Hi, I'm Arien and I live in Dortmund, Germany. I've been interested in all things HiFi for as long as I can remember. I joined these forums when I was 17 years old, that's 17 years ago. I never contributed much at all because most of the discussion here went way over my head. I did oftentimes lurk and read whatever was of interest to me. Nowadays I can at least claim to have an idea of how much I don't know - so here I am 🙂
I was trained as a linux systems administrator specializing in Voice over IP but that was a long time ago. I still install linux on anything I can get my hands on but I'm not an "IT professional" anymore, for what it's worth.
My interests are PC audio with a focus on Free/Libre software and Linux, DSP processing and room correction, active speakers with MFB-/Servo woofer systems. While I don't mind spending money on my hobby, I do try to keep it budget-conscious.
Also I like to tinker with vinyl records - just for the fun of it. I'm not the person who is going to tell you it 'sounds better/warmer/whatever'. For me vinyl playback is a nice mix between a brain teaser and an exercise in mindfulness. The brain teaser part of it is about making the most from clearly sub-optimal prerequisites (without going broke). The mindfulness aspect is about physically putting on a record, looking at the cover, reading through the liner notes. A nice break from having millions of albums available at your fingertips.
Anyway, thanks for not deleting my account after I only made one post and then went silent all those years ago. I have many questions and I'll try to be helpful with those few answers I can provide.
I was trained as a linux systems administrator specializing in Voice over IP but that was a long time ago. I still install linux on anything I can get my hands on but I'm not an "IT professional" anymore, for what it's worth.
My interests are PC audio with a focus on Free/Libre software and Linux, DSP processing and room correction, active speakers with MFB-/Servo woofer systems. While I don't mind spending money on my hobby, I do try to keep it budget-conscious.
Also I like to tinker with vinyl records - just for the fun of it. I'm not the person who is going to tell you it 'sounds better/warmer/whatever'. For me vinyl playback is a nice mix between a brain teaser and an exercise in mindfulness. The brain teaser part of it is about making the most from clearly sub-optimal prerequisites (without going broke). The mindfulness aspect is about physically putting on a record, looking at the cover, reading through the liner notes. A nice break from having millions of albums available at your fingertips.
Anyway, thanks for not deleting my account after I only made one post and then went silent all those years ago. I have many questions and I'll try to be helpful with those few answers I can provide.
Welcome to finally posting! We hope you can make so contributions to the Linux and other threads. 
