Notes

         Supper time. Again, waiting at the Tylersville Kroger’s lot. Today was busy with chores. Lunch at the Tylersville Longhorn. Carol and I had our special meals with friendly Jennifer as our server. Afterwards Carol worked in the yard and I drove to Best Buy for a Klipsch 2.1 Pro two hundred watt three piece speaker system for the iPad as I haven’t had music for the living room several years. The main music source is the iPad though it will also work with the smaller iPod.

         I am pumped. In the basement I still have our walnut Sony AM/FM HST-399 solid state receiver with a built in cassette deck that Carol’s parents bought us at a PX in Germany on their way home after a two year stint in Delhi. That was 1972 when cassette players were just coming into vogue. The original walnut encased Sansui SP-30 speakers came with tweeter and mid-range horns which I updated in 1982 when I bought a small black Sony CD-1 player. I also added a one hundred watt twelve inch walnut Realistic sub-woofer at the time I put a newer Realistic tweeter horn and six inch mid-range speaker in the old walnut Sansui boxes too, which much better replicate the sounds of those first Tel-Arc CD disks I bought in the 1980’s. The sound is still very mellow, wonderful for jazz especially. Listening to the new system this evening I find it sharp and clear but not as mellow and not nearly as handsome as our first audio system. Takes up less room though and the sub-woofer is something else. Fortunately the sub-woofer is built with a tone downer. Quite remarkable overall, and all this sound (Got Radio Celtic music on presently) from of a small iPad. What distances the audio sciences have come. This returns the living room to its former state, a parlor sans piano, but built for conversation and/or musical entertainment nevertheless.

         Why was all this important to transcribe here, orndorff?

         I admire the audio technologies. Growing up we had a radio or two and a turntable that played 33 1/3^rd's 45’s, and 78’s as long as I can remember. We also had a piano growing up. Mother usually played classical music and popular tunes of the day. Then when my sisters came along they took piano lessons. As long as I can remember I loved the ‘ordered sequence’ of classical music. I like and appreciate music that is soothing, emotional and/or dramatic. Anyway, it has been a good day even though I haven’t thought much about finishing the present scene until now.

         Tomorrow will do. Nothing wrong with music and relaxation and a little accomplishment in the process. Post. – Amorella.