Any funny audiofile stories???


Over the holidays my girlfriend and I went to visit her former neighbors.I had never been to there home before.We were having a drink and great conversation when the gentleman turned the TV off and put in a CD.We continued our conversation but my attention kept drifting off to the music.It was a solo acoustic guitar.Finally after about 2 songs I interupted everybody and I said What are we listening to?The gentleman told me(Brook Williams-Little Lion)Then upon scanning inside his entertainment stand I noticed handles on his components.Now my interest was really peaked.I interupted again and asked what kind of equipment he had.He had some old Carver gear,but the sound was actually pretty sweet and definetely a cut above mass market junk.From this point on you can probably guess what the topic of discussion was.If you guessed gear and music your right.That night I got a crash course on some outstanding folk material,I didn't even know existed.All of the titles he played that night were excellently recorded.We left that night(I had a list of new CD's to buy)and my girlfriend was shaking her head,and said just what you needed an excuse to buy more music.Life is Good.
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Man, you guys have me cracking up. I can relate to Dekay's soldering, but NOT quite. A lot of times i'll solder wearing a t-shirt and shorts, so my legs are exposed. With an 800 degree tip, the solder can flow VERY easily. Needless to say, my girlfriend knows exactly how fast and erratically i can move. At least under those conditions : ) Sean
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i am not sure if this is funny or not.i now have an arc vt 100 mk 2.but that is because i lost my first amp an arc d 130 when my cat bigfoot relaxed on top of the amp in the winter where it was warm and apparently urinated into it.i think that is the quickest way to toast an amp.but i still have him.on the bright side had it not been for these circumstance i may never have got into tubes.ahh....glorious tube sound.regards, tim2x
i am not sure if this is funny or not.i now have an arc vt 100 mk 2.but that is because i lost my first amp an arc d 130 when my cat bigfoot relaxed on top of the amp in the winter where it was warm and apparently urinated into it.i think that is the quickest way to toast an amp.but i still have him.on the bright side had it not been for these circumstance i may never have got into tubes.ahh....glorious tube sound.regards, tim2x
Not too funny at the time, but I can laugh now. My son and his friend decided to play "Scratch DJ" with my Rega Planar 3/Sumiko Blue Point cartridge.