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UltraFast69

UltraFast69

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I’m a business owner, owned by the business. Afforded some luxuries, but at an extreme high cost.

I see many on here are retired doing there thing, probably no different where I am at a later stage.

We all come to this site to hangout, banter a bit and go back to our daily lives.

I’ve never done forums until the last year or so, keep telling myself what a waste of time but still drawn back, and cannot help but wondering why?

Am I rambling after a few Knob Creek, perhaps but as I look around not sure if it’s a ramble or a wake up call for a new look at all this.






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UltraFast69 said:
I’m a business owner, owned by the business. Afforded some luxuries, but at an extreme high cost.

I see many on here are retired doing there thing, probably no different where I am at a later stage.

We all come to this site to hangout, banter a bit and go back to our daily lives.

I’ve never done forums until the last year or so, keep telling myself what a waste of time but still drawn back, and cannot help but wondering why?

Am I rambling after a few Knob Creek, perhaps but as I look around not sure if it’s a ramble or a wake up call for a new look at all this.
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Ed.......Interesting post. My first dabble into the virtual world of online audio forums began around 2005 over on AK. Since that time I have expanded my inquisitiveness by participating in several audio forums. I retired in 2007, thus gaining endless free time, so posting in audio forums became a form of entertainment in my leisure. Posting also brought a connection for me to other audio enthusiasts that I do not have in the rural area of north Florida where I live. My audio interests came with me when I settled in this area, but I have not met anyone in over two decades here that has any serious interest in high fidelity music reproduction in their homes. Heck, my closest neighbor down the road thinks the music channels on DirecTV are the cat's meow. At any rate, sharing conversations with people who have the same interests and immersion in high-end audio has been very satisfying. Online audio forums provide a plethora of useful and valuable information that has helped me solve issues or advance my system performance on more than one occasion over the years. In addition, I have developed several personal friendships through my activities. Then there is the cash I have spent in the past 13+ years being exposed to the latest and greatest gear. I would no doubt have a considerably higher savings account balance had I never joined any audio forum. All in all, my time and effort expended participating in online audio forums has been entertaining, beneficial, and fun. I enjoy being a contributor as well as a consumer of information, and I like the connections made with like minded people. I guess that's what keeps me returning to see what's going on.
 
I've been involved with forums not just audio for a long time. Fishing, Photography and Car and now audio forums all give me a form of entertainment while at the same time learning a little from others but the biggest take away for me is the friendships that do start. FYI; I retired back in 2010 after 37 1/2 years from upper management in the telecommunication design and engineering field, so right now I do my best to handle the yard work, the honey do list, and try stay out of my wife's hair who retired from the DOJ. :D
 
I am a Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician and worked 25 years in Emergency Medicine. I then worked in an Urgency Room for 5 years and the last 2 years I have worked in an Urgent Care which is my retirement job, until I decide to fully retire in 5-7 years.

My hobbies are cycling, boating and fishing, playing basketball and racquetball up until recently when my knee's protested. Living here in Minnesota, I spend the most time listening to music during the long cold winters. You have to be outside during the warmer months because the warm season is so short. I also enjoyed saltwater fish and corals for many years up until a few years ago when I got tired of the maintenance. My wife and I also enjoy fine dining and ethnic foods.

I have been on forums for about 10 years now. Made some nice friends along the way.
 
I was a Toolmaker and Machine Designer for 25 years. At 42 I went to college and got a degree in Network Engineering.
Since then I have been supporting Regulatory Submission Software having all the big Pharma companies around the world as my clients. My title is Principal Support Analyst, but hardy describes the job.

I have been involved with forums since the early 90s. Spent lots of time arguing about cables before moving into the Music forums, where I was introduced to more new music than one could imagine. For years, 20 or so of us traded compilations of favorite, new, themed or whatever music we wanted to share. From that I purchased so much music.
 
I work for a real estate developer in Dallas. I've been with the same guy for the last 33 years. Some day he will call it quits, I guess thats when I'll retire, although I really can't imagine that day. But it will happen someday.

AS is the only online forum that I participate in, although I do read several.
 
Similar perspective to the OP. Do run a business, enjoy audio for relaxing. Nowhere close to retirement [emoji3].

I do like the practitioner perspective at AS, people who are actually owning good quality gear and do speak from experience, usually having experienced a system change or two. Music recommendations are my favorite feature.


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Not a business owner - only a worker bee! Hope to retire in a few years. I've been on various forums for a little over 10 years now. I do it for the fun of it when I have time. Made some good friends that share the same interests.
 
For over twenty years, I've been an entrepreneur. My first company, which I still own today, I started over 20 years ago. When there was a big move away from mainframes towards client/server environments, coupled with some North American success of ERP implementations (like SAP, PeopleSoft, ORACLE, etc.), I saw an opportunity. I started this company with $800 to my name and a borrowed computer (which I sold to my Dad and borrowed back a few days later :)) and within only a few years had been recognized by Profit Magazine as "hottest startup" and a few years later, "fastest growing". Sales quickly were north of $10 million. It was a great time to be in IT! The Y2K craze accelerated growth, that's for sure.

Over the 20+ years, my team and I have worked on over 200 ERP implementations, including many multi-billion dollar companies like Coca-Cola, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Nike, the US Army, US Navy, Northrop Grumman, NASA, Novartis, Lockheed Martin, various Biotech, Pharma, Manufacturing, Aerospace and Defense, Retail and Oil & Gas companies and numerous others. Recently, we have become involved in LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Systems), CTMS (Clinical Trial Management Systems) and a few FDA Regulatory System implementations. We are also active in Business Process Reengineering, along with specialized staff augmentation and staffing services.

I still own 100% of this company today and have over 20 employees. I try to do as little with this company during the week as I can. 30 minutes max, or less if possible! I have empowered a small team of trusted managers to make the day to day decisions so I can focus on more enjoyable things, like Suncoast Audio.

When I lost both my parents in 2013/2015, it was a wake up call for me. I was burned out with the IT world. It had changed so much in the past 20-25 years, and not for the better IMO. It has gone from doing the best project work possible, to offshoring and the cheapest bid wins (often only to have to redo the project later). This is why I started Suncoast Audio.

Today, I own 6 companies involved in IT, real estate investments and audio, including, as many know, Suncoast Audio. I am enjoying things MUCH more these days doing what I love (this time around). It has been fascinating working in high end audio, having spent over 20 years dealing with multi-billion dollar, Fortune 100 companies. It's an industry full of mostly great people, and far more personal than the impersonal large enterprise world.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
 
I was going to put $800 in Amazon over 20 years ago, but instead lent it to some guy who was starting some company.

I think he'll pay me back.

Someday.

Until then, I mostly listen to my Walkman.
 
VT Skier said:
I was going to put $800 in Amazon over 20 years ago, but instead lent it to some guy who was starting some company.

I think he'll pay me back.

Someday.

Until then, I mostly listen to my Walkman.
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LOL. Good thing I didn't know you back then. I would have surely become a lawyer if I did.
 
I’m a native of Philadelphia and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. I’ve been an attorney for 32 years, the last 25 of which I’ve resided in Chicago, where I’m a partner in a 20 attorney firm whose practice is limited exclusively to matrimonial law (a nice way of saying I’m a divorce lawyer)! Audio is a good release from the daily stressors one feels from dealing with clients all day going through some of the worst times of their lives. I’ve been lurking on audio forums for around five years. My first rig as a teenager was a Technics receiver and turntable with small Advent speakers. I returned to the audio hobby five years ago and immediately went out and bought a monster Technics receiver. Ever since then I’ve been an equipment junkie.

I also collect watches, have a vintage (2800cs) and modern (i8) BMW and continue to love golf (played on college team). That about sums up my life (other than talking about my two kids, one who just graduated from Vanderbilt University and moved to NYC for her first real job and the other a rising sophomore at University of Wisconsin-Madison).
 
I am currently retired. Previously I owned and operated a small (5 employees) Heating and Cooling business.
I have been in and out of being an audiophile since the early 70's.
I was always very hands on, building many Heathkits, Haflers, speakers etc.
I got into the forums to get ideas on how to do certain mods and see what other builders were up to.
Back in the day to get a schematic or obtain information you would have to write or call (if possible) the person and then wait for the mail to receive the manual or schematic.
Then faxing came of age and it was possible to receive the info the same day.
Now with the internet and the forums you can be directed and find what you need almost instantly.
The forums, and in particular this one, are a good place to share information, get new ideas and meet new friends
Recently I was in need of a schematic and posted here. Shortly afterwords I received a PM with the information I needed.
It's a great forum and a great time to be alive.
 
jdandy said:
Ed.......Interesting post. My first dabble into the virtual world of online audio forums began around 2005 over on AK. Since that time I have expanded my inquisitiveness by participating in several audio forums. I retired in 2007, thus gaining endless free time, so posting in audio forums became a form of entertainment in my leisure. Posting also brought a connection for me to other audio enthusiasts that I do not have in the rural area of north Florida where I live. My audio interests came with me when I settled in this area, but I have not met anyone in over two decades here that has any serious interest in high fidelity music reproduction in their homes. Heck, my closest neighbor down the road thinks the music channels on DirecTV are the cat's meow. At any rate, sharing conversations with people who have the same interests and immersion in high-end audio has been very satisfying. Online audio forums provide a plethora of useful and valuable information that has helped me solve issues or advance my system performance on more than one occasion over the years. In addition, I have developed several personal friendships through my activities. Then there is the cash I have spent in the past 13+ years being exposed to the latest and greatest gear. I would no doubt have a considerably higher savings account balance had I never joined any audio forum. All in all, my time and effort expended participating in online audio forums has been entertaining, beneficial, and fun. I enjoy being a contributor as well as a consumer of information, and I like the connections made with like minded people. I guess that's what keeps me returning to see what's going on.
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Aren't u a moderator on several forums?
 
Before doing what I do now, I had a career in clandestine services—and thats all can say about that. Returned to high end audio about a decade back, and have been assembling and upgrading all along the way. Apparently, there is no end...

I started visiting the forums to learn what others had gone through with hopes of avoiding mistakes in purchase decisions. Met a lot of great folks along the way.
 
I run the Minneapolis and Miami offices of a nationwide multi family lender. We provide financing utilizing Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Hud, as well as our balance sheet.


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Mike said:
For over twenty years, I've been an entrepreneur. My first company, which I still own today, I started over 20 years ago. When there was a big move away from mainframes towards client/server environments, coupled with some North American success of ERP implementations (like SAP, PeopleSoft, ORACLE, etc.), I saw an opportunity. I started this company with $800 to my name and a borrowed computer (which I sold to my Dad and borrowed back a few days later :)) and within only a few years had been recognized by Profit Magazine as "hottest startup" and a few years later, "fastest growing". Sales quickly were north of $10 million. It was a great time to be in IT! The Y2K craze accelerated growth, that's for sure.

Over the 20+ years, my team and I have worked on over 200 ERP implementations, including many multi-billion dollar companies like Coca-Cola, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Nike, the US Army, US Navy, Northrop Grumman, NASA, Novartis, Lockheed Martin, various Biotech, Pharma, Manufacturing, Aerospace and Defense, Retail and Oil & Gas companies and numerous others. Recently, we have become involved in LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Systems), CTMS (Clinical Trial Management Systems) and a few FDA Regulatory System implementations. We are also active in Business Process Reengineering, along with specialized staff augmentation and staffing services.

I still own 100% of this company today and have over 20 employees. I try to do as little with this company during the week as I can. 30 minutes max, or less if possible! I have empowered a small team of trusted managers to make the day to day decisions so I can focus on more enjoyable things, like Suncoast Audio.

When I lost both my parents in 2013/2015, it was a wake up call for me. I was burned out with the IT world. It had changed so much in the past 20-25 years, and not for the better IMO. It has gone from doing the best project work possible, to offshoring and the cheapest bid wins (often only to have to redo the project later). This is why I started Suncoast Audio.

Today, I own 6 companies involved in IT, real estate investments and audio, including, as many know, Suncoast Audio. I am enjoying things MUCH more these days doing what I love (this time around). It has been fascinating working in high end audio, having spent over 20 years dealing with multi-billion dollar, Fortune 100 companies. It's an industry full of mostly great people, and far more personal than the impersonal large enterprise world.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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Wow, well travelled Mike and you still found the time for Suncoast ...
 
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