I was going thru my files looking for pics of my Futura VI for the restoration thread on the Futura and found this. It's old, thought up by someone else but it's appropriate for the times and most of us who think nothing of having 10+ receivers, amps, pre-amps, integrateds, tuners, etc. So sit back, relax, put the drink of your choice out of reach (god knows you'll just blow it out your nose and on to the computer, making things worse.) and have some fun.
EXPLAINING MY AUDIO HOBBY!
From the relatives...
Q: So you collect old stereo equipment?
A: Yes.
Q: What do you do with it?
A: Fix it up if I can and listen to it.
Q: Why? Don't you have a TV?
Q: So I heard you have a bunch of old speakers.
A: Yes.
Q: What do you do with them?
A: I fix them up if I can. Recap them, refoam the edges, refinish the cabinets.
Q: Then you sell them?
A: No, I listen to them.
Q: But you could sell them, right?
A: No, not for what I put into them. Most people don't want old speakers.
Q: So why do you do it?
A: I like old speakers.
Q: Why?
Q: Your wife said you like 'tube amplifiers.'
A: Right.
Q: So what's that?
A: Old electronic equipment that used vacuum tubes instead of solid state components.
Q: What's solid state?
A: What came after vacuum tubes. Basically all electronics are solid state now.
Q: And you like these tubes?
A: Yes.
Q: Why?
A: I think they sound better than some modern equipment.
Q: I find that hard to believe.
A: ...Uh...
Q: So what's in a 'tube amplifier'?
A: Vacuum tubes, resistors, capacitors, transformers...
Q: Transformers? Like Optimus Prime?
A: ...Uh...Sure. Why not.
Q: So I was looking at your record collection and I noticed something.
A: Really, what's that?
Q: I have a lot of those too. On my iPod.
A: Great.
Q: So why do you need all of this?
A: I think it sounds better.
Q: No, it sounds the same. Here, listen!
Q: Is all this stuff going to be worth money someday?
A: Some of the tube stuff maybe. The rest, not so much.
Q: So what's the point of collecting it?
A: I like it.
Q: Why?
At this point, my head explodes...
EXPLAINING MY AUDIO HOBBY!
From the relatives...
Q: So you collect old stereo equipment?
A: Yes.
Q: What do you do with it?
A: Fix it up if I can and listen to it.
Q: Why? Don't you have a TV?
Q: So I heard you have a bunch of old speakers.
A: Yes.
Q: What do you do with them?
A: I fix them up if I can. Recap them, refoam the edges, refinish the cabinets.
Q: Then you sell them?
A: No, I listen to them.
Q: But you could sell them, right?
A: No, not for what I put into them. Most people don't want old speakers.
Q: So why do you do it?
A: I like old speakers.
Q: Why?
Q: Your wife said you like 'tube amplifiers.'
A: Right.
Q: So what's that?
A: Old electronic equipment that used vacuum tubes instead of solid state components.
Q: What's solid state?
A: What came after vacuum tubes. Basically all electronics are solid state now.
Q: And you like these tubes?
A: Yes.
Q: Why?
A: I think they sound better than some modern equipment.
Q: I find that hard to believe.
A: ...Uh...
Q: So what's in a 'tube amplifier'?
A: Vacuum tubes, resistors, capacitors, transformers...
Q: Transformers? Like Optimus Prime?
A: ...Uh...Sure. Why not.
Q: So I was looking at your record collection and I noticed something.
A: Really, what's that?
Q: I have a lot of those too. On my iPod.
A: Great.
Q: So why do you need all of this?
A: I think it sounds better.
Q: No, it sounds the same. Here, listen!
Q: Is all this stuff going to be worth money someday?
A: Some of the tube stuff maybe. The rest, not so much.
Q: So what's the point of collecting it?
A: I like it.
Q: Why?
At this point, my head explodes...