Hello from Oregon

swpolo12 · 3rd February 2007, 06:20 AM

Hey Everyone - sorry this is kinda long, I got carried away.

My name is Stephen and I am an audioholic. A naive audioholic at that.

I started experimenting with audio when I was 17. I had installed an Alpine CDA-7995 Pre-amp, running two vintage Zapco amps that fed MB Quart Premium 3-ways and a Phoenix Gold Titanium 10" sub in a sealed enclosure into my '70 Chevy K-10 truck.

And that was just the beginning. I later devoted my attention to home audio in an attempt for a higher degree of sonic purity. Being only 21 now, I have a fairly modest system, but one that I am proud of. It consists of a pair of Paradigm Reference Studio/60 v2's, Paradigm UltraCube 10" Sub, Rotel RTC-970 Pre-amp, Parasound HCA-1000A Power Amp, and a Yamaha DVD-S795.

That was all fine and dandy for a good year or so, but since this last winter break (I'm a college student), I have have started to realize that name-brand components are not always what they are cracked up to be. Over the break I was introduced to TNT-Audio.com and quickly learned the value and pleasure of DIY when I built my first pair of homebrew speaker cables. As simple as it was, I was shocked with the amazement of the detail and imaging that I had not heard before. Needless to say, it begged me to ask the question "so how much more is there?" and I was interested enough in learning that I am now an electrical theory student.

I'm finding that there is so much more I would like to do... I just don't know where to start, but hopefully this forum will help (more than enough I am sure).

Thanks for reading!

Stephen

planet10 · 3rd February 2007, 08:16 AM

Welcome to the forum.

Quote:

so how much more is there?

A lot.

dave

steve jones · 3rd February 2007, 02:48 PM

If you live in/near Portland:

http://www.curtcass.com/OTS/index.html

The next meeting is Wednesday the 7th.

Cal Weldon · 3rd February 2007, 03:46 PM

Hi Steve and welcome to the forums.

swpolo12 · 3rd February 2007, 08:09 PM

Thank you guys for your welcome! I'm extremely excited to get started in this community.

Any suggestions where a good starting point is for modifying? I have an older pair of Venturi V52 bookshelfs that I was thinking might be interesting with a sonic impact or another tripath based amp (or two.

) Eventually I would like to modify my parasound since I have heard good things about that amp afterward, but I figure that one I won't be ready for, for quite some time.

Steve:
Thank you for your invite, I would definitely love to attend, but I am going to school in Eugene right now, so a two hour drive is not too possible midweek... but this summer I might be able to find my way up to a meeting. Again, thank you for the invite.

3rd February 2007, 06:20 AM	#1
swpolo12 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oregon	Hello from Oregon Hey Everyone - sorry this is kinda long, I got carried away. My name is Stephen and I am an audioholic. A naive audioholic at that. I started experimenting with audio when I was 17. I had installed an Alpine CDA-7995 Pre-amp, running two vintage Zapco amps that fed MB Quart Premium 3-ways and a Phoenix Gold Titanium 10" sub in a sealed enclosure into my '70 Chevy K-10 truck. And that was just the beginning. I later devoted my attention to home audio in an attempt for a higher degree of sonic purity. Being only 21 now, I have a fairly modest system, but one that I am proud of. It consists of a pair of Paradigm Reference Studio/60 v2's, Paradigm UltraCube 10" Sub, Rotel RTC-970 Pre-amp, Parasound HCA-1000A Power Amp, and a Yamaha DVD-S795. That was all fine and dandy for a good year or so, but since this last winter break (I'm a college student), I have have started to realize that name-brand components are not always what they are cracked up to be. Over the break I was introduced to TNT-Audio.com and quickly learned the value and pleasure of DIY when I built my first pair of homebrew speaker cables. As simple as it was, I was shocked with the amazement of the detail and imaging that I had not heard before. Needless to say, it begged me to ask the question "so how much more is there?" and I was interested enough in learning that I am now an electrical theory student. I'm finding that there is so much more I would like to do... I just don't know where to start, but hopefully this forum will help (more than enough I am sure). Thanks for reading! Stephen

3rd February 2007, 03:46 PM	#4
Cal Weldon Speakerholic diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: British Columbia	Hi Steve and welcome to the forums. __________________ Next stop: Margaritaville Some of Cal's stuff \| Cal Weldon Consulting

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3rd February 2007, 02:48 PM	#3
steve jones diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Vancouver USA	If you live in/near Portland: http://www.curtcass.com/OTS/index.html The next meeting is Wednesday the 7th.

3rd February 2007, 08:09 PM	#5
swpolo12 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oregon	Thank you guys for your welcome! I'm extremely excited to get started in this community. Any suggestions where a good starting point is for modifying? I have an older pair of Venturi V52 bookshelfs that I was thinking might be interesting with a sonic impact or another tripath based amp (or two. ) Eventually I would like to modify my parasound since I have heard good things about that amp afterward, but I figure that one I won't be ready for, for quite some time. Steve: Thank you for your invite, I would definitely love to attend, but I am going to school in Eugene right now, so a two hour drive is not too possible midweek... but this summer I might be able to find my way up to a meeting. Again, thank you for the invite.

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