When did you first here "it"

[Wireworm5]

What got me primed to become an audiophile was when a friend talked me into getting a better soundcard for playing games on the computer. The enhanced sound effects added immensley to the gaming experienced. I became more keen to sound as a result. The second contributor came after hearing a cheap surround system that sounded better than mine. That's when I realized the importance of having speakers that could play the entire sound spectrum. From there I was always anaylizing the sound and what I could do to improve it. After several upgrades I am satified that I have the best sound possible for my budget. No further upgrades until I fullfill other priorities.

[musicman1999]

it was a set of jm labs alto utopias,gear by sim audio and conrad johnson,and music by james taylor.it was the first time recorded music had ever got me that close to live music which is what its all about.The labs were the best i had ever heard or have heard since,i was later able to add to my system a complete set of jm labs chorus speakers(bottom of their line,but very fine),love that trickle down technologie.

[Geoffcin]

I was 13 years old, and my father was putting together a sound system for a doctor friend and let me tag along. We always had a decent hi-fi at my house, but he had, I think, a $5000 budget for the project, and this is going back nearly 30 years. I wish I could remember the name of the speakers, I do remember that it was an all Macintosh setup with these cool blue displays, and HUGE meters. The speakers must have been electrostats, because I remember that my father said to me that he had never heard high frequencies reproduced with such clarity, and I asked him what he was talking about, as it didn't sound much better than our AR's at home. Then he sat me down in the chair that was positioned in the "sweet spot". Even before I got in the chair, just the act of getting lower and the air just seemed to open up with sound. It was as if Carly Simon was in the room singing for me. It felt so real I could almost see her! I was so totally dumbstruck, they had to pry me from the chair. To this day I am chasing that sound. Unfortunelty I don't have 13 year old ears anymore.