todd@bu-cs.UUCP (Todd Cooper) (02/14/86)
My roommate, an engineer/philosopher, has produced this set of useful tips for the home electronics consumer... and stereo enthusiast. -1- Carefully calculate power requirements, based on room dimensions, etc. Multiply by a factor of 100. -2- The ideal system should have as many lights as possible, preferably blinking and flashing in time with the music. (NOTE: not the 60's psychedelic kind, but sleek arrays of LEDs) -3- The components should all have black metal finish, and generally look very cool. -4- The system should be broken up into as many components as possible. (e.g. pre-amp, pre-pre-amp, post-amp, etc.) -5- The most important part of a stereo system is the speakers, they should look very cool. Size and number of sub-speakers is important. (e.g. woofers, tweeters, sub-woofers, super-sub-woofers, etc.) -6- The system should resemble the cockpit of an F16 or 757 aircraft. -7- The system should have full remote control capability, including over the mobile auto cellular phone so that the stereo can be playing as you get home. -8- Should have the capability of playing different music in every room of the house. -9- Components should have a cool names. (like Nakamichi, Bang & Olufsen, Akai, etc. -- NOT Luxman, Soundesign or Magnavox) -10- The complete set up should put a major recording studio (or large radio station to shame). -11- Having state of the art equiptment is not enough. You should be a year or two ahead of everyone else. Equipment over the warranty period is obsolete and should be disposed of promptly. -12- The most important factor.... Out of everyone you know who owns stereo equipment, yours should be better. -- --------------------------- Todd Cooper UUCP: ...!harvard!bu-cs!todd ...!harvard!think!festiv!todd CSNET: todd@bu-cs BITNET: cscpyqc@bostonu USNail: 29 Gordon Street #201, Brighton, MA 02135