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In Reply to: Anyone else love.... posted by GregS on March 23, 2006 at 21:35:40:
GregS,I happen to like- in moderation- some kinds of electronic smells. I haven't noticed output tube aroma from my MC240 or D-115, but my old Marantz 2235 receiver has this kind of warm plastic smell that somehow 30 years later still sends me a kind of reassuring "new gear" aroma. It's as though you get in your 1995 XJS and it still smells like you'd just now written a cheque for $75,000.
My MX110 too has a nice olfactory aura- but it's not electronic- the walnut cabinet was polished after refinishing with beeswax and a touch of linseed oil and when the tubes warm the cabinet it seems almost 18th Century.
I wonder if the output tube aroma could be hot plastic tube sockets?
At the risk of sounding barmy, I also like the smell of old cameras. My 1975 Nikon FM also still has this great "new camera" smell with a soupcon de actual 35mm film- and old Leicas and Hasselblads have this too. Newer electronic cameras with plastic cases and lens bodies don't seem to.
However, old violin and classical guitar cases are nasty and I never smelt anything digital that had any appeal whatsoever. My nose is definitely analogue.
Audio smells, Other: My tabby was obsessed for months with the new box I bought for my ARC LS-3 preamp- rubbing against it, sleeping on it, leaning on the side- it must've smelt like some big tom in Minneapolis.
I'm not sure, but I think in 5 years this is the first thread with audio aromas considered in the positive !
Cheers,
Bambi B
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