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Roll Call for Old Timers: 1999

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Posted on March 29, 2017 at 22:38:11
PaulN
Audiophile

Posts: 1412
Joined: January 13, 2000
 I'm feeling sentimental today. This forum came into being some 18 years ago in March. There were real people that made it happen and some are still hanging out here; shocking, I know there was an Internets in 1999 and people actually were online. Some have died, some were banished (can I get a big red "E"). Working on nearly 20 years now. petew? Bruce? Lets get a roll call for the old-timers.

Also, go Gonzaga Bulldogs.

 

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2001 here. You have me beat by 2 yrs -nt, posted on March 29, 2017 at 23:13:25
AbeCollins
Audiophile

Posts: 46280
Location: USA
Joined: June 22, 2001
Contributor
  Since: February 2, 2002
 .

 

2000......, posted on March 29, 2017 at 23:56:25
Todd Krieger
Audiophile

Posts: 37333
Location: SW United States
Joined: November 2, 2000
 Jeez, I've been here almost 17 years......

 

Me too. Jeez, almost 16 years. nt, posted on March 30, 2017 at 00:07:26
Rick W
 nt

 

2000 and it was more fun then! NT, posted on March 30, 2017 at 00:09:48
jnr
Reviewer

Posts: 2164
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Joined: April 5, 2000
 .
theaudiobeatnik.com

 

2001 for me (nt), posted on March 30, 2017 at 00:33:18
bullethead
 .

 

2000 first moniker Suzy, posted on March 30, 2017 at 01:18:56
4everyoung
 John E and Fear3000 were 2 of my biggest fans lol

 

2003, posted on March 30, 2017 at 01:39:42
Quint
Dealer

Posts: 3657
Joined: June 21, 2003
 Not as long as some of you guys and gals, but 14 years. Not too bad!

I don't post as much meaningful or informative stuff (reviews, etc.) as I used to--LOTS of life changes--so I don't know if my value as an inmate rates very high these days, but I've always liked this place a lot, so I stick around. Kinda like a fungus. :)

This is a public service announcement . . . WITH GUITARS!!!

 

2001...An Audiophile Odyssey ...NT, posted on March 30, 2017 at 02:05:25
RGA
Reviewer

Posts: 15177
Location: Hong Kong
Joined: August 8, 2001
 NT

 

2000. Although, posted on March 30, 2017 at 02:37:33
jusbe
Audiophile

Posts: 5950
Location: North Island
Joined: April 4, 2000
 I'm fairly sure I posted stuff late 1999.

Wow. Had better get on with my audio plans!

Big J

"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."


 

Sept. 1999 for me......, posted on March 30, 2017 at 04:02:48
Ozzy
Audiophile

Posts: 7588
Joined: September 21, 1999
 ....I was a holdover from the original Audio Review forum. Came here and never looked back.

Used to do ICQ chat with members Hyperion, DaveF, DaveB and Kuma before this place came online.


Oz



Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
- Winston Churchill

 

Yes. November, 1999., posted on March 30, 2017 at 04:14:36
jusbe
Audiophile

Posts: 5950
Location: North Island
Joined: April 4, 2000
 Writing about the Gaincard amp. What a different world, now.


Big J

"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."


 

2000 - December, posted on March 30, 2017 at 04:18:14
Ewalaa
Audiophile

Posts: 504
Location: Central VA
Joined: December 10, 2000
 Seems like yesterday. Where's BIGANDY?

 

November. 1999, posted on March 30, 2017 at 05:21:41
Barry
Audiophile

Posts: 1001
Location: PA
Joined: November 24, 1999
Contributor
  Since: January 18, 2009
 Still here.

 

RE: Roll Call for Old Timers: 1999, posted on March 30, 2017 at 05:59:15
fantja
Audiophile

Posts: 15518
Location: Alabama
Joined: September 11, 2010
 Another +vote for the year 2000 or Y2K.

 

RE: Roll Call for Old Timers: 1999, posted on March 30, 2017 at 06:04:51
-æ-
Bored Member

Posts: 788
Joined: May 9, 2013
Contributor
  Since: March 1, 1999
 From the get-go: March 1, 1999 at 13:00



If you aren't quite noticing or accepting what is really going on in the present,
but are responding based on your thoughts or feelings about what ought to be,
then you are apt to collide with what is really going on.

 

Fashionably late - May 2000 -nt, posted on March 30, 2017 at 07:08:52
E-Stat
Audiophile

Posts: 37584
Joined: May 12, 2000
Contributor
  Since: April 5, 2002
 .

 

9/30/1999 for me..., posted on March 30, 2017 at 07:17:48
GregK
Audiophile

Posts: 465
Location: NE Ohio
Joined: September 30, 1999
 Not even sure how I found the Asylum, but so glad I did! Don't post much, but visit daily and have learned and received so much help over the years.

Note to self - contribute, ya dummy!

 

+1. My People!!, posted on March 30, 2017 at 07:40:25
oldmkvi
Audiophile

Posts: 10581
Joined: April 12, 2002
 Sadly, I'm not kidding!

 

Forever late to the party here..., posted on March 30, 2017 at 07:46:34
Ivan303
Audiophile

Posts: 48887
Location: Cadiere d'azur FRANCE - Santa Fe, NM
Joined: February 26, 2001
 "Lots of girls here a couple hours ago." they always told me.

Even arrived in San Francisco in 1969, WELL after the 'summer of love'.

:-(






First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass

 

April 1999, posted on March 30, 2017 at 07:51:13
jec01
Audiophile

Posts: 1462
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Joined: September 22, 2004
 My first post, under a different moniker (long and stupid story) was on April 11, 1999.

That was so long ago that I was using an AOL email address.
Happy listening,

Jim

"The passage of my life is measured out in shirts."
- Brian Eno

 

Been here since day 1., posted on March 30, 2017 at 08:11:37
Mike K
Audiophile

Posts: 13973
Location: 97701
Joined: September 23, 1999
 I do miss Bruce and petew. I know Bruce had some medical issues. Here's
hoping he's OK. He's one of the brighter individuals I've ever encountered.

Lack of skill dictates economy of style. - Joey Ramone

 

2003...Go Zags..., posted on March 30, 2017 at 08:27:56
mkuller
Audiophile

Posts: 38130
Location: SF Bay Area
Joined: April 22, 2003
 ...I wasted about 3 years arguing on rec.audio-highend before I discovered Audio Asylum.

Before that was TAN with my dial-up modem.

My daughter went to Gonzaga so I own part of the school.

 

Agreed., posted on March 30, 2017 at 08:29:25
PaulN
Audiophile

Posts: 1412
Joined: January 13, 2000
 He was sued, along with several others from his firm, by a former client in the last few years and the firm settled out for a very large sum. I am sure that was a very unpleasant stretch. Pete drops in once in a long while. Bruce was a wise voice and I miss his presence here.

 

2002-----NT, posted on March 30, 2017 at 08:44:06
lancelot
Audiophile

Posts: 1722
Joined: March 23, 2001
 NT

 

June 2000, posted on March 30, 2017 at 08:49:02
Jim Smith
Industry Professional

Posts: 1097
Location: Atlanta, GA area
Joined: April 5, 2000
 n/t
Best regards,

Jim Smith

 

Sept. 2000, posted on March 30, 2017 at 09:28:16
Mick Wolfe
Audiophile

Posts: 3364
Location: AZ
Joined: October 10, 1999
Contributor
  Since: September 4, 2000
 NT

 

May 2000, posted on March 30, 2017 at 09:29:52
John N
Audiophile

Posts: 1325
Joined: May 10, 2000
 nt

 

Just FYI, posted on March 30, 2017 at 09:39:13
Inmate51
 The "Join" date and the "Contributor Since" date are shown with each post.

Personally, in the context of your query, I don't think either date is useful or significant. What really drives this forum is posts, views, and the resultant advertising revenue. The fact that a couple dozen or so inmates have been here since the beginning of time is a nice testament to the asylum. But I regularly see posts by people who've been inmates since, say, 2003, and have maybe a couple of hundred posts. They're like the people who go to church on Christmas and Easter.

I've been here since 2005, with many thousands of posts (some actually useful) and views, so, hopefully, I've been doing my part to make this forum a success.

:)

 

Feb 2001, posted on March 30, 2017 at 09:41:28
rwiley
Audiophile

Posts: 1050
Location: Southeast
Joined: February 20, 2001
 I'm hangin' in but no longer able to enjoy my system's sonics due to hearing loss.

 

RE: Roll Call for Old Timers: 1999, posted on March 30, 2017 at 09:48:48
6bq5
Audiophile

Posts: 4385
Location: SF Bay
Joined: August 16, 2001
 August 16, 2001
Contributor since 2012
A safe place on the internet...
Happy Listening

 

2000 - June Yikes!, posted on March 30, 2017 at 10:07:15
Pjay
Audiophile

Posts: 2415
Location: Northern VA
Joined: June 29, 2000
 nt
As I slowly slip into the dark cesspool of audiophalia neurosis. . . .

My speaker building site

 

I guess Oct. 1999 makes me an old timer, but..., posted on March 30, 2017 at 12:13:32
marc g.
Audiophile

Posts: 3330
Location: New Orleans
Joined: October 14, 1999
 ...I'm probably 20-30 years younger than the average old timer on AA :-)


voolston - audiophile by day, music lover by night!

 

October 12, 1999, posted on March 30, 2017 at 12:16:53
mhardy6647
Audiophile

Posts: 16013
Location: New England
Joined: October 12, 1999
Contributor
  Since: October 23, 2016
 Finally a contributor in 2016.
(sorry!)


ID number 5161
all the best,
mrh

 

'03 nt, posted on March 30, 2017 at 13:06:18
geoff
Audiophile

Posts: 3499
Joined: April 5, 2000
Contributor
  Since: September 10, 2003
 ,

 

+1 May 2000 (nt), posted on March 30, 2017 at 13:28:20
Sondek
Audiophile

Posts: 9621
Location: Fort Worth
Joined: May 17, 2000
Contributor
  Since: April 5, 2002

 

July 1999 . . . , posted on March 30, 2017 at 14:07:17
Rich Brkich
Dealer

Posts: 832
Location: Near Syracuse, New York
Joined: April 3, 2000
 Mostly I lurk around these days, but I check a number of forums here on a daily basis. What amazes me even more that nest year marks my 25th(!!!) year as a HiFi retailer. Hard to believe it has been so long.
Happy Listening,
Rich Brkich
Ownwer/Operator Signature Sound

 

But isn't it nice to also have an audience? (nt), posted on March 30, 2017 at 14:33:15
John N
Audiophile

Posts: 1325
Joined: May 10, 2000

 

April 2000 (nt), posted on March 30, 2017 at 14:47:59
Gary
Audiophile

Posts: 1294
Location: New York, NY
Joined: April 21, 2000
 .

 

Newcomer here, posted on March 30, 2017 at 15:22:14
kavakidd
Audiophile

Posts: 20316
Location: Upstate NY
Joined: April 15, 2004
 2004

"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain

 

I am too. Started very young., posted on March 30, 2017 at 15:59:46
PaulN
Audiophile

Posts: 1412
Joined: January 13, 2000
 Although I am about to turn 50. Even Gen-x'ers are aging.

 

Rol Call for Old Timers: 2000, posted on March 30, 2017 at 16:50:59
DaveT
Audiophile

Posts: 1126
Location: Mid Atlantic (Wash, DC Area)
Joined: September 25, 2000
 I became committed to the Asylum via Bottlehead Forum in 2000. The inmates in these various Asylums reintroduced me to this fabulous hobby. Its had to believe it has been 17 years.

DaveT

 

RE: 2003...Go Zags..., posted on March 30, 2017 at 17:33:02
Jive Turkey
Audiophile

Posts: 2409
Location: far left, geographically speaking
Joined: May 5, 2010
 TAN was the start of all of this internet stuff for me.

See ya. Dave

 

2000 Aug, posted on March 30, 2017 at 17:42:06
Des
Audiophile

Posts: 2110
Location: Great Barrier Reef
Joined: August 3, 2000
Contributor
  Since: August 2, 2000
 nt

 

RE: Roll Call for Old Timers: 1999, posted on March 30, 2017 at 18:03:40
Ol Ken
Audiophile

Posts: 217
Location: Ingleside, Ontario
Joined: May 28, 2004
 Only been here for 13 years, guess I'm still a newbie..

 

As unregistered 1999, as inmate 2001 (NT), posted on March 30, 2017 at 19:05:55
Stale
Audiophile

Posts: 3263
Location: So. California
Joined: August 3, 2001


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane."

 

I've Come And Gone - I Am Severius! Supremus Invictus, posted on March 30, 2017 at 19:06:07
Newey
Audiophile

Posts: 537
Location: Chicago
Joined: December 26, 2012
 Banned for many years. Too busy with real life for many nore.

Severius! Supremus Invictus

 

RE: Roll Call for Old Timers: 1999, posted on March 30, 2017 at 19:23:58
slapshot
Audiophile

Posts: 2248
Joined: January 9, 2006
 If you have been here long enough, you have to remember Romy the Cat, and Mrs. Piggy.

 

History says late 1999., posted on March 31, 2017 at 00:03:04
MikeCh
Audiophile

Posts: 1113
Joined: November 16, 2002
 But I know I was posting on the MUG for quite a while before DrM became the mod and the forum was merged into AA.

 

Me too - February 2004 [nt], posted on March 31, 2017 at 00:17:50
Chris from Lafayette
Audiophile

Posts: 26432
Location: SF Bay Area
Joined: February 17, 2004
Contributor
  Since: February 6, 2012

 

RE: Roll Call for Old Timers: 1999, posted on March 31, 2017 at 09:30:18
Douger
Audiophile

Posts: 745
Location: Nebraska
Joined: January 2, 2001
 January 2, 2001

 

Neward?, posted on March 31, 2017 at 09:58:20
PaulN
Audiophile

Posts: 1412
Joined: January 13, 2000
 (nt)

 

My first f2f loonie meetup, posted on March 31, 2017 at 10:00:09
PaulN
Audiophile

Posts: 1412
Joined: January 13, 2000
 That was in 2000 at your place in Kirkland. :)

 

Yes - , posted on March 31, 2017 at 10:24:26
Newey
Audiophile

Posts: 537
Location: Chicago
Joined: December 26, 2012
 It is I.

Regards,
Severius! Supremus Invictus

 

started 1999, posted on March 31, 2017 at 13:43:32
Ralph
Manufacturer

Posts: 4769
Location: Minnesota
Joined: April 24, 2002
 My profile says 2002, but that is because my moniker somehow got conflated with someone that had the same name but not the capital letter. So I had to re-enter stuff in 2002.

 

March 1, 1999, posted on March 31, 2017 at 14:29:34
Rod M
Web Geek

Posts: 16242
Location: So. California
Joined: March 1, 1999
Contributor
  Since: March 1, 1999
 Edp beat everyone for the first post.
-Rod

 

Ha!, posted on March 31, 2017 at 15:08:28
PaulN
Audiophile

Posts: 1412
Joined: January 13, 2000
 Thanks for all the great years Rod! You built something really amazing for your friends and now it is literally larger than life. All hail Mothra!

 

Jan 2000 but, posted on March 31, 2017 at 16:40:27
Ross
Audiophile

Posts: 1814
Joined: January 24, 2000
 I was active in 1999 before I officially registered.

 

RE: Yes - , posted on March 31, 2017 at 21:48:39
PaulN
Audiophile

Posts: 1412
Joined: January 13, 2000
 I hope you will invigorate the discussion on Classical.

 

Likewise. nt, posted on April 1, 2017 at 07:58:35
jusbe
Audiophile

Posts: 5950
Location: North Island
Joined: April 4, 2000
Big J

"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."


 

+1 (nt), posted on April 1, 2017 at 09:23:26
Duster
Manufacturer

Posts: 17117
Location: Pacific Northwest
Joined: August 25, 2002
 nt

 

Started reading in 2003, so know who the OT's are/were..., posted on April 1, 2017 at 10:58:14
musetap
Audiophile

Posts: 31872
Location: San Francisco
Joined: July 8, 2003
Contributor
  Since: January 28, 2004
 became a contributor/poster 2004-01-28.

Some of those early cats established one helluva great web site and I thank them for that.

Do NOT consider myself an OT.

Give me a few more years.

"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure



 

03 as well, posted on April 1, 2017 at 11:16:25
gd
Audiophile

Posts: 3257
Location: New York City
Joined: June 16, 2000
 Came in looking for info on my a Rega CD player purchase. Found Classical Court and dwelled here for years. Never bought a Rega anything, but found a lot of knowledge and friendship.

 

And a thought for all those folks who left.. or were driven away.., posted on April 1, 2017 at 16:57:20
3+4=5
 Many people who helped make this place great.
Sadly either they got fed up, or were driven out.

This is no place for newbies...

 

Been hanging around since late 2005-ish, seen a lot come and go, posted on April 1, 2017 at 18:58:03
Road Warrior
Audiophile

Posts: 21653
Location: Dallas
Joined: August 31, 2004
 Funny when the Outside was nuked how many of those posters were never heard from in these here parts again.
----------------------

"E Burres Stigano?"


 

True..., posted on April 1, 2017 at 21:53:45
PaulN
Audiophile

Posts: 1412
Joined: January 13, 2000
 But for those that spent most of their time Outside, audiophila nervosa was not much of a problem anymore. They had either settled or gotten too old to care anymore. ;)

 

but it IS a Place for Old Men! ;-) (nt), posted on April 2, 2017 at 05:58:08
mhardy6647
Audiophile

Posts: 16013
Location: New England
Joined: October 12, 1999
Contributor
  Since: October 23, 2016
 as if there were anything to say...
all the best,
mrh

 

RE: Roll Call for Old Timers: 1999, posted on April 2, 2017 at 07:26:00
BillH
Audiophile

Posts: 3913
Location: Baton Rouge
Joined: December 23, 1999
 December 23, 1999. Geez, I was such a young guy then!
So much water over the dam since.

 

March 2001 nt, posted on April 2, 2017 at 11:05:52
Justlisten2
Audiophile

Posts: 1266
Location: SE PA
Joined: March 8, 2001
 NT

 

Only 15 years, posted on April 2, 2017 at 11:29:21
driver
Audiophile

Posts: 2116
Location: Henrico, VA
Joined: May 8, 2004
 My 1st post on AA was December 28, 2001. Same username but I cancelled the account then started it up again, so no history going back under my current driver username.

I don't stop by nearly as much anymore but am changing a few things, so just happen to be looking around today.

 

Looks like my first post was in March of 1999... (nt), posted on April 3, 2017 at 08:34:27
David S.
Audiophile

Posts: 3552
Location: Mountains of WNC
Joined: August 31, 2000
 .

 

RE: Nov '99, posted on April 3, 2017 at 14:58:41
bean
 My first post under my old monicker was November 1999. I recall that when I deleted it (another inmate got creepy abusive so I bailed out for a while) I had a very low inmate number - 137 or 437 something like that.

I was at rec.audio.tubes before that. I think a lot of the early folks here were refugees from the flame wars there.

 

Registered under another moniker in 2003...lurked for a year or two before that....nt, posted on April 3, 2017 at 18:04:50
Waxxy
Audiophile

Posts: 2648
Joined: July 19, 2011
Contributor
  Since: November 22, 2011
 nt

 

July 4th, 2000 here....., posted on April 4, 2017 at 18:59:00
mikel
Audiophile

Posts: 2773
Joined: July 4, 2000
 lurked for maybe 6-9 months prior to registering in July 2000.

it was what was happening then. had some enjoyable, interesting times.

mikel

 

RE: Roll Call for Old Timers: 1999, posted on April 4, 2017 at 21:06:29
ronron
Audiophile

Posts: 11
Joined: November 9, 2000
 Me thinks it was way back in 2001 when i built my wl laurel ll's and a couple bottlehead pre's.
Still got em!

 

RE: July 4th, 2000 here....., posted on April 5, 2017 at 08:14:52
Inmate51
 And don't forget, I still want one of those Studers.

;)

 

November 2000. Lurked for a few months prior., posted on April 6, 2017 at 00:07:13
Harmonia
Audiophile

Posts: 1930
Location: Midwestern USA
Joined: November 3, 2000
 Tempus fugit... and so did that system. Assembling a new one now to maximize fun factor.

 

I met you..., posted on April 6, 2017 at 22:43:48
PaulN
Audiophile

Posts: 1412
Joined: January 13, 2000
 on Mercer Island at a gathering that year. Such a great group and pretty cool to meet people face to face. You built your amazing room after that. Pretty neat stuff.

 

RE: Roll Call for Old Timers: 1999, posted on April 7, 2017 at 13:45:04
Ed Sawyer
Audiophile

Posts: 2595
Joined: November 3, 2000
 I think my first post was sometime in 2000.

 

RE: Roll Call for Old Timers: 1999, posted on April 7, 2017 at 19:47:23
gbeard
Reviewer

Posts: 646
Location: Indiana
Joined: April 21, 2000
 Been around a while too.

 

RE: Roll Call for Old Timers: 1999, posted on April 13, 2017 at 09:42:04
Richard P
Audiophile

Posts: 476
Location: Upstate NY
Joined: October 8, 1999
 Not that I do a lot of posting, but I have been here quite some time. Hard to believe.

 

RE: 9/30/1999 for me..., posted on May 13, 2017 at 14:30:58
Industrial
Audiophile

Posts: 46
Joined: March 20, 2010
 You post more then I do ;)

Plan on changing that...maybe...

 

RE: Roll Call for Old Timers: 1999, posted on May 13, 2017 at 23:21:10
fantja
Audiophile

Posts: 15518
Location: Alabama
Joined: September 11, 2010
 I signed on in 2000.

 

Pigz Party Like Its 1999, posted on May 14, 2017 at 07:53:42
Mister Pig
Audiophile

Posts: 535
Joined: September 21, 1999
 Been awhile, I must be getting old.

Regards
Mister Pig

 

2003, posted on May 14, 2017 at 16:39:23
jedrider
Audiophile

Posts: 15166
Location: No. California
Joined: December 26, 2003
 Although I may have had another moniker earlier.

What a blast! I enjoy this site so much.

I've learned a lot and, hopefully, have contributed something worthwhile, too.

 

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