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Do we have to know the secret handshake?

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Posted on August 27, 2002 at 11:25:50
Bagsgroove
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 So this is where we come to take part in the bizarre audiophile rituals too strange to be exposed to the general public...you know, where we crank up the volume, tear our clothes off, rub oil all over our bodies...

 

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Re: Do we have to know the secret handshake?, posted on August 27, 2002 at 20:04:35
JeffMO
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 bizarre audiophile rituals

You mean like cleaning big round black disks so they make a few less clicks and pops and then getting up to flip it? I wouldn't think 23 cats worth of cat hair would go too well with that. :-D You know, they have these digital laser thingies that have been around FOR OVER 20 YEARS now that play clean crisp sound.
Jeff

 

Speaking of cats & LP's, have you ever put on, posted on August 28, 2002 at 00:23:15
driver
 an LP and left the room then heard some strange noises, only to come back & find your cat, high as a kite on "nip", cruising 'round & 'round on your TT swatting at the tone arm everytime he went around? Just thought I'd ask, 'cause it sounds hilarious.

Even though I only have 2 animals here, my worst problem is the dust generated from oil heat. I've had the ducts cleaned & use an electrostatic filter but that stuff gets everywhere.

 

Hmmmmmm....secret handshake?........I take it that ...., posted on August 28, 2002 at 07:32:23
Barney's Beanery
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 you've been in prison at some point in your life, sounds like for a LONG time too!


:)

music has the power to make you happy

 

Re: Speaking of cats & LP's, have you ever put on, posted on August 28, 2002 at 07:35:46
JeffMO
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 I have two cats. I have one AWFUL cheap old turntable. I had it out once and the cats were mesmerized by it. I touched one of them while he was watching it and he jumped. They've been afraid of it ever since so it's not a problem but I'm so disgusted with the turntable I never use it. Boy, the cat hair though.
Jeff

 

Re: Speaking of cats & LP's, have you ever put on, posted on August 28, 2002 at 10:21:36
driver
 When my children were small & they went running across the room right in front of the rack & I watched with fascination as the tonearm did the triple jump right into the label. I put it away after that & it never saw the light of day again.

I was watching a piece on the news last night that said kids who grow up with animals have less allergies. Another good reason for having the critters in the house.

 

Re: Do we have to know the secret handshake?, posted on August 28, 2002 at 14:24:01
SETdude
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 Bags,

Is this the jail cell for vinyl guys that ruffle CD guys feathers?

 

I had a cat jump up onto my turntable once ..., posted on August 29, 2002 at 00:30:24
Big Dave
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 ...while it was in use. Scared the hell out of the cat. He jumped right off, leaving a fine set of claw marks on the album. I think of him every time I play it!

 

I want to see Miss Piggy all oiled up!!!!, posted on August 29, 2002 at 19:21:42
dennzio
 Just kidding KP. Please don't hurt me!

 

You see, Bags . . ., posted on August 29, 2002 at 19:31:44
psgary
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 if you listened to cd's, you wouldn't have to go through all that.

 

:) [nt], posted on August 29, 2002 at 19:44:21
Ted Smith
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Hey, that's KP's favorite dish!...., posted on August 29, 2002 at 19:44:33
Mrs. Piggy
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 He MIGHT have to hurt you! Watch out!

mp

 

That sounds like a cartoon skit!-nt, posted on August 29, 2002 at 19:47:39
Mrs. Piggy
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Man I don't know...., posted on August 29, 2002 at 19:56:26
Mrs. Piggy
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 but have you ever put on an lp, left the room, and then heard strange noises, only to come back and find your husband high as a kite from a little nip stumbling in and around the player, swatting at the tone arm....

umm me neither.

:o)
mp

 

You are correct...., posted on August 29, 2002 at 20:00:38
Mrs. Piggy
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Vinyl worship can cause all sorts of strange fixations.

mp

 

I can think of something very similar but I'd rather not, posted on August 30, 2002 at 02:07:00
driver
 go into detail at this time!

 

Wasn't it Romy by any chance ? [n/t], posted on August 30, 2002 at 17:15:40
Audio Pharaoh
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Cats & LP's, have you ever put on, posted on September 2, 2002 at 22:15:40
Timbo in Oz
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 Hi,

to all the catlovers (alluyrophiles? is it?)

If 'georgeous george' ever does that I will kill him! It probably helps to play LP's with the lid down, I think.

He loves to sit on top of the TT - on the clear lid - if I leave 'the 100 watt ES, ambient temperature and to see what I am doing, lamp' - on.

He also loves to sit on the tubed tuner (receiver), he can't sit on the tube power amps anymore. Loves the big SS pure class A Stax, at least it stops the faint mechanical buzz!

George is the latest cat (boss?!) here, his sister was knocked down in the street last year, she was one of the top kittens in their litter and G. was the runt, they 'buddied up' real early though, perhaps 'cos our youngest chose them and played with them both a lot ome the get go.

He is named after George Kostanza! LoL!

One and a bit and as mad on climbing and chasing and running and chasing and leaping, and mock fighting, and flipping the mats, and running and chasing, and ....... pant pant. Then, out like a light!

And as cute as a silver grey all over cat can be. Looks dark gray, with silver edges in the right light. Like velvet?

Doesn't look like a moggie - which he is, but - a bit 'blue burmese' and / or a bit 'russian blue' to boot. Coat is like oiled silk to touch - a white flash on his groin.

We used to have brown Burm's.

timbo

 

Re: kids and audio and music., posted on September 2, 2002 at 22:43:07
Timbo in Oz
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 picture this.

blond blue eyed cherub Robert, then 6, sitting on a big cushion and bouncing and rocking to J.Haydn trios played by all three of the Kuijken Brothers.

this is lovely daddy .....

yes it is Robbie, it is Haydn and all the players are brother.

the following week he asked me to play some more "hid'n", I put on one of the (Dorati set) Paris symphonies - 'la Poule', and he started dancing, to the jivey movement of course! So I danced with him!

He is well into RAP, 21 now and tells me RAP is the modern equivalent of urban blues.

He also tells me that the term R&B has been appropriated by the industry for 'no talent samplers' etc. Where do I put my Alex' Korner tapes now eh!

smile,

timbo

 

Vinyl clad guys with feather ruffles in a jail cell? Oh, Baggggsy! -t, posted on September 6, 2002 at 16:53:45
The Killer Piglet
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 KP

 

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