discover high end audio? - Frommerstop 13:16:51 06/18/12 (2)
- Re: How did you discover high end audio? - Ross 17:53:16 06/19/12 (0)
- Re: How did you discover high end audio? - Mike27 21:51:51 06/18/12 (0)
- Re: How did you discover high end audio? - "Red" 05:45:24 06/18/12 (0)
- Re: How did you discover high end audio? - ejman 16:12:58 06/17/12 (0)
- 40 yrs ago, I was poisoned by the beautiful blue baffle and the sound of the mighty jbl 4344 (nt) - bouncy ball 13:16:41 06/17/12 (0)
- Coworker said my Sony receiver & JBL speakers were crap... - AbeCollins 13:06:18 06/17/12 (1)
- Agreed... - mkuller 14:12:03 06/17/12 (0)
- When I bought an Audio Note CD Player, Integrated Amp and Speakers Nt - Frihed9 09:51:29 06/17/12 (0)
- friends in high school, one had big horn speakers and the other stacked Advents, I was hooked! - PhilJ 06:06:52 06/17/12 (0)
- Re: How did you discover high end audio? - esande 01:07:35 06/17/12 (0)
- I was in grade 6 so late 80s - RGA 00:05:46 06/17/12 (0)
- That damn ex-boyfriend of my wife's college roommate... - FrankC 22:32:12 06/16/12 (0)
- You Asked the Same Question a Year Ago........... - Todd Krieger 22:31:06 06/16/12 (4)
- It wasn't at all unusual - kavakidd 14:07:53 06/20/12 (0)
- Thanks for remembering........... - mkuller 12:01:01 06/17/12 (2)
- You're Welcome......... - Todd Krieger 13:35:34 06/17/12 (1)
- I'm not so sure that.... - mkuller 14:10:41 06/17/12 (0)
- Re: How did you discover high end audio? - groovy.guru 21:29:39 06/16/12 (5)
- ah yes; the glory years of the NEX/PX - Green Lantern 22:56:58 06/16/12 (4)
- RE: ah yes; the glory years of the NEX/PX - badteacher 18:10:27 06/17/12 (3)
- RE: ah yes; the glory years of the NEX/PX - Green Lantern 21:19:29 06/17/12 (2)
- RE: ah yes; the glory years of the NEX/PX - badteacher 06:10:06 06/18/12 (1)
- RE: ah yes; the glory years of the NEX/PX - Green Lantern 20:01:17 06/18/12 (0)
- a combination of things..my older brother - Green Lantern 21:08:54 06/16/12 (0)
- Re: How did you discover high end audio? - Bill the K 20:44:30 06/16/12 (0)
- Acid - newanvil 19:42:21 06/16/12 (5)
- same here, white tabs - bullethead 17:54:16 06/17/12 (0)
- We dropped either some "Orange Sunshine" or "4-Way Window Pane" (I can't remember which)..." Really? - soulfood 20:31:18 06/16/12 (3)
- "Orange Sunshine" was spectacular. Only one time but itwas the most special experience nt - Elizabeth 21:29:23 06/16/12 (2)
- Unforgettable, huh? What was 4-Way Window Pane? -nt - soulfood 04:13:45 06/17/12 (1)
- RE: Unforgettable, huh? What was 4-Way Window Pane? -nt - abs1 09:46:40 06/17/12 (0)
- How could you NOT be exposed to hifi in the 1970s! - 4season 15:30:35 06/16/12 (3)
- Too poor and very busy with living a highly active life, - woober goober 08:35:55 06/19/12 (0)
- I remember High Fidelity magazine; that was my first subscription before finding The Absolute Sound - cfb 16:12:49 06/16/12 (1)
- Stereo Review... - mkuller 14:22:20 06/17/12 (0)
- Re: more ballsy than clever is needed at this point - Jon L5 15:06:42 06/16/12 (1)
- Agreed... - mkuller 15:51:47 06/16/12 (0)
- Two initial experiences... - Enophile 15:00:41 06/16/12 (2)
- RE: Two initial experiences... - Mike27 23:35:18 06/18/12 (0)
- RE: Two initial experiences... - mkuller 15:50:56 06/16/12 (0)
- I remember like it was yesterday.... - jamesgarvin 13:19:24 06/16/12 (1)
- RE: I remember like it was yesterday.... - mkuller 14:22:30 06/16/12 (0)
- Re: How did you discover high end audio? - shutterbob 12:20:05 06/16/12 (5)
- Wow... - mkuller 14:20:55 06/16/12 (4)
- RE: Wow... - shutterbob 15:35:51 06/16/12 (3)
- RE: Wow... - mkuller 15:49:46 06/16/12 (2)
- RE: Wow... - shutterbob 15:53:43 06/16/12 (1)
- Well... - mkuller 14:18:06 06/17/12 (0)
- Re: How did you discover high end audio? - DustyC 12:14:03 06/16/12 (0)
- Had an old meditation friend, Marc, from NJ who - BillyBenBilly 10:50:56 06/16/12 (4)
- RE: Had an old meditation friend, Marc, from NJ who - mkuller 11:00:13 06/16/12 (3)
- I still do it. Best thing, besides audio, that I found in the 70's. - BillyBenBilly 11:16:53 06/16/12 (2)
- Me, too... - mkuller 14:18:47 06/16/12 (1)
- RE: Me, too... - BillyBenBilly 18:02:08 06/16/12 (0)
- Re: How did you discover high end audio? - Mick Wolfe 10:07:50 06/16/12 (1)
- It's certainly a different... - mkuller 10:40:10 06/16/12 (0)
- Re: How did you discover high end audio? - Jwm 09:15:45 06/16/12 (1)
- In 1976... - mkuller 10:38:18 06/16/12 (0)
- In 2 stages-both B&M - driver 08:48:57 06/16/12 (0)
- Re: How did you discover high end audio? - no1maestro 08:19:37 06/16/12 (1)
- Great story...(nt) - mkuller 10:36:46 06/16/12 (0)
- I walked into a record .... - reelsmith. 07:54:04 06/16/12 (2)
- RE: I walked into a record .... - Jwm 05:32:26 06/17/12 (0)
- I agree... - mkuller 10:35:47 06/16/12 (0)
- The cheapification of existing MiFi. - jedrider 07:48:12 06/16/12 (0)
- Re: How did you discover high end audio? - tamule 07:31:54 06/16/12 (0)
- "there had to be a way to improve the sound" - Craiger56 07:27:11 06/16/12 (0)
- Vandersteen 2Cs and Stereo Shoppes - jedrider 07:23:54 06/16/12 (5)
- I remember the... - mkuller 10:41:27 06/16/12 (4)
- RE: I remember the... - Old Listener 15:16:58 06/16/12 (3)
- That's the one... - mkuller 15:50:17 06/16/12 (2)
- ...now a restaurant/bar. - Old Listener 21:40:48 06/16/12 (1)
- Maybe... - mkuller 14:15:52 06/17/12 (0)
- Re: How did you discover high end audio? - Old Listener 07:18:14 06/16/12 (0)
- I think u have it or you don't - Maniac 07:07:04 06/16/12 (2)
- RE: I think u have it or you don't - mkuller 14:24:42 06/16/12 (0)
- Yeah, one of those sad truths. -nt - soulfood 07:15:35 06/16/12 (0)
- Re: How did you discover high end audio? - abs1 01:35:31 06/16/12 (1)
- A friend of mine... - mkuller 10:31:15 06/16/12 (0)
- My Dad - mt10425 01:06:12 06/16/12 (4)
- Same here - rocky raccoon 09:49:15 06/16/12 (3)
- Nice... - mkuller 10:27:11 06/16/12 (2)
- Yep me too - Mechans 11:05:58 06/16/12 (1)
- Keep it in the family - rocky raccoon 17:58:00 06/16/12 (0)
- My boyfriend dragged me to an electronics parts store, and I saw a Garrard 100 turntable, love at first sight - Elizabeth 00:18:28 06/16/12 (3)
- RE: My boyfriend dragged me to an electronics parts store, and I saw a Garrard 100 turntable, love at first sight - mkuller 10:25:59 06/16/12 (2)
- RE: My boyfriend dragged me to an electronics parts store, and I saw a Garrard 100 turntable, love at first sight - soulfood 17:13:28 06/17/12 (1)
- Besides... - mkuller 18:57:31 06/17/12 (0)
- I thought Edison did when he said "Waston, I need you...toget your a## over here and listen to my new speaker cables"-nt - Green Lantern 23:17:39 06/15/12 (7)
- RE: I thought Edison did when he said "Waston, I need you...toget your a## over here and listen to my new speaker cables - TWB2 17:40:15 06/16/12 (0)
- It would be funny to go back in time and show a EE from the 50s-60s a $5K power cord and get their take LOL nt - 2chJunkie 23:49:19 06/15/12 (5)
- RE: It would be funny to go back in time and show a EE from the 50s-60s a $5K power cord and get their take LOL nt - rick_m 08:29:57 06/16/12 (1)
- True true... Agreed .... too silly :-) NT - 2chJunkie 11:41:55 06/16/12 (0)
- Likely similar to the take - E-Stat 07:26:38 06/16/12 (1)
- Or the computing power... - mkuller 10:23:53 06/16/12 (0)
- Show it to any audiophile... Any of the current crop of eye candy audio equipment - Elizabeth 00:20:28 06/16/12 (0)
- Had an amazing run in at work with a fellow who worked at Heathkit in 60s-70s today - 2chJunkie 23:09:21 06/15/12 (1)
- Nice story...(nt) - mkuller 10:22:57 06/16/12 (0)
- Speciality Magazines and the print ads. (nt) - kuma 22:36:18 06/15/12 (1)
- I guess the question is... - mkuller 10:21:40 06/16/12 (0)
- Pot. nt - tinear 21:56:45 06/15/12 (1)
- That explains a lot...(nt) - mkuller 23:31:04 06/15/12 (0)
- A cupla friends in the mid 70's influenced me - Road Warrior 21:54:13 06/15/12 (4)
- "epiphone?" Are those speakers? I'll take a wild guess, Tiger-man: "epiphany?" nt - tinear 21:57:35 06/15/12 (3)
- Ya got me there smart guy! I was perusing Craigslist looking at geetars and Epiphone was still on me mind!!^ - Road Warrior 22:02:17 06/15/12 (2)
- Headline, "Duck Schools Tiger!" :-) nt - tinear 08:12:13 06/16/12 (1)
- Truly humbled am I ^ - Road Warrior 13:11:05 06/16/12 (0)
- sudz introduced me. nt - Mr. Dick Hertz 21:23:21 06/15/12 (1)
- He Sanduskyed me as well. nt - viridian 21:31:16 06/15/12 (0)
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- Re: How did you discover high end audio? - Glen B 06/20/1211:35:00 06/20/12 (0)