OK that pic of my amazing stereo boombox probably already got your attention. Before you start snickering lemme tell you thatit actually has served me well for ages – during my hostel days, then at Chennai, during my DCH, back at home, during my stint in Kerala and now again during my MD. Ok the cassette player died long time ago but the equaliser and volume slider work! And that blue wire you see snaking around connects it to my portable CD player. That CD player too aint a pretty site but it’s been to Sri Lanka, played music at Church functions and of course kept me great company. Sadly they both seem to be close to retiring.
Even after soldering the speaker cable plug and the power plug, the connections are loose. Sometimes a good whack on the top settles it… or a little fiddling with the speaker cables in the back. However that dont always work. So the music sounds scratchy a lot of times. Kinda nagging. The CD player works only in some positions, the buttons are conky (pressing the next’ button takes me to the previous number!) and of late doesnt like to play the CD-Rs (I spent half an hour trying to play Delirious today and gave up).
That sounds like a bad rant. Actually it ain’t that bad! Right now I’m listening to SonicFlood and after a few hiccups it’s actually good. I’ve positioned the speakers so that the walls and the shelf bake the bass sound better!
I’ve been eying a few 4.1 speakers lately and maybe one day…. lol!