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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.
krelldog
fatparrot
1,314 posts
 
One night, I'm involved in a serious listening session. Drifting of to my audio Shangri La I start noticing a barely audible intermittent "clicking" from my left speaker. I jumped up, turned my volume down and listen...no clicking. Go back to listening, after awhile, the clicking starts again. Volume down...again no clicking. Tried it one more time. Same results. After the third time, I started checking all my connections. Now The clicking starts with the volume down. That's when I noticed out, of the corner of my eye, that my pet parrot decided he wanted to eat sunflowers seeds from his food dish. His perch sits behind and to the left of the left speaker. I was hearing him cracking open the sunflower seeds... neatly buried in the recording's mix! I had to laugh (real easy fix). Happy Tunes!
clueless
763 posts
 
Geez Krelldog that's not funny, i'm envious as hell. My neighbor has a bose system driven by Pioneer receiver from the 80s. He lives in one of those modular, do it yourself homes, and the chassis underneath has a resonant frequency of about 2.8khz as far as I can tell. He's screwed those bose right into the aluminum superstructure. His wife's (my wife's best friend) favorite is Celine Dion and well...when she reaches that high A (every other bar) ....I think it could sink a ship. There isn't a dog left in the neighborhood.

Sincerely, I remain
krelldog OP
323 posts
 
Clueless, Its time to move brother!!!!!! Or when she's not home pay for a stripper to come over and visit him.Let nature take its course,and the next thing you know they will be moving.(to seperate places that is)
bluenose
387 posts
 
Run for the hills, Clueless. I hear Celine Dion wants to do Vagas for 3 years. Arn't you Americans soooo lucky? Here's a little story. I had just bought this cottage 3 years ago and was busy unpacking the last boxes when my little niece and nephew arrived from next door. My niece immediately spotted a box of 45 records I had yet to put away. What's that?" Those are records and they make music...she quickly grabbed one and ran over to the cd player, opened the door and looked at it. "It don't fit" she cried. To which my nephew said. "Of course not. You play it on that great big thing[pointing at the roxan turntable] on top of the stand"....man did I feel old.....
killerpiglet
374 posts
 
effect: 'mystery' static sound
cause: fizzle in from soda can...

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