{"id":360,"date":"2004-12-27T11:40:08","date_gmt":"2004-12-27T11:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pete.nu\/blog\/2004\/12\/burble\/"},"modified":"2009-02-10T16:21:32","modified_gmt":"2009-02-10T16:21:32","slug":"burble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pete.nu\/blog\/2004\/12\/27\/burble\/","title":{"rendered":"Burble"},"content":{"rendered":"

My power of speech has suffered greatly in the last two weeks. I wandered into Dixons and found a set of Harman Kardon Soundsticks II<\/a> plugged into one of the demonstration computers. I switched them on and was instantly transported to heaven, that famous place which strips you of your ability to make interesting conversation. Here follows an actual, real, genuine hypothetical conversation:<\/p>\n

“Hi, Pete. This is Abigail. She’s really fit and totally digs computer programmers who play the bass guitar.”<\/p>\n

“Hi, Pete. I’m sooo hot for you.”<\/p>\n

“Really? Have you ever heard of the Harman Kardon Soundsticks II? They sound absolutely awesome!”<\/p>\n

“Uhm… I have to go. I think I left my cat under the microwave. I can hear him wailing now.”<\/p>\n

“Well, shucks.”<\/p>\n

Anyhow, I couldn’t buy them straight away, because it was only a few weeks to Christmas, and it’s just not worth the risk, as I have been expressing for some time that my existing computer speakers are old and muddy-sounding, and were basically the cheapest set of satellite speakers that I could get three years ago when I built my computer. It was possible that someone may take it upon themselves to get me a new set.<\/p>\n

This year, I’ve been replacing bits of my computer, and have been moving from beige to black\/silver. New keyboard and printer in summer. New tower case in autumn. Just the speakers and monitor to go.<\/p>\n

When it turned out that I hadn’t been bought some new speakers for Christmas, I had a decision to make. Do I buy the fabulous sounding H\/Ks, or do I get a nice pair of Logitechs that will match my black\/silver colour scheme, cost half as much, but not sound quite as jaw-droppingly, pant-wettingly orgasmalicious? And LOUD.<\/p>\n

Silly question. I think my neighbours may want to move out now.<\/p>\n

*Originally posted here<\/a>*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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