Happy birthday quasi 
I'm 47.
I am very sensitive to distortion since a young age. I find that most people listen to music with tons of distortion and with bad equipment. I always removed the loudness and put the bass, mid and treble knobs to flat. My passion for audio really started at 25 when I bought my first good quality amp (Sima PW-3000). I started going to all the audio shows and visit hi-fi audio stores. About 10 years ago, I developed an interest for SETs and fullrange/singledriver speakers.
I'm 47.
I am very sensitive to distortion since a young age. I find that most people listen to music with tons of distortion and with bad equipment. I always removed the loudness and put the bass, mid and treble knobs to flat. My passion for audio really started at 25 when I bought my first good quality amp (Sima PW-3000). I started going to all the audio shows and visit hi-fi audio stores. About 10 years ago, I developed an interest for SETs and fullrange/singledriver speakers.
I'm M/17 and am just getting into DIY hi-fi. I'm working on my first real pair of speakers right now and dreaming of the day when I can afford to build my own amplifier. I have, however, been around high fidelity equipment all my life since my family is made up of musicians and my dad is an audiophile.
I agree with you guys that most kids my age are all about volume and bass response...it's too bad really, I wish I had more people my age I could talk with about hi-fi.
I agree with you guys that most kids my age are all about volume and bass response...it's too bad really, I wish I had more people my age I could talk with about hi-fi.
Zaputh said:
Ducky,
that's what the bald and senile old farts come here for.
Then they start long overheated arguments about the best amp/loudspeaker (brand), and feel 17 again.
Whacky subject😀
I blew the house mains for the first time at age 11, messing with a Pailliard table radio. At the same age, I connected a pair of homemade speakers to my first diy crystal set and that lot, directly to the mains and blew the house lights again. That's when my late old man bought a job lot of fuse wire.😱
After that, the old man doubled my pocket money but buried the coins between the weeds in the garden so I had to work to earn my keep.
In tomorrow's month, I'll be 66 and these days, I only do needlework
bulgin
I blew the house mains for the first time at age 11, messing with a Pailliard table radio. At the same age, I connected a pair of homemade speakers to my first diy crystal set and that lot, directly to the mains and blew the house lights again. That's when my late old man bought a job lot of fuse wire.😱
After that, the old man doubled my pocket money but buried the coins between the weeds in the garden so I had to work to earn my keep.
In tomorrow's month, I'll be 66 and these days, I only do needlework
bulgin
61.
I don't do any of the hands-on practical stuff, mainly interested in a hypothetical way and more in the music.
Wanted some decent kit since seeing a Quad electrostatic set up in a customers home (dedicated listening room even!)
Could never afford much until fairly recently although I always had stuff a cut above the average.
My youngest daughter is quite keen and has a reasonable kit that she wouldn't be without, recently had the dilemma of either shipping it to the US or selling it and buying new stuff when she got there. Changed her mind about going so it all became moot.
The other three kids are not very bothered but do have separates systems somewhat superior to the usual stuff. The fifth isn't interested at all as long as she can listen to King's of Leon and discern that it is actually music and not bean tins rattling around.
I don't do any of the hands-on practical stuff, mainly interested in a hypothetical way and more in the music.
Wanted some decent kit since seeing a Quad electrostatic set up in a customers home (dedicated listening room even!)
Could never afford much until fairly recently although I always had stuff a cut above the average.
My youngest daughter is quite keen and has a reasonable kit that she wouldn't be without, recently had the dilemma of either shipping it to the US or selling it and buying new stuff when she got there. Changed her mind about going so it all became moot.
The other three kids are not very bothered but do have separates systems somewhat superior to the usual stuff. The fifth isn't interested at all as long as she can listen to King's of Leon and discern that it is actually music and not bean tins rattling around.
Hello
I'm Male and 38 years young. First time I saw a soldering iron I was 4, my mum soldered a wire on her sewing machine foot switch. In 1981 I built a crystal set at school, on a piece of wood. A few class mates and I got together with the teacher to build a set every wednesday lunchtime. We had to miss one week to watch the first shuttle launch. But I was chuffed to pick up the local radio station.
Got my first Maplin Catalogue at 13. It was a mine of information. It had everything from Amplifier kits to build your own soundcard, a list of all the Broadcast Anttenae locations with name, frequency, power, polarisation. Over the years, the electronics have diminished for crap you don't want, and when you want something its discontinued. They even did a monthly electronics mag, I bought a couple which gave details of their Millenium Valve Amp.
I hope the hobby stays alive.
Fuzzymuff🙂
I'm Male and 38 years young. First time I saw a soldering iron I was 4, my mum soldered a wire on her sewing machine foot switch. In 1981 I built a crystal set at school, on a piece of wood. A few class mates and I got together with the teacher to build a set every wednesday lunchtime. We had to miss one week to watch the first shuttle launch. But I was chuffed to pick up the local radio station.
Got my first Maplin Catalogue at 13. It was a mine of information. It had everything from Amplifier kits to build your own soundcard, a list of all the Broadcast Anttenae locations with name, frequency, power, polarisation. Over the years, the electronics have diminished for crap you don't want, and when you want something its discontinued. They even did a monthly electronics mag, I bought a couple which gave details of their Millenium Valve Amp.
I hope the hobby stays alive.
Fuzzymuff🙂
M/18
Not into DIY as such as i can't afford toroids or chips.
Into repairing though and have been since about 16. Had first valve amp at 14 if that's anything to go by.
My dad said what the hell is that, so i educated him. Then he remebered seeing them from a few years back 😎 .
Don't know anyone in the family into audio, or anything like that. It's just something i randomly enjoy. Fixing audio equipment and perfecting SQ.
Not into DIY as such as i can't afford toroids or chips.
Into repairing though and have been since about 16. Had first valve amp at 14 if that's anything to go by.
My dad said what the hell is that, so i educated him. Then he remebered seeing them from a few years back 😎 .
Don't know anyone in the family into audio, or anything like that. It's just something i randomly enjoy. Fixing audio equipment and perfecting SQ.
domain> diyaudio.com> US statistics> May 2009
Age
12-17 25%
18-34 21%
35-49 20%
50+ 31%
from www.quantcast.com
Age
12-17 25%
18-34 21%
35-49 20%
50+ 31%
from www.quantcast.com
I'm 57 and have really only been serious with actually building amps and speakers the last few years.
My interest got sparked when my family visited another family who was well off and I got to hear music in stereo for the first time.
I joined a radio club at school when I as about 13 but didn't have any transportation so I could only attend one meeting. I really wish I could have had a mentor when I was young so I could have started building things back then.
My interest got sparked when my family visited another family who was well off and I got to hear music in stereo for the first time.
I joined a radio club at school when I as about 13 but didn't have any transportation so I could only attend one meeting. I really wish I could have had a mentor when I was young so I could have started building things back then.
Hi All
Been into amps / sound / electronics since about 15.
Im now 44, and still luv it.
Building amps / audio gear is in my blood. Its the thill of "I built it myself"
I am also a ham radio opperator, I still tinker with and build RF amps.
My latest RF amp project is a 2KW PEP, from a pair of 4CX800A ceramic tetrodes.
One advantage of RF amps, sheer grunt first, audio quality second!!!
But I still luv my audio amp building.
Cheers,
George. VK5ZG
Been into amps / sound / electronics since about 15.
Im now 44, and still luv it.
Building amps / audio gear is in my blood. Its the thill of "I built it myself"
I am also a ham radio opperator, I still tinker with and build RF amps.
My latest RF amp project is a 2KW PEP, from a pair of 4CX800A ceramic tetrodes.
One advantage of RF amps, sheer grunt first, audio quality second!!!
But I still luv my audio amp building.
Cheers,
George. VK5ZG
Hello guy's
I will have 53 years old next week.
I've learn some electronics and electricities at school in the early 70's with a electricity course. My first diy amp was in that sames years and was more a Electrohome amp, the electronics in a metal frame, from an electronics surplus store, the amp burned and I've learned, with that amp, how to check and replace driver and output transistors. That amp was my first real amp sounding better than my little portable radio.
In the late 70's years I did buy my first high quality sound system, a Connoisseur BD2/A turntable, a NAD amp and Mordaunt-Short speakers. Laters in the sames late 70's I've adapted a Grace tone-arm on my Connoisseur turntable and did buy my first kit amp, a Crimson CE1008, it was sounding superb. I was using a 30 pound weight power transformer with two 100,000 uf capacitors.
Bye
Gaetan
I will have 53 years old next week.
I've learn some electronics and electricities at school in the early 70's with a electricity course. My first diy amp was in that sames years and was more a Electrohome amp, the electronics in a metal frame, from an electronics surplus store, the amp burned and I've learned, with that amp, how to check and replace driver and output transistors. That amp was my first real amp sounding better than my little portable radio.
In the late 70's years I did buy my first high quality sound system, a Connoisseur BD2/A turntable, a NAD amp and Mordaunt-Short speakers. Laters in the sames late 70's I've adapted a Grace tone-arm on my Connoisseur turntable and did buy my first kit amp, a Crimson CE1008, it was sounding superb. I was using a 30 pound weight power transformer with two 100,000 uf capacitors.
Bye
Gaetan
Mongo is ageless
I took an exacto blade to the lamp line cord ~ 3-4 years of age.
"Eddie, the lights just went out!" (Yeh right, Mom(?)) as the flash on my retina faded to discover it WAS dark.."oh sh**!" The crescent arc removed from the blade was my introduction to high temperature metal deposition...on my fingers.
Built the crystal radio, ~1965, ran the wire out the bedroom window into the cherry tree. "I have to wear a headset for this???"
Forgiveness before permission: Had an OB 8" coax from RS hooked up to the living room Magnavox console (my daughter loves it, so "retro"), listening to the Beach Boys and "Rubber Soul". The case work was a produce crate, grapes, with the colored sticker intact...so cool. Dad said: "You drilled holes in the floor?😕
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It sucked that I had to get out of bed to return the tone arm to its rest.
Built my first real speakers ~1973 w/ Utah drivers, 3-way...later improved with big wire coils a roommate "sourced" from CTS in Paducah, KY. Paired with a Rotel RX-802 that could pick up a stereo FM signal in Lexington KY from WOKI in Oak Ridge, TN ~120 miles!
I'm 55, don't want to grow up and still looking for who I want to be like when I do grow up...its inevitable.
Fascinating that Jacco's perversion mellows with age...
I took an exacto blade to the lamp line cord ~ 3-4 years of age.
"Eddie, the lights just went out!" (Yeh right, Mom(?)) as the flash on my retina faded to discover it WAS dark.."oh sh**!" The crescent arc removed from the blade was my introduction to high temperature metal deposition...on my fingers.
Built the crystal radio, ~1965, ran the wire out the bedroom window into the cherry tree. "I have to wear a headset for this???"
Forgiveness before permission: Had an OB 8" coax from RS hooked up to the living room Magnavox console (my daughter loves it, so "retro"), listening to the Beach Boys and "Rubber Soul". The case work was a produce crate, grapes, with the colored sticker intact...so cool. Dad said: "You drilled holes in the floor?😕
"It sucked that I had to get out of bed to return the tone arm to its rest.
Built my first real speakers ~1973 w/ Utah drivers, 3-way...later improved with big wire coils a roommate "sourced" from CTS in Paducah, KY. Paired with a Rotel RX-802 that could pick up a stereo FM signal in Lexington KY from WOKI in Oak Ridge, TN ~120 miles!
I'm 55, don't want to grow up and still looking for who I want to be like when I do grow up...its inevitable.
Fascinating that Jacco's perversion mellows with age...
Played with transmitters and receivers in the army Cadet Corps at school. Bought a (damaged) Radford pre and power + Garrard 301 and made reflex spkrs with Goodmans units. (Very proud when I got the Radford to work - a fuse link under shellac in the power Tx had fractured.)
Went from bad to worse but highlights were a pair of old Acoustech X (? the old electrostatics with Jensen panels and built in power amps) I found these in a builders tip! But they worked perfectly.
The worst sound I had was from a Naim based outfit - one hour literally gave me a headache for the rest of the day!
The best I have achieved was with a set of Yamamura prototypes (pre, power and speakers) given to me by Be. I lucky enough to know him very well when he lived in the UK and to spend many weeks with him in Tuscany when he went to italy. I witnessed so much of his progress from outstanding 211 amps through Mosfets to his transducence amps, converted Lowthers to those massive Diablo cork horns, o/bs etc. From Rainbow at 110 Db to ppp solo violin his designs really made music come alive for me. I still have these but they badly need attention. As I have no clue as to how they work I can only wait until I meet someone who does! Being copyright I cannot draw up the schematics and post them to see what you people make of the problem.
I have made various Pickup arms, rebodied SPUs, Denons etc. Now using elderly Perregaux amps with a Lenco /Audionote Io cartridge / unipivot, but having a SP10 - also needing control board work, I am making a slate and dural plinth for that - Kanata style, with just the motor in the plinth and the rest outboard. Also making a replica FR 64 with a pure carbon bearing-housing from a scrap arm.
Using modded Impulse H2 Horns.
Born 12c April 1942 and doing well! No
yet!
Went from bad to worse but highlights were a pair of old Acoustech X (? the old electrostatics with Jensen panels and built in power amps) I found these in a builders tip! But they worked perfectly.
The worst sound I had was from a Naim based outfit - one hour literally gave me a headache for the rest of the day!
The best I have achieved was with a set of Yamamura prototypes (pre, power and speakers) given to me by Be. I lucky enough to know him very well when he lived in the UK and to spend many weeks with him in Tuscany when he went to italy. I witnessed so much of his progress from outstanding 211 amps through Mosfets to his transducence amps, converted Lowthers to those massive Diablo cork horns, o/bs etc. From Rainbow at 110 Db to ppp solo violin his designs really made music come alive for me. I still have these but they badly need attention. As I have no clue as to how they work I can only wait until I meet someone who does! Being copyright I cannot draw up the schematics and post them to see what you people make of the problem.
I have made various Pickup arms, rebodied SPUs, Denons etc. Now using elderly Perregaux amps with a Lenco /Audionote Io cartridge / unipivot, but having a SP10 - also needing control board work, I am making a slate and dural plinth for that - Kanata style, with just the motor in the plinth and the rest outboard. Also making a replica FR 64 with a pure carbon bearing-housing from a scrap arm.
Using modded Impulse H2 Horns.
Born 12c April 1942 and doing well! No
yet!
Ha ..ha..! So there are are others out there who feel just like me !
It's a comforting discovery !😀
I'm 33 now. I started a modest system 9 years ago on-loan basis. Got influenced by my father and uncles doing diy jbl & altec lansings speakers during my growing up years.
Cheers.
Cheers.
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