Michael "El" is a Spanish instructor at Foothill High School in Redding, CA. His wife, Virginia, also teaches Spanish at the secondary level. "El" perseveres in the fight against monolingualism and encourages his students to become "stereo"lingual. He and Virginia have traveled extensively in Mexico and during the summer you might find them enjoying the wonderful Hispanic people and culture in the delicious tropical sun of Puerto Vallarta. "El" is a relative "newbie" to HT and has involved himself in this realm for about two years. He just completed his second upgrade, from DPL to Dolby Digital
format. As a victim of the HT bug bite and subsequent "upgrade addiction," he is engaged in the seemingly never-ending quest for the "almost-perfect" system...or at least the "best on his block."

All-Time:
Around the World in Eighty Days
The High and the Mighty
The Wizard of Oz
Current:
Field of Dreams
Forrest Gump
Dances with Wolves
The Shawshank Redemption
Goodwill Hunting
As Good as it Gets

Soul Music of the 60's:
Drifters
Four Tops
Temptations
Impressions
Ben E. King
Sam Cooke
Otis Redding
Isaac Hayes
Marvin Gaye
Lite/Soft Rock:
James Taylor
Carole King
Gloria Estefan,
Richie Havens
Latin Salsa:
Afro-Cuban All-Stars
Tito Puente

Spending quality time with Virginia
Teaching
Mexico Travel
Telling jokes and "shaggy dog" stories
Dabbling in prose, poetry and art
Home beautification, upkeep and improvements
HT upgrades

Video

Hitachi "Ultravision" 50-in. TV
Denon DVD 5000
Panasonic PV-4661 VCR
Sony Sat-B2 Receiver

Audio

Yamaha DSP-A1 Integrated Amp.
Meridian 508.20 CD Player
Denon DP-47F Turntable
Main Speakers-LCR-Definitive Technology BP-2002
Surround Speakers-Sonance EP-300 Series
Front Effects Speakers-MTX 42
Subwoofer-Sunfire Signature

Accessories

Audioquest Midnight (L-R) Speaker Cables
Transparent Music Wave (C) Speaker Cable
Transparent Interconnects