Non Audiophiles are funny people

I befriended a local computer tech who is also a musician like myself. He is into pro audio and so I thought we had some common ground. He came over to set up my network and asked to hear my system (CJ & Theta). He was impressed to the point where he said "Those speakers (Silverline Sonatas) sound as good as my powered Mackies." I took it as a compliment.

some kids broke into our house long ago (I have double cylinder locks now) & were gonna steal a portable handheld cassette player, but they must have left in a hurry because we found the player sitting by the back door all ready to go. They did get my coin-bank siting on the dresser but nothing else was missing. They passed on the $50K audio rig thankfully!
When the cops came out to take the report, one of them couldn't take his eyes off the equipment & couldn't believe what the thieves had left behind. He kept on whistling his exclamations & saying "Wow, Oh my gawd, I just can't believe THAT's still here" etc. It *was* pretty funny...

I've had two pairs of Maggies over the years and have always enjoyed the room divider comments. (and the look on peoples faces when I explained that these were actually speakers. "Noooo,...really?!") I never went so far as the light show story, but I might if I ever have another pair. What the hell, a little chain pulling never hurt anyone! :~) It's especially funny to hear people say, "well,... tubes and LP's,... he's really into this whole vintage thing."!!!

Bishopwill, If I hang him on my power pole and he shorts it out, I will have a lot of down time on my stereo.

Better punishment would be to let him buy his own Bose system and suffer the slow death of music withdrawal. This is usually accompanied by excessive volume levels in an attempt to compensate, resulting in hearing loss.

with his system, this is a blessing in disguise.