Need a speaker for the blues lover...

Excellent -- we've sorted out the "oxymoron question."

Jdoris, maybe the oxymoron has been resolved for you but I still don't understand it.

Beernut, let me get this straight: You have a place in on a scenic river in the woods with no nearby neighbors that consists of a garage and only a studio apartment above it. Is this like your river cabin or something? If so, I'd like to see pictures!

Michael

You got it nailed, didn't know it was that interesting. I call it "the condo". I guess the initial point was bothering my neighbors isn't an issue. Not sure how I would post a pic to this thread.

Sufentanil:

Maybe there is an air of paradox: To my ear, "studio" suggests any apartment without a a separate bedroom (though I might have some hesitation about calling a really large bedroom-less loft a "studio"). To my ear, "apartment" suggests a home co-joined with other units; which I take prompted Tvad's question about listening levels.

Beernut's place apparently meets the "studio" criterion, but one might have hesitation about "apartment," given that his place is not cojoined with other units. Yet it seems to me that "garage apartment" is a familiar locution. Indeed, a google image search for "garage apartment" will reveal many pictures. I'll therefore continue to hold my "not an oxymoron" position, pending further argument.

Doubtless, this is not very interesting. But you maay be interested to know that some people get paid to do this sort of thing; it's called "analytic philosophy." Odd, I agree.

John