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Miles Davis, the Cuisinart and other Hi-Fi Horrors

A real-time play by play of an album side.

Our family room – where the hi-fi is set up – is one contiguous space with the kitchen. I am, at the moment, listening to a Miles Davis LP. Just for fun I thought I'd list the non-musical interludes that have occurred in the last ten minutes since the needle hit the groove:

1)Said Cuisinart making short work of three different types of vegetables.
2)A reminder that there are some oranges in the fridge
3)Spoon banging on outside of glass bowl.
4)Admonishment of the hound for trying to sneak down the basement steps (photo of hound on "system" page)
5)More spoon banging
6)Fridge door opening and closing and opening and closing and...
7)A query about our supply of Parmesan cheese.
8)Dog lapping watter.

All this within one side of an LP. I hope side two is better.
grimace

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ethos
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Greg, I feel your pain.

I also just learned that there's a completely different set of hi-fi horrors for those with listening rooms. I relocated my listening space to a quieter part of the house and now sit with my back to the door. When my wife came down to say goodnight last week I was listening carefully with my eyes closed. She put her hand on my shoulder and ... yikes! Now I keep one eye open at all times--and glance over my shoulder everytime the house creaks. I may have to put in a motion detector to get some piece of mind!

I hope side 2 was better for you.

e
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