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What A Drag It Is Getting Old

The other day, I was listening to some CDs and then decided to put on a record. I turned the selector knob on my Audio Note OTO to “phono”, which is to the left of “cd” and no sound. I thought maybe it was a dirty contact, so I turned the selector back to cd and then to “aux” in hopes of cleaning the switch. Lo and behold- the record played on “aux”!  Impossible. An aux input doesn’t have enough gain for a phono cartridge, but there it was. I called my dealer and he said to bring it in on Monday. OK. Later that day I decided to try again and I realized something. The selector on the OTO is on the bottom of the knob, so turning the knob to the left towards “phono” is actually moving the indicator on the bottom to the right towards “aux”.  Turning the knob to the right towards “aux” moves the selector on the bottom to the left to “phono”.  I’ve owned this amp for 2 years and I just forgot. As I said- WHAT A DRAG IT IS GETTING OLD.  

chayro
pops
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+1 Mr. decibel, moving speakers and amps around is a great invitation to injury. I used to call it working out now I call it rehab.

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danager
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What A Drag It Is Getting Old

But it's still better than the alternative   

roxy1927
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I’ve forgotten my multiplication tables which I knew through most of my life.

But having memories of the ’64-’65 NY World’s Fair with the excitement of being a young boy is nice. As evil as Robert Moses was I'll always thank him for that.

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waytoomuchstuff
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Just yesterday ...

.. I was doing some performance mods on a pair of speakers for a customer.  I just finished one and ready for the second.  Since these were "mirror imaged" speakers I made sure I had them set up correctly on the speakers stands and moved them into position.  Grabbed the second speaker, put in on the bench, and c-a-r-e-f-u-l-l-y removed the screws mounting the woofer.  (Woofer surrounds are very unforgiving when introduced to sharp tools).  After extracting the woofer and removing the fiber fill, I realized this was the speaker l had just completed.

When the number of moving parts is reduced to TWO, and you still get it wrong, you must be getting old.  (75 next month)

mylogic
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@waytoomuchstuff  “Just yesterday”

 

Thank you for offering up your scrambled memory recipe. The trifle of growing old.

Today….

and relevant to @slaw ”Getting old ain’t for pussies”


My partner was watching a David Attenborough wildlife TV documentary when l was reading it, and l blurted a snort and laughed out loud. The problem was, just as a kill was made by a pride of lionesses. Not a well timed very sensitive thing to do out of context by her reaction, and it didn’t go down as well as the meal the big cats were having.

l have done similar things comparable with your case. More than once l have soldered up a new RCA connection to a cable and think l have made a very good clean and tidy job, only then to see l had forgotten to put the screw up plug end onto the cable first.

 

The hunt is on, l am catching you up fast

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