HappyT_Harry
Arcam Asylum
Hey fellow ak'ers. My name is Evan and I'm an audioholic. But first a little bit about myself. I am 19 years old and am currently attending Ole Miss, majoring in Electrical Engineering. I am originally from Pontotoc(near Tupelo) ,MS and have lived there my whole life. I am a dog lover, that is my lab Otis in my profile picture. I don't have job at the moment, but have worked at a Piggly Wiggly and an auto parts store.
My addiction started at a young age because my dad gave me his Technics speakers and receiver when I was in the 6th or 7th grade. Nothing too impressive, the speakers sound pretty bad actually unless you are cranking them really loud to some rock music, but I was hooked. Plus it sounded better and was louder than all of my friends stuff.
Needless to say, I got bored with what I had and decided that I needed some better speakers, and they had to be big. So for Christmas one year, maybe 9th grade, I got some new KLHs that were big (12 in woofer and 12 in passive radiator). Needless to say I was happy for a little while with my speakers that were almost as tall as me, and they did everything I asked them to do(pretty much blew me out of my bedroom).
Well, that worked fine for a little while, but then I got that itch and had to have something new. So I decided to try out home theater. I went to my local Circuit City and decided to get a budget Sony home theater system along with a Velodyne subwoofer. I've not been to happy with the Sony(you get what you pay for), but I love the Velodyne for movies.
I ended up putting the Sony in the living room and putting the Technics receiver back in my bedroom where I did most of my listening. I wouldn't have known it got much better if it weren't for Mike aka SansuiFlorida.
This past summer while working for my uncle down in Florida, by some weird coincidence, I found a Sansui receiver and got to listen to all of Mike's top-of-the-line equipment all in the same week. I found the receiver in my uncle's office at work and Mike lives in my uncle's neighborhood. Mike was also gracious enough to send me away with a pair of sp-3500s. Anyways, after this enlightenment, I have been back on track searching every thrift store and questioning everyone that I know.
So far my search has yielded a Yamaha CR-620 from the thrift, and my first turntable, a Pioneer PL-12D, from another uncle. But my absolute favorite piece is my Sansui 8080. I will be making a thread in the Sansui forum showing it off when I get around to taking some pictures. Many thanks go out to Mike for that one. Made for a very merry Christmas.
Well, I guess that brings us up to date. I am very grateful, and audiokarma is very fortunate to have members like Mike. Just an example of how cool this site really is.
My addiction started at a young age because my dad gave me his Technics speakers and receiver when I was in the 6th or 7th grade. Nothing too impressive, the speakers sound pretty bad actually unless you are cranking them really loud to some rock music, but I was hooked. Plus it sounded better and was louder than all of my friends stuff.
Needless to say, I got bored with what I had and decided that I needed some better speakers, and they had to be big. So for Christmas one year, maybe 9th grade, I got some new KLHs that were big (12 in woofer and 12 in passive radiator). Needless to say I was happy for a little while with my speakers that were almost as tall as me, and they did everything I asked them to do(pretty much blew me out of my bedroom).
Well, that worked fine for a little while, but then I got that itch and had to have something new. So I decided to try out home theater. I went to my local Circuit City and decided to get a budget Sony home theater system along with a Velodyne subwoofer. I've not been to happy with the Sony(you get what you pay for), but I love the Velodyne for movies.
I ended up putting the Sony in the living room and putting the Technics receiver back in my bedroom where I did most of my listening. I wouldn't have known it got much better if it weren't for Mike aka SansuiFlorida.
This past summer while working for my uncle down in Florida, by some weird coincidence, I found a Sansui receiver and got to listen to all of Mike's top-of-the-line equipment all in the same week. I found the receiver in my uncle's office at work and Mike lives in my uncle's neighborhood. Mike was also gracious enough to send me away with a pair of sp-3500s. Anyways, after this enlightenment, I have been back on track searching every thrift store and questioning everyone that I know.
So far my search has yielded a Yamaha CR-620 from the thrift, and my first turntable, a Pioneer PL-12D, from another uncle. But my absolute favorite piece is my Sansui 8080. I will be making a thread in the Sansui forum showing it off when I get around to taking some pictures. Many thanks go out to Mike for that one. Made for a very merry Christmas.
Well, I guess that brings us up to date. I am very grateful, and audiokarma is very fortunate to have members like Mike. Just an example of how cool this site really is.
