How many of you have audiophile buddies ?

[Bam!]

Hey guys!

So and if you do, do you see them regularly ? The reason why I ask is because I have begun a journey into the auidioaholic world and I must say since you are sharing such a great hobby and passion you just seem to click perfectly with these type of people!

While I have never met anyone from the guide and a few of you already know me as I feel I know you sort of quite well!!!!

Anyways...gimme your experiences on this or what you would like to have...

[Tha Freak]

we'll see saturday!

[Glen]

Nope, the only audiophiles I've talked to are you guys. Everyone I know thinks I'm crazy for what I've spent on audio/video gear ( and it ain't much compared to some of you out there ). That's why I love this place. Someday I hope to get together with at least some of the guys in Winnipeg. And if I ever make it to Quebec, you know I'll be knocking on your door Bam! :

[george_k]

Bam, what part of Quebec are you from...mtl?

[Bam!]

Bam, what part of Quebec are you from...mtl?

Hi George!

I`m from Terrebonne, just like Tha Freak, it is 15 minutes from Montreal, well St Leonard Montreal....

[Bam!]

Nope, the only audiophiles I've talked to are you guys. Everyone I know thinks I'm crazy for what I've spent on audio/video gear ( and it ain't much compared to some of you out there ). That's why I love this place. Someday I hope to get together with at least some of the guys in Winnipeg. And if I ever make it to Quebec, you know I'll be knocking on your door Bam! :

Glen!

Yup it is the "Your insane to spend so much on audio!" that makes me appreciate this place and my new found audiophile buddies.....

......and don`t bother knocking just walk right in!!! :lol:
oh and... : :lol:

[David Meek]

Most of my audio-nut friends are here on the forum. The one big exception to that is Burke Strickland who lives here in Houston, too. Having said that, we don't get together nearlly as often as we should (that's more my fault than anything) to sit around listen to music.

Yeah, most people just look stunned when discussions turn towards the cost of decent, or heaven forbid, good audio/video equipment in general. I don't really discuss my own equipments' value with casual friends - that's between me, my wife and my wallet.

[Bam!]

Most of my audio-nut friends are here on the forum. The one big exception to that is Burke Strickland who lives here in Houston, too. Having said that, ee don't get together nearlly as often as we should (that's more my fault than anything) to sit around listen to music.

Yeah, most people just look stunned when discussions turn towards the cost of decent, or heaven forbid, good audio/video equipment in general. I don't really discuss my own equipments' value with casual friends - that's between me, my wife and my wallet.

And US!!!!! :T

[Kevin P]

Well... I have home theater buddies, and some of them are into audio as well, but it depends on what you would consider "audiophile". If "audiophile" means "I enjoy listening to 2-channel music on my mid-range HT system", I have several of those. Heck, I'm one of those myself. If "audiophile" means "I have a megabuck dedicated 2-channel system with specialty gear that cost more than my house", nope don't know any of those.

I figure "audiophile" falls in between the two extremes I mentioned. I consider myself a "wannabe audiophile", as I enjoy listening to music on a good system, good being comparable or better than what I have. No, I don't have a dedicated 2 channel system at home, but I do have a nice headphone setup at work (complete with a tube amp) which I call my Cubicle Tubicle system. It sounds wonderful.

I'd love to meet more people who are audio nuts. Sometimes I think I enjoy audio/music more than home theater.

[Bing Fung]

Growing up as young adults I had a Few Audiophile friends.... Now a days it's more Home Theater Fans than Audio.

And the guys here :T

[George Bellefontaine]

No audiophile friends today, but many in the past when I was working. However, my sons are into music and gear just as I was when I was their age. They are also into building home theaters. Guess it's in the blood.

[David Meek]

I consider myself a "wannabe audiophile", as I enjoy listening to music on a good system, good being comparable or better than what I have.

That's me, too Kev. To a "T".

[Glen]

Good point George.

How many of you plan to pass your love of audio/video down to your kids ( or curse them ). My kids are still a little young, but I hope to someday encourage them into appreciating the finer things in a/v land.

[Bam!]

Kevin P !

You make a good point. Actually right now I have a big Barbeque planned for the 10th of July and quite honestly the "Audiophiles " that are coming are pretty hardcore.. I am embarrassed of my setup. ops:

I mean a 1056 in 2 channel sings....but not for an hardcore audiophile. They won' t say anything to me but I' ll know what they are thinkin'....Like my X1...it's not the best projector either...I dunno I just enjoy sharing the passion of the hobby I guess with a great Barbeque....

Bing! Your new Avator is distracting you stud you!!!! :lol: :

Glen :

Dave :

[Bob]

I am lucky to have stumbled across several people that have become audiophile buddies. There are five of us and we all live within five minutes of each other and we all, independently, built similar systems around Vandersteen speakers. One is the president of Audioquest who recently moved into the neighborhood.
We see each other quite often and email questions and answers to each other as well. Mostly when we get together it is to problem solve something in one of our listening rooms. Maybe someone is comparing cd players or has a room acoustic problem. Two on going projects we have been helping each other with is finding perfect speaker placement in all of our rooms and improving acoustics in all of our rooms. Listening to music together just for the sake of listening isn't something we do. We may do a quick demo of some new music treasure but, we have all agreed that listening to music as a group really isn't very interesting. It is really a "sport" better enjoyed in your own environment, at night, either alone or with our wives.
One of the group is the head of one of the electrical engineering departments at TRW. While we are often amused at his insistance that we measure everything with a myriad of instruments that he drags over to our listening rooms we have all benifitted greatly from his ideas and methodical approach.
One great idea he came up with was to put our speakers on a peice of MDF which is inside of a bakers tray. This allows for easy sliding around of the speaker while working on placement. Once in place they are carefully measured and then removed from the trays.

[aud19]

It's pretty much me, myself and I (other than you fine folks ). My brother's getting in to it a bit thanks to my influence and the fact that he's running a business integrating PC's/servers etc with whole home HT/audio systems. But I'd say he's more of a gadget freak than audio/video-phile... but that could be changing with my influence A couple of my uncles and to a lesser extent my Dad used to be in to audio in their youth, one of them still has a nice DIY amp he built with some older B&W's in a pretty nice 2-channel system. Nothing stratospherical though...

Most people I know also gasp at what I spend on gear though as many of you have mentioned, what I have, I consider good stuff but by no means "audiophile-grade". I have a few friends who enjoy coming over and watching/listening on my gear though. One of them brought over his Eagles DTS DVD a while ago... I don't think I've ever seen such a big grin before :B :lol:

Jason

[Danbry39]

I have but two people nearby who might be considered audiophile. All my other friends are perfectly happy with their purchases from Best Buys, Circuit City, Good Guys, etc. I'd like to be pure audiophile, but just can't afford it, although what I have is pretty nice. Now, if I get the bargain speakers I heard for $5,500, then I will be up there. And, they're an extremely amazing deal at that price, but that's probably a while off...if ever.

[Brandon B]

While I have many friends and neighbors who appreciate what I have, not a one shows any inclination to go down the path. They'd rather have a shiny new car (it is Los Angeles).

Yes, let's spend money on the thing where you want to spend as little of your time as possible. Weirdos.

BB

[Andrew Pratt]

Nope, the only audiophiles I've talked to are you guys.

Hey you've met me..if only briefly :W

I have a small circle of friends here in the city that all appreciate HT and some I'd consider audiophiles so its always a lot of fun when we get together...which doens't happen as often as i'd like unfortunatly.

[Stevepaul]

........speaker builder buddy...

I am friends with a couple of guys who are into HT who are glad that I am an Audiophile! I build them the types of speakers they want for their rooms....if they want it boomy...I build them some big ported subs and stick'm in the corners...whatever they want, and can pay for, I build for them. Lucky snots!

Now...I myself, am into mostly speaker building and music listening. I hired into a company here in Grand Rapids MI about 10 years ago and ended up working with a guy who loved to tinker with speaker building almost as much as myself.

We get together every 4-5 months to listen to different speakers/subs/HT setups at each others houses. We will turn on a movie and start moving speakers around...sit...listen...move them again. Sit....listen...move them again. We do the same thing with 2 channel music...different types of electronic gear....hanging subs from the ceiling just to hear what it does.

Other than him, I am the only one I know..except for the people here and at the Madisound forum.

Take care,
Steve

[Bam!]

Guys!

Wow I am loving the way this thread is goin'......Keep it up! :T I realize when I read the way some of you write that you too would like to have more audiophile buddies!!!

I am not alone!!!!

[Glen]

Hey you've met me..if only briefly

Andrew, buddy - sorry about that. ( Andrew and I live about 5 minutes from each other and I have not been able to make it over there yet :smackbutt: )

I truely can't wait to get over to Andrew's and see his set up (I may not want to leave ).

Andrew, I also intend to get you over to see my set up someday ( unfortunately you've already upgraded from what I've just picked up - so I don't think it will be as exciting for you :lol: ).

After that - we'll pack a lunch a head to Bam!'s house ( or better yet, head to Bam!'s and let him pack the lunch :drool: : ).

[Bam!]

Sounds Good Glen!

I`ll make a feast well worth a trip I promise!

[Danbry39]

Ironically, I just got invited to join an audio group that is might form in the Sacramento area. So maybe I'll make new friends with a love of our hobby.

[LEVESQUE]

Good thread subject Bam!

I can't have any audiophile buddies, because I live to far up in the middle of the wild wild north! :B

But I can't count the bears, squirrels, harfang des neiges, mooses and others that I can sometimes spot in my backyards as audiophile buddies... :lol:

No really. My neighbors ALL want to be my friends since I own all this stuff. Really funny. They always find a reason to invite themselves on saturday evening to come view a movie at my place. :T They are all talking behind my backs, but when a new film is out on DVD, they always manage to invite themselves... :roll:

The funniest part is that my richest neighbor, the biggest contractor in town, got a 50K$ CRT paired with awesome audio equipment (I mean $$$), but he doesn't have a clue about calibration, convergence, etc, so he prefers my HX-1U to his 4X the cost CRT! I did look behind for the fun of it... CRT was plug with composite and S-video, he doesn't know what ''doing the convergence'' means... Sigh... So much potential lost in complete ignorance...

Sometimes I feel king of lonely, and could enjoy an HT buddy crazy like me that would be all shaking when plugging a new amp or projector... instead of the WAF rolling eyes and asking me if we REALLY need that new piece of equipment... :lol:

[David Meek]

Alain, that sounds like an opportunity to me. Hop over to this guy's house, converge that PJ for him, pop in AVIA or Video Essentials and once he sees the results you'll have a new best friend. And, if he's the biggest contractor in town, that can't hurt.
:B

[LEVESQUE]

I already did that.

Who do you think is presently building me dedicated room? :lol: :rofl:

[Lex]

Nada, Zip, no audio friends at all now here. I thought I had one a good 2-3 years ago, turned out, he was just a jerk that cared nothing about what I thought was our friendship.

People at work are somewhat fascinated by it, and some even like movies, but they don't really go ga ga over it or nothing. Thinking about having a movie party for a few work folks sometime, to maybe increase interest. Well, maybe, I want to see some of those people on the weekend, lol.

Lex

[dave]

My Friends and myself call ourselves Audiophile wannabe's the systems that we own are'nt audiophile quality Yet!!! but were all working in that direction.
The Upgrade bug has,nt lost it's grip yet, what we do (there are three of us)
is get together every Saturday night at about 6pm and watch Boxing (when on) or a Movie, then after that's over pull out the deep fryer and slice some tortilla's up and make fresh chips with guacomoli or microwave up some
cheese (velveta) with salsa, crack a few brews and listen to some music.
weve all known one another for over 18years and have found that good friends are really hard to find. This creates a real diversion to the work week
and is looked forward to by all.

[Bam!]

My Friends and myself call ourselves Audiophile wannabe's the systems that we own are'nt audiophile quality Yet!!! but were all working in that direction.
The Upgrade bug has,nt lost it's grip yet, what we do (there are three of us)
is get together every Saturday night at about 6pm and watch Boxing (when on) or a Movie, then after that's over pull out the deep fryer and slice some tortilla's up and make fresh chips with guacomoli or microwave up some
cheese (velveta) with salsa, crack a few brews and listen to some music.
weve all known one another for over 18years and have found that good friends are really hard to find. This creates a real diversion to the work week
and is looked forward to by all.

Dave!

That's what I am talkin' about!!!

:T

[JonMarsh]

My audio interested friends were all in Colorado, where I had a number of local contacts, some due to my past involvement as a partner in a high end audio dealership.


In California since 1986, my work lifestyle and responsibilities towards my daughter has left me with little time outside work, though I did enjoy a get together in Sacramento last May with DIY speaker constructors in Northern CA- but none of them live near me in the Bay area.

And my work acquaintences think HTIB or a $400 receiver is relatively high end- with the high cost of living out here, most money goes into the basics for a home. When 1300 sq ft townhomes are $400K, a lot of folks get by with $500 TV's and 20 year old speakers.

There are clubs and organizations in the Bay area for "audiophiles", but I haven't really had time to get involved. Most of them are not involved with building stuff, not speakers, and certainly not electronics.

So I get my audio fixes back in Colorado, when I can, for the most part.

~Jon

[Whistler]

Hi,

I have several audiophile buddies, they all sheer the same passion like me. Some of them I know for a long time and some I met through another forum . But also a lot friends who declare me insane when I tell them price of the equipment are grumbling "in a positive way" after they have to leave again :T :B .

Regards,

Whistler

[dave]

Having friends to enjoy and help tweak the system is a big part of this hobby,
it's also alot of fun sharing this stuff with you people here on HTGUIDE

Thanks Bam!!! Regards, Dave...

[Bob]

"While I have many friends and neighbors who appreciate what I have, not a one shows any inclination to go down the path. They'd rather have a shiny new car (it is Los Angeles).

Yes, let's spend money on the thing where you want to spend as little of your time as possible. Weirdos.

Brandon, a man after my own heart.

[Menasce]

Great Thread BAM!

Sad to say, but other than my new friends here and on a couple of other forums, I'm alone in my passion for HT / audio. Even my wife thinks I'm nuts and glazes over when I go off on some aspect of my system or latest upgrade plans. Thankfully though, she's stopped asking how much all this stuff costs (this will come in handy later this summer when I retire my receiver and purchase a proper pre/pro!! :twisted: ).

My biggest fan in this is my almost four year old daughter (my 1 yr. old son is too small to care yet). You should see the way she lights up when I run one of her Disney DVDs on the system. Perhaps there's hope after all.

[LEVESQUE]

My biggest fan in this is my almost four year old daughter (my 1 yr. old son is too small to care yet). You should see the way she lights up when I run one of her Disney DVDs on the system. Perhaps there's hope after all.

So true! You should see the look on my 19 months old daughter face each time she see a 5' tall Caillou on the wall! :lol:

[David Meek]

Alain, what's a Caillou?

[Bam!]

Alain, what's a Caillou?

Dave!

It's a whiney little cartoon boy character....I have a 2 year old.....However I am lucky he hates the little $%%%% too!

I have a customer...this little 12 year girl....she wines just like his freakin' voice! :M :M :M

Grrrrrrrrrrrr!

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[LEVESQUE]

We could say it's the equivalent of your ''Barney'', but with less hair, less purple and a little bit more educated... :lol:

[aud19]

Here's a picture of the anoying, bald little bugger :lol: :



Jason

[LEVESQUE]

Imagine this bald head 5' tall filling all the 110'' screen! 8O

[aud19]

Sounds Terrifying! :bluezoned:

:rofl:

Jason

[Bent]

Just how long has Caillou been undergoing Chemo-therapy?

[Menasce]

Hi Guys,

I'm beginning to think our children are the secret ulterior reason we go to all this effort and expense.

Have I mentioned that my daughter helped me run/fish all my surround wires and Zone 2 to the kitchen and elsewhere in the house? :T

Fortunately (or not) we have not introduced the young lady to Caillou yet. Then again, watching Cinderella II for the umpteen-thousandth time is a bit hard on my mental stability ...

Have a great night all!

[Glen]

Yep, when my kids were younger it was the Teletubies they watched endlessly. I just kept thinking to myself "JUST EAT THE FREAKING PUDDING!!!". (anyone who's seen it, knows what I'm talking about). :lol:

My kids are just starting to develop their own taste in music. Soon I hope we can start sitting down and listening together so I point out the finer points that make the difference between my stereo and their boom box.