what got you started in the pursuit of audiophelia, and what was your very first setup as well as subsequent setups?
to give a better example of what kind of answers i'm hoping people with share, i'll go first:
when i was very young (and poor):
hand-me-down large speakers (not sure of the brand, but they weren't terrible) - 3way, 10" woofers up front. 2way, 8" woofers in rear. Denon avr-3200 receiver. Sound blaster AWE64 gold sound card (analog 2ch output) playing mp3s from winamp. (for music)
a few years and more money later:
same front/rears... custom 4way center speaker (from J&S audio in morris plains NJ), and a cheap JBL 10" powered sub (150w, supposedly), same 3200. Sound Blaster Live! sound card (digital coax output) playing mp3s from winamp. (for music)
most recently, and a lot more money later:
Custom Front/Rear/Center from J&S audio in morris plains NJ.
front = 4way, 12" woofer, rear = 4way, 10" woofer... same center. sub = 12" driver from J&S audio, with DIY 3cubic foot titanic 1"MDF box from parts-express powered by parasound HCA-750a (200wx1 RMS bridged) same avr-3200. M-Audio Sonica usb sound card with soundprofessionals Glass optical cable playing mp3s/mpCs/F.L.A.C. files with Foobar2k 24bit output with no re-sampling. all files replay-gained to 89db output (without any loss/distortion)
within a few months (finances providing), i'd like to upgrade to the B&K ref50 + av125.7 separates (to replace that aging 3200 which is 5chan, no DTS), get 2 small bookshelf speakers (6" 2ways) from J&S for the 6th/7th channels and maybe a parasound HCA-1000A for the sub and maybe upgrade that 12" in the box, to a 15 (still undecided on 12 v 15).
lol... enough about me... i'm really curious to see what systems you guys have jumped to/from...
to give a better example of what kind of answers i'm hoping people with share, i'll go first:
when i was very young (and poor):
hand-me-down large speakers (not sure of the brand, but they weren't terrible) - 3way, 10" woofers up front. 2way, 8" woofers in rear. Denon avr-3200 receiver. Sound blaster AWE64 gold sound card (analog 2ch output) playing mp3s from winamp. (for music)
a few years and more money later:
same front/rears... custom 4way center speaker (from J&S audio in morris plains NJ), and a cheap JBL 10" powered sub (150w, supposedly), same 3200. Sound Blaster Live! sound card (digital coax output) playing mp3s from winamp. (for music)
most recently, and a lot more money later:
Custom Front/Rear/Center from J&S audio in morris plains NJ.
front = 4way, 12" woofer, rear = 4way, 10" woofer... same center. sub = 12" driver from J&S audio, with DIY 3cubic foot titanic 1"MDF box from parts-express powered by parasound HCA-750a (200wx1 RMS bridged) same avr-3200. M-Audio Sonica usb sound card with soundprofessionals Glass optical cable playing mp3s/mpCs/F.L.A.C. files with Foobar2k 24bit output with no re-sampling. all files replay-gained to 89db output (without any loss/distortion)
within a few months (finances providing), i'd like to upgrade to the B&K ref50 + av125.7 separates (to replace that aging 3200 which is 5chan, no DTS), get 2 small bookshelf speakers (6" 2ways) from J&S for the 6th/7th channels and maybe a parasound HCA-1000A for the sub and maybe upgrade that 12" in the box, to a 15 (still undecided on 12 v 15).
lol... enough about me... i'm really curious to see what systems you guys have jumped to/from...