Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts

Saturday, September 05, 2009

Internet

"Ahh, the 'day off.' The best invention by man since the introduction of the atrocity that is 'work.'"
-Lucas Davidowicz
     I have a love-hate relationship with the internet. I love how easily I can gain information: knowledge of all kinds. Political news, inspirational stories, music and videos, history, science and anything else at my fingertips.

     But, it's very difficult to know what I want to see, what information I want to absorb. I'm honestly not good at multi-tasking: absorbing multiple streams of unrelated knowledge. Sure I can accept information, process it, and respond to it, but I can't do it for two things. I can watch a video, but if I want to chat, I have to pause it. It's absolutely inundating me with stimulation.

     Even so, I can become bored with it easily. Sure there's an endless supply of information, but what If I can't find anything I care about? It's astonishing I could be bored with so much stimulation, but I can. More perplexing is that the solution, in my case, is to turn off the computer and do something else. If I'm bored with a castrophany of information, I find silence enjoyable in a plethora of ways. That said, a good story will engage me anywhere. I think today I'll read instead of surfing.

     Listen to Sir Elton John!

Surround is for pussies.

Thanks to the internet, I can Imagine what I would spend the lottery on. I'm sure many people have "stereo" or "sound system" on their list. To this, I scoff. Scoff! Have you put no thought into what components? Or, are you content with some phillips "surround sound in a box" POS? See the title of this post for my opinion on that. I have compiled a list of the necessary components for this system; feel free to copy (or buy them for me) if you win the powerball. Let's start at the loud end, and work our way back.

JBL K2 S9800 floor-standing speakers - $22,500/pair
35hz-50khz frequency response,  400W RMS power handling

AudioQuest Volcano speaker cables - $6,600/2 pair

Thorens TEM 3200 Amplifiers - $25,900/pair
400W / 4Ohms power output

AudioQuest Sky XLR audio cable - $2,500

Thorens TEP 3800 PreAmplifier (Receiver) - $20,000

AudioQuest Sky RCA audio cable - $2,500

Thorens TEP 302 Phono-PreAmp - $2,050

AudioQuest Sky RCA audio cable - $2,500

Thorens TD 550 turntable - $13,000

AudioQuest LeoPard tonearm interconnect cable - $900

Thorens TD 125 12" "Davinci" tonearm - $7,100

--- Richard Gray's RGPC PowerHouse power conditioner - $9,000

Live! at the Village Vanguard by John Coltrane, 1961 - $15

Yes, I think $114,565 is a reasonable amount to spend on listening to that album, assuming you had millions to throw around. I mean, have you heard Live! at the Village Vanguard? It's artistic perfection!