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Post by ChrisB on Jul 27, 2015 7:32:42 GMT
....hifi, that is.
36 years for me. Ouch!
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Post by jandl100 on Jul 27, 2015 7:42:34 GMT
Hmmm, probably about 45 years, I started after hearing a relative's Philips all in 1 system that impressed me hugely. Being very young - 14 or 15, I think - and with limited funds I managed to scrape up enough ££ for a cheaper version of the same thing and I loved it.
My relative's kit was very much like this ...
Mine was rather less sophisticated!
The particular LP that left me drooling will always be an important part of my collection ...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 8:00:11 GMT
....hifi, that is. 36 years for me. Ouch! Ooo-er, that's a bit personal isn't it?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 8:00:49 GMT
Oh Hi-Fi!   |
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Post by pinkie on Jul 27, 2015 8:44:48 GMT
I think Koss K6 headphones and an Amstrad top-load cassette deck were my first purchases at 14 - so 40 years  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 9:32:23 GMT
36 or 37 years for me. Only 29 years of serial box-swapping though  |
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 27, 2015 9:39:26 GMT
Interesting that you know the number of years of box swapping Andrew. Was there an event that triggered it?
(Does this sound like an AA meeting?!)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 9:42:15 GMT
Indeed there was: My first wage packet from working in a Hifi shop!
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 27, 2015 9:45:09 GMT
Ha-ha yes, I suppose that would do it!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 9:50:58 GMT
Shortly after that, I moved to York, still working in a Hifi shop but now also living just yards away from The Sound Organisation. That was enough to cement my love of Hifi forever. I was just in there last Saturday but it feels like a different world now. Most of the Linn stuff was completely alien to me. Still, two of the same staff remain from 1986 though, which I think is wonderful. It's clear that they love what they do.
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Post by Sovereign on Jul 27, 2015 9:52:17 GMT
My first system was a Sashio cassette Walkman and plug in speakers, I placed it on my book shelf, closed my curtains and blare out Cliff Richard. But as for being a proper HIFI nutt, I would say maybe 15 years or so.
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Post by canetoad on Jul 27, 2015 9:55:21 GMT
36 or 37 years for me. Only 29 years of serial box-swapping though That's a lot of In-Fidelity! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 10:02:35 GMT
Sometimes it feels like that when you get rid of something that has never been anything other than reliable and enjoyable. I let my Minstrels go to a good home the other day and my Elas went the same way a few weeks ago. Somehow it just feels like abandoning them. Daft, I know but that's how it feels.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 10:08:39 GMT
....hifi, that is. 36 years for me. Ouch! 1982-2015 RIP [What do i use these days? The gear i bought in 1982!]  |
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Post by Chris on Jul 27, 2015 11:01:55 GMT
Always had music systems but proper hifi for about 22years now. Still got my Arcam8/8P combo!
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Post by Slinger on Jul 27, 2015 11:57:02 GMT
Does an Arcam Alpha 2 / Dual CS 505-3 / Philips CD (probably a 610) / Celestion DL4 Series 2 setup count? If so then about 25 years. If not then 2 or 3.
p.s. I've still got an Arcam8/8p combo too Chris, and mine is still in regular use.
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 27, 2015 12:13:43 GMT
I reckon the moment you decided that your radio alarm clock/dansette/portable mono cassette player (delete where applicable) wasn't good enough, then you were well and truly 'at it'. In my case, I realised that the Van der Molen turntable with built in amp (or crackle generator, as I fondly remember it as) that I shared with my sisters just wasn't doing it for me it.  (not my photo)What I replaced it (SP25 / Sony amp and Wharfdales) with was not that much better, but I was on the road! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 13:04:15 GMT
About 40 years I reckon having started at about 10 and making my own amps by about 14....
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 13:22:30 GMT
My father had shares in a recording studio so from an early age hanging around with musicians, still do the same now (being a drummer lol) I built my first audio amplifier for a school science project very simple low power transistor thingy that was is 1976. Doesn't take long for time to fly, man that is nearly forty years bloody hell 50 next year I feel a party coming on  |
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 27, 2015 13:24:44 GMT
50 this year for me -yoiks!
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