What A Drag It Is Getting Old


The other day, I was listening to some CDs and then decided to put on a record. I turned the selector knob on my Audio Note OTO to “phono”, which is to the left of “cd” and no sound. I thought maybe it was a dirty contact, so I turned the selector back to cd and then to “aux” in hopes of cleaning the switch. Lo and behold- the record played on “aux”!  Impossible. An aux input doesn’t have enough gain for a phono cartridge, but there it was. I called my dealer and he said to bring it in on Monday. OK. Later that day I decided to try again and I realized something. The selector on the OTO is on the bottom of the knob, so turning the knob to the left towards “phono” is actually moving the indicator on the bottom to the right towards “aux”.  Turning the knob to the right towards “aux” moves the selector on the bottom to the left to “phono”.  I’ve owned this amp for 2 years and I just forgot. As I said- WHAT A DRAG IT IS GETTING OLD.  

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I’m there. But I’m physically active, and that truly helps. My attitude is good. I turn in towards it, like the wind. You can’t change it. The only thing you can change is your attitude. And be as fit as you can be so you can stay active.

"Old is actually when it is too hard to play an LP in the first place".

For $20, What is...what you find turning the corner of 64?

I am only approaching “mid life” (whatever that means) years, but I occasionally have moments like this. It’s funny though, it was much worse a few years back when I wasn’t taking good care of my health. It helps that are brains are rather 
malleable, even as we get up there in years. Creatine and Vitamin D supplementation works wonders. 

The ability of moving heavy objects, such as speakers and power amplifiers, that at one time, was easy....not any morecrying