Bank Holiday Monday

[caddyman]

Well, it's August Bank Holiday Monday, and I am strangely lacking in all motivation to do anything, though I daresay that I shall rally a little later, and actually do something.

In a couple of hours from now, Glyn sans LJ will be arriving with additional memory for the PC, and a very long network cable^TM, which hopefully will allow me to move the PC from its current location to the other wall, where the sun won't glare on the monitor in the early morning. Of course, if I had curtains in the computer room, it would help, wouldn't it? I may investigate that possibility as well, but not today.

I am toying with the idea of shifting my hi-fi around in my bedroom, and attaching the speakers to the walls instead of perching them on CD racks as now. Again, I'm not sure that I have enough cable for the right hand speaker - not an insurmountable problem - so that might have to wait. At the moment, I have the speakers arranged to the left of my bed, and though well spaced out, when I am doing the sloth thing the left speaker dominates since that is nearest to the old lugholes. I reckon that by moving it all to the far side of the room, and having one speaker each side of the room, and at the foot of the bed to beet, I shall be able to achieve a decent stereo separation. The other possibility is to simply shift the entire kit and caboodle into the computer room, where I spend most of my time when awake, and do as I did back in the Clapham era, and listen to music from the hifi while hacking away at the PC, instead of either using the PC or the radio.

The beauty of using the PC is that I can put MP3s on random play and not worry about selecting music for hours. The downside is that the music reproduction quality isn't as high as when I use the hifi. Maybe the acquisition of an armchair and reading lamp for the bedroom is the answer, then I could sit there, read books and listen to ze musick...?

Decisions, decisions.

Right now, though, I think I may just ignore the entire thing, and hack out a few paragraphs for NWO instead...

Comments

speaker cable length

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

I have read, here and there, that having different speaker cable lengths (for instance just a few feet to the left speaker, and way across the room for the right) results in the channels sounding out of sync. This is because it takes a couple of nanosecs more for the signal to travel all the way to the further speaker. I've never tried it, and maybe a few feet won't matter, but heck if I'd do such a heinous thing to my ear'oles.

So I suppose the thing to do would be to have the same length of cable to each speaker, even if the nearer one was right next to the amp, and coil the extra length tidily, tie it off and hide it behind a plant pot.

Re: speaker cable length

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

I hadn't thought of that; it certainly sounds plausible though.

I'll bear that in mind.

Re: speaker cable length

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

I am so envious of your day off! Still, next Monday is Labour Day here, so I'll kick back, turn up the Wamblifier of Love, twang a Tele and annoy the neighbours while you are working.

Re: speaker cable length

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

And then, Sirrah, I shall be able to project green darts of envy in your direction. For the day off, at least. Not the hot Californian weather (or is it not so bad up in the mountains?).

Re: speaker cable length

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

It is a BIT cooler and drier up there. What really is better is the quiet.