Greetings from Greenville SC....

Good Day Everyone! Jumping in here from Greenville SC; I've been a member on Audiogon for a quite a few years and am starting
to participate here as I note a greater depth of substance of posts, equipment reviews, etc...I love listening to many types of music
from pipe organ and taiko drumming, world music, classical, all types of jazz, R&B, rock, prog-rock, new age, fusion, electronica, etc...

My dad had a big band in the 1940s-1970s and I grew up listening to all the greats of Jazz and Swing/BB him on a modest LP-based
system (Technics, SAE, Harmon Kardon, Infiniti RS7s) as well as playing music for most of the first 25 years of my life. I also spent
alot of time playing Symphonic Classical and Wind Ensemble and had great experiences doing that as well as the Big Band/Jazz Ensemble
work. Ever since, I have sought out music of all types; it's my passion and everything I pursue in this hobby is to get as close to the
"real thing" in playback as possible.

The first good system I heard was in Rochester NY in 1982,...DCM Time Windows, Hafler and Carver monos and tube pre-amp and
phono pre-amp; I've been hooked ever since! I've been through a lot of 2-ch and multi-channel audio & home-theater "phases"
but since 2009, I've focused on pure 2-channel listening and picked digital (lost a good number of great LPs many years
ago in a house water-line break) to focus all my time, money and efforts on.

In short,....love music, love this hobby-obsession and really enjoy talking and writing about audio gear and music as many hours a
week as work, life and family will allow

Thank you! Not to far of a drive at all...I think we'll have to do something about that great music in-hand
There was always music around the house in the late 60s to 1981 either being played or playing (on whatever
my Dad could afford, I spent hours late at night with headphones plugged into his system when music could be
played on the speakers themselves as well). I don't remember the model of the Carvers or the Haflers in 1982
but remember thinking all that gear was 'cool and beautiful" and started thinking of how I could work and save
to be able to have such a system....other guys were talking about cars, boats, etc...I was already obsessing on
audio gear! Thanks for the note....let's talk soon and get plans together to do some listening!

Thank you very much!

I love listening to music and have learning that system performance and price often have nothing to do with each other....some of the configs I built were incredibly resolving but not as musical as they could have been so I never judge and always go into things with open ears; same for hearing alot of other gear and systems owned by others over the years. I have a friend here in town that has a $1000 tube integrated (that he got for $500!), a set of B&W Matrix from a long time ago, some older MIT cables and only a streaming (internet sourced) front-end device that I love to hear. He's put the system together for about the same as a high-priced 'uber' component and a set of cables in today's terms and frankly, it creates great music that's alot of fun and very satisfying to listen to. All this is incredibly subjective,...I'd love to hear your system and will open house so we can hear mine. Basically, I do all this to hear music that I love as best as is possible. Let's talk! I'm thinking of putting something together for June 10th or 12th...afternoon with some food to follow. We will probably have a fourth (counting you and Marty) who is local as well. Let me know if either date works for you and then we can take this offline (regular email) and make a plan!

Good Day! Let me know if the 10th or 12th can work for you; otherwise, we can look at alternative dates....

I am very familiar with the parameters of having a higher power in one's life <LOL>!

Replied to your email and sent you my contact info as well; let me know what works for you. We can plan around schedules and get
this to happen at the earliest. I'm really looking forward to the get together and sharing some great music and food!