On 25/01/12 20:07, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > On 25/01/2012 03:07, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 25/01/12 12:37, John Hasler wrote: >>> Scott writes:
<snipped> > >> >> [*1] Audiophiles use electrostatic speakers, Class A amplifiers, >> and shun the crudities of "digital" sound (apparently). > > They also sleep with a 78 rpm turntable Belt driven of course, and the needle has to have been handmade by Tasmanian twin brothers - who committed suicide with their wives. (I swear I'm not making that up - the Garrott brothers). > under their pillow, include crackle and pops when they speak and keep > a constant background noise source switched on. But it must be a white noise source - none of that cheap pink rubbish. > Not to mention the magnetic tape baths they take periodically. :) > > I know someone like that.... he washes his records in the sink, can't be trusted near milk crates (stores LPs in them) and has a specially designed lounge room for music. Cork tiled ceiling, heavy carpets, padded chairs, felt curtains, and the sound equipment sits on concrete blocks (poured on-site), and no other furniture or fitting in there. In Summer you can hear mosquitos and flies being killed by the speakers - in Winter there's no need for a fire, the amp keeps everything toasty. Completely over-the-top (*cough*Rick*cough*)... but beautiful, smooth, rich sound. -- Iceweasel/Firefox extensions for finding answers to Debian questions:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ NOTE: new update available for Debian Buttons (New button for querying Debian Developer Package):- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/debian-buttons/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f1fd115.9010...@gmail.com
