21 January, 2008

Not Dead Yet

I've had the same stereo for about 10 years. I love it. I paid $70 for it all that time ago, and it's served me incredibly well. It's balanced very well and has a good range. It may be small enough for me to pick up, but the bass can shake the floor. But the tweeters are quality too...and it puts out good mids. It's got a somewhat weak 3-band EQ, but hey--it's an EQ. The only thing I don't like about it is that it lacks an auxiliary input.

During the Christmas season, when I was making peppermint fudge like it would solve the problem of world hunger, this stereo resided in the kitchen to assist in the fudging process. When I moved it back into my room, it didn't work. Weird. I switched out the power cord to see if that would help. It didn't. I tried a third power cord. No go. So today when I cleaned my room, I put it outside my door to trash it. I was sad--this thing had been the instrument on which so much good music had become auditory. Its bass had bothered my parents to no end (sorry, Mom) and caused me much rejoicing. Ah, well. Maybe, in a few months, I'd be able to afford another (used, of course) stereo. Until then, I'd assault my ear drums with headphones. *sigh*

On my way through the house looking for a cord to connect my camera to the computer, I found yet a fourth power cord that could work for my stereo. Hmm..why not? I tried it. IT WORKS!

It's stuff like this that makes me sure that God is very present and cares deeply about me. You probably are confused and amused that I'm so excited to have my stereo back, but God seems to understand the significance :-P I can't wait to blast Mae's Everglow album on that thing :-D But for now I gotta get out of my PJs and fence...

4 comments:

iJosh said...

Yay, it lives! That's always nice to not have to buy a new stereo. Of course, you could always get one like Matt's...

Laedelas Greenleaf said...

Yeah...Matt's has better bass than mine, but barely any mids. Also, it's brand new, so I'd be stereo-less for the better part of a year. But it was really cheap.

Nice icon!

Clear Ambassador said...

Mmmm, Everglow.

I'm sustishious that 3 power cords could be completely bad. I'm guessing there was something else involved, but I dunno.

Laedelas Greenleaf said...

Yeah, thanks for introducing me to that band!

This last power cord connected much more easily than the other 3. There's nothing in the plugs...I cleaned 'em out with rubbing alcohol and it made no difference. I'm wondering if they were too wide.