Guest JohnA Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Wasn't sure were to post this so this will have to do Today whilst visiting mum in the nursing home. I was flicking through the news paper and saw those new fandangle book readers. Suppose you can call them the sonos or squeezebox of the book world. I pointed it out to the missus and she said, looks interesting. I asked her would she prefer this or owning the actual book and having it in the library. She said, she would prefer owning the physical boo, so i said, same reason i like vinyl or cd compared to streaming. Forget the arguments of SQ, but i get more enjoyment been able to hold the item in my hand, read the little booklet in the cd, see the room full of vinyl in the storage units. She finally got it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozart Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Wasn't sure were to post this so this will have to do Today whilst visiting mum in the nursing home. I was flicking through the news paper and saw those new fandangle book readers. Suppose you can call them the sonos or squeezebox of the book world. I pointed it out to the missus and she said, looks interesting. I asked her would she prefer this or owning the actual book and having it in the library. She said, she would prefer owning the physical boo, so i said, same reason i like vinyl or cd compared to streaming. Forget the arguments of SQ, but i get more enjoyment been able to hold the item in my hand, read the little booklet in the cd, see the room full of vinyl in the storage units. She finally got it It's when the 2 year old gets her jam covered hands on the CD which adds new meaning to the term "tactile". Lossless streaming is a godsend if you have little kids, but understand where you are coming from John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnA Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 i was lucky. My little one never touched my hifi nor cd's I use to leave grills off the speakers Now that she is 9, she actually kicks her little friends out of my room. Now she says, you cannot go in that room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozart Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 i was lucky. My little one never touched my hifi nor cd'sI use to leave grills off the speakers Now that she is 9, she actually kicks her little friends out of my room. Now she says, you cannot go in that room I've got two girls and both of them have punctured my tweeters when they were 2.. problems is the elder one is 8, but the little one is 2 and just approaching her peak destructive powers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnA Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 my neices just left and let me tell you, no way would i let them anywhere near my room. They are destructo girls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal beat Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 i was lucky. My little one never touched my hifi nor cd'sI use to leave grills off the speakers Now that she is 9, she actually kicks her little friends out of my room. Now she says, you cannot go in that room My two girl are the same John - they respect my room and the expensive stuff in the room so will not touch anything they know they can't use. They have those same good manners when they go around to other people's houses or shops. I am lucky as I have seen what inquistive brats some of my friends kids can be. I have always showed them how LP's work, what each part of the stereo does and given them some time sort of playing with the gear when I am around. Then again, we both have seperate hifi rooms, so maybe that is different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnA Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 I doubt its the separate room mate, as in my old place it was a shared room, she was younger and still never touched it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Spencer Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 I think in a way I'd prefer to point a remote and have a massive stored library of music on demand ... and yet in my head, I can't get past the idea that storing music on a PC takes something away. But then I get the appeal of vinyl/Cds you're describing. There is something more human, more tangible about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesovers Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 (edited) I've got two girls and both of them have punctured my tweeters when they were 2.. problems is the elder one is 8, but the little one is 2 and just approaching her peak destructive powers Hi Mozart, I had the opposite problem with my daughter. When see was 2 years old she lent out off my arms and hit her head on my Infinity RS-4 speakers (curved but sharp corners) and got five stitches in her head She is now 20 and you can still see the stitch marks. Les Edited October 26, 2009 by lesovers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickj1 Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Hi Growing up, my 3 kids just seeemed to know that my hardware and software systems associated with music were out of bounds, - at least until they reached 18, when all of a sudden the youngest found that my subwoofer could really kick ass on hip hop CDs - he's left home now.... Cheers Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juicester Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 i thought you were going somewhere completely different with THAT thread title..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnA Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 i thought you were going somewhere completely different with THAT thread title..... i was but nevermind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAH Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Hi John I had the same but different experience. I'm a streamer and when I was buying the Sonos gear, various amps and speakers for each room, pre-wiring the house with all sorts of cable, my wife didn't understand the need. We had a perfectly good collection of music and a CD player that she understood how to operate. But when she saw how the tidy little NAS box replaced CD's lying around everywhere, the intutitive remote that you can select any of our music from plus adjust the volume and select which room the music plays in, and that all the equipment fit neatly in a corner of the walk-in closet, she finally got it. Cheers MAH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnA Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Mah, thanks for that, and i do like to hear the other side also. You see, for me, having a dedicated room, no one cares how much gear is in there or how things look, or how much realestate the vinyl collection takes up The wife having a library would be heart broken if she lost the library and it was replaced by a little electronic reader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 (edited) I had to replace the grille cloth on my Howards because although I like banana they didn't - kids, you gotta love 'em Edited October 27, 2009 by Batty Fat finger syndrome strikes again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamtran Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I don't think I could ever read a novel via a digital screen. The eye strain from the back light would be unbearable after a couple of hours. Good points on the Sonos system though for the family area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnA Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Good points on the Sonos system though for the family area. Agree, if streaming all around the house the sonos or squeezebox are brilliant. I had originally bought it for that reason, but decided we would put together another small system in the library instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patjoy Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I agree with you too John. I need to have something tangible for my expense. I also find it hard to part with $$$ on stuff where I'm not getting something of "substance" back. eg paying thousands for wire/plastic. I also like the ritual of putting on cds/vinyl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gainphile Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Hi Mozart,I had the opposite problem with my daughter. When see was 2 years old she lent out off my arms and hit her head on my Infinity RS-4 speakers (curved but sharp corners) and got five stitches in her head She is now 20 and you can still see the stitch marks. Les Ouch! Tweeter domes and kids don't get along together, so I always buy softdome tweeters. My son (5) can operate ARTA quite well. Actually he's been a great help. While I change the xo he'd click impulse -> record -> FR. He also notice the different graphs they make. Hopefully involving him now will shield him from future cable traders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamtran Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I hope when I have kids they will be nothing like me. Apparently I was notorious for climbing on top of the speakers and jumping onto the couch. Remote controls would always be stuffed into the vcr player. I was a very naughty boy Loved pulling everything apart and then trying to put them back together again. My wife was a little monster too when she was a child, so God help us both. Locks will be on the theatre room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAH Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 You see, for me, having a dedicated room, no one cares how much gear is in there or how things look, or how much realestate the vinyl collection takes up I would love to have a dedicated room, but an inner city townhouse puts limits on space, which is one of the reason I went down the music in any room, streaming approach. The only room that is purely mine, is the garage, which is not a good environment for hifi equipment and is taken up by my other hobby, brewing. I do however have music streaming to the garage also. Cheers MAH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juicester Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I was a very naughty boy Loved pulling everything apart and then trying to put them back together again. yes I am paranoid about the retribution that mother nature will unleash on me for my childhood days.... You couldn't blame a child for jamming fistfuls of icecream into a speaker after they've overheard that 'they are the cones'.....could you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrash099 Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 a good friend of mines 2 1/2 year old enjoys putting matchbox cars through 'the tunnel'..... the tunnel being a subwoofer port. its now home to about 5 or 6..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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