Post by steveeb on Jan 10, 2015 12:16:40 GMT
Hello
I'm Steve and I'm an Audioholic.
I blame my grandfather. When I was 7 he gave me a wind up box record player and 6 reassuringly heavy 78rpm enchanting discs. I can only remember Johnny Ray with Look Homeward Angel and Tommy Steele Rock with the Caveman. A Christmas present at 11 of a box 45/33 player saw me from first record purchase of Humperdink's Let the Heartache Begin (Mum approval) through to Alice Cooper (Mum confiscated the paper knickers from Schools Out). Unfortunately these are the dizzy heights that I reached with vinyl.
I played drums for 15 years yet continued a lifetime obsession with music and replay despite that handicap. I've never had really expensive equipment but I learnt a lot by getting the most I could from modest gear and it remains a driving force and gives me great satisfaction to achieve a performance that's disproportionate to the cost. I now make Horny loudspeakers as a living! My priorities are connection to the passion and feeling in a musician's performance and to expose the character of different instruments.
I have a modest set up using an HD/ Oppo103 file source and plenty of lovely warm valves. I believe in the importance of application and system tuning as much as ultimate component performance. Looking forward to some interesting discussion - learning all de time ;-)
I'm Steve and I'm an Audioholic.
I blame my grandfather. When I was 7 he gave me a wind up box record player and 6 reassuringly heavy 78rpm enchanting discs. I can only remember Johnny Ray with Look Homeward Angel and Tommy Steele Rock with the Caveman. A Christmas present at 11 of a box 45/33 player saw me from first record purchase of Humperdink's Let the Heartache Begin (Mum approval) through to Alice Cooper (Mum confiscated the paper knickers from Schools Out). Unfortunately these are the dizzy heights that I reached with vinyl.
I played drums for 15 years yet continued a lifetime obsession with music and replay despite that handicap. I've never had really expensive equipment but I learnt a lot by getting the most I could from modest gear and it remains a driving force and gives me great satisfaction to achieve a performance that's disproportionate to the cost. I now make Horny loudspeakers as a living! My priorities are connection to the passion and feeling in a musician's performance and to expose the character of different instruments.
I have a modest set up using an HD/ Oppo103 file source and plenty of lovely warm valves. I believe in the importance of application and system tuning as much as ultimate component performance. Looking forward to some interesting discussion - learning all de time ;-)
