When it rains, I sometimes end up in Jared's room in the back. It is a strange room. He has been complaining for years that it is either too cold or too hot. Well after 20 something years, I admit he is right. No wonder why we moved to the front bedroom years ago. As I sit here and look around, I remembered I put my old stereo and turntable in his room. After dusting it off, cleaning the connections of years of tarnish, I got it working again. Since the return of vinyl records, the industry is re publishing old records. I have bought some artists that I never got around to listening to.
Miles Davis, Beach Boys Pet Sounds, and Dave Brubeck and currently the Beatles Sgt. Pepper album. Granted I am not blasting my ears out, and the sound quality is improved with the Adrew Jones designed Pioneer speakers. Im still surprised by the clarity. I am trying to dig out my old collection from the garage to see if they have survived.
I did experience the skipping of an old Association album and terrible recording of a Nat King Cole album. Either I got a bad copy or the master was in terrible shape. Occasionally I will hear scratches, but it is a welcome relief compared to flawless MP4. The only issue was I picked out an old Carpenter album and it took me two songs in to figure out it was the Christmas album. Didn't get to Merry Christmas Darling (OK, I admit it is one of my favorite Christmas songs).
As the evening wears on, I will relinquish the room and go watch the Bee Gees on PBS.
