Co-inhabitant acceptance factor

[Gregadd]

I offer this as a replacement to the W.A.F. thread that was closed because of certain off-color humor.
I expanded the definition to include any house member who shares your income or living space. That includes teens and tots.

I'll kick things off by telling this old story.

Years agoI had a Janis sub-woofer that was not designed to be opened by the user. My stereo was in a locked room and no one was allowed to enter .

While playing some bass heavy music, I heard some rattling sound. I thought I had pushed the speaker too hard and something had let go. It weighed a ton and I had thrown the box away. I told my dealer. His solution was to bring it one day when business was slow. If it was blown I would know it. Therefore it must be some other problem.
I loaded it in my car and we played it at the store. My dealer concluded it's not blown. I would have to pick it up and shake it. Loud cursing ensued. After shaking it a few times my dealer got a tiny saw and removed part of the grill.
There was more cursing and shaking, I turned the speaker in all different directions. Finally it fell out onto the floor. What was it? More cursing. IT WAS A LITTLE RED LEGO!

 

[JackD201]

I went with Maggies for three years because my tots would poke every tweeter in sight.

When I was in Congress, I was stressed out practically 24/7. One time I came into the bedroom after a satisfying 2 hour listening session. I overheard my wife talking to her sister. "He just came back from listening to that hideously expensive stereo of his, he's smiling. I guess it's worth it." I ordered another cartridge the next day.

My now pre-teen kids buy their music using my iTunes account. My Genius recommendations are now filled with recos for Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, Glee and some girl who wants to be called Maybe.

 

[cjfrbw]

At one of the BAAS listening sessions, one of the members, Grellman, told us his tot was allowed into his listening room with his stroller on a restraining leash to keep him away from the equipment.

The child managed to push and stretch the harness anyway to reach his big Rockport speakers and destroy a driver or two. He sent them back to replace the drivers and install upgrades, and we were listening to the newly upgraded speakers.

 

[FrantzM]

Hi

DIfferent culture and all that ... My father was an early-day audiophile and one thing we children all knew, including family and friends': NO ONE DARES LOOK LET ALONE TOUCH MY DAD"STEREO...
Then I graduated to operating it . When I had mine, the same rules applied to my children: You don't lookk, think and especially touch Dad's Streo system.. You can however touch, think and operate with care the HT system.
It worked.


P.S. One more rule if you like the music you hear from my dad's record you can ask for a R2R copy or a Cassette copy. THose were the reasons of the Nakamichi, tandberg, Pioneer and Yamaha Cassette decks... You don't make my dad ignore you and become an enemy by thinking not even yet voicing that you would like him to loan you one of his LPs or pre-recorded tapes... You may think about asking him for his toothbrush first before you would even think of such ... I miss the old Man!

 

[astrotoy]

I went with Maggies for three years because my tots would poke every tweeter in sight.

When I was in Congress, I was stressed out practically 24/7. One time I came into the bedroom after a satisfying 2 hour listening session. I overheard my wife talking to her sister. "He just came back from listening to that hideously expensive stereo of his, he's smiling. I guess it's worth it." I ordered another cartridge the next day.

My now pre-teen kids buy their music using my iTunes account. My Genius recommendations are now filled with recos for Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, Glee and some girl who wants to be called Maybe.

My first high end speakers were Maggies (MG 2167F - the model that preceded the MG II). I was very happy with them until one day, when my daughter was one, I heard a big thud in the music room. Rushing in, one of the Maggies was lying on the floor - with my daughter (this was in 1980 - she now has a one year old herself), smiling at me - fortunately not from under the speaker. An ad went out the next day and they were replaced by more conventional speakers with a much lower center of gravity.

Larry

 

[JackD201]

At least she didn't try to use them as a slide Larry. Hahahahaha!

One time I couldn't open the hatch of one of my receivers, in the spirit of kids and Lego bricks, it was jammed with a crayon.

Sort of equipment related, hearing equipment anyway. Some years back my Mom who was babysitting my then 2 year old niece told me the kiddo was crying and pointing at her ear. I promptly took her to an ENT. Her ear was stuffed with Play Dough. She's gone on to get her double major in Economics and Finance. Musically she's into Death Metal. I always ask her if she's still got some of that Play Dough in there.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

I think domestic acceptance factor is simpler and its acronym is easier on the tongue.

Kal (whose granddaughter once rode her tricycle directly into one of his Apogees)

 

[JackD201]

I'm waiting for the pet stories that are sure to follow! Anybody with a picture of a cat climbing a pair of Soundlabs?

 

[mep]

I think Myles has a corner on the cat stories with high-end gear!

 

[Mike]

I'm waiting for the pet stories that are sure to follow! Anybody with a picture of a cat climbing a pair of Soundlabs?

I think that Myles must have some cat stories.

 

[NorthStar]

At home:

--- For me, true music listening is a 'mono' thing.
...No wife, no girlfriend, no kids, no friends, no pets, nobody else but only me.

Wild birds and other wild animals outside is fine though; as birds and other animals love Classical music.

* It's just that it is impossible for two people (in general) to enjoy the same music at the same time and without talking for hours. ...For few tunes fine, but not for prolonged period of times. ...Which is true serious (with a smile though) music listening.

In public:

Take for example a Live Rock/Pop/Punk/Metal/Rap Concert! ...What is happening there?
That's right; heads are flying all over!

Now, take a Live Classical Music Opera concert. ...Much more in unison here.
... People aren't talkin' and they're listenin'. :b

Live Jazz clubs (cabarets), and Live Blues clubs (venues, dancing halls)?
...That's cool, people are adding creative dancing (standing & sitting too with heads moving and feet flipping: body & soul language).

 

[Mike]

At home:

--- For me, true music listening is a 'mono' thing.
...No wife, no girlfriend, no kids, no friends, no pets, nobody else but only me.

Wild birds and other wild animals outside is fine though; as birds and other animals love Classical music.

* It's just that it is impossible for two people (in general) to enjoy the same music at the same time and without talking for hours. ...For few tunes fine, but not for prolonged period of times. ...Which is true serious (with a smile though) music listening.

In public:

Take for example a Live Rock/Pop/Punk/Metal/Rap Concert! ...What is happening there?
That's right; heads are flying all over!

Now, take a Live Classical Music Opera concert. ...Much more in unison here.
... People aren't talkin' and they're listenin'. :b

Live Jazz clubs (cabarets), and Live Blues clubs (venues, dancing halls)?
...That's cool, people are adding creative dancing (standing & sitting too with heads moving and feet flipping: body & soul language).

Live Rock/Pop/Punk/Metal/Rap Concert
I think I attended one of those: Anne Murray unplugged

 

[NorthStar]

--- Mike, I meant generally in all those type of live music concerts; be it Rock, or Heavy Metal, or Pop, or Punk, or Rap (yo man!), etc.

* Reggae live music concerts are smoother, with people better behaving, in general.
...So are Folk concerts; the smoother categories, not the Bluegrass type with accordion masses dancing ...

Country music concerts (depending of the venues) are Western dances (same footing for everyone). ...Or the smooth type where everyone's crying (girls most likely).

Got it! :b

________________

>>> I'm more the Classical/Jazz/Blues/World/Soul/Folk/Opera genre myself. ...You see?

Motown? Some of it.

Easy Listening (Anne Murray)? Nah. ...She's Canadian too!

New Age & Alternative? Fo sur.

Progressive Fusion Abstract Underground Esoteric Sensual? Was dat? & why not.

 

[NorthStar]

--- Now, try to find someone else who fit these exact criterias (music taste) at any given moment, at the same time, and always!

Good luck, and you don't need to be married to be happy. :b

 

[Asamel]

Although I could fill this space with the large variety of small toys placed into the hole in the front of my old speakers I will start with a cat story. Shortly after moving in with my future wife I was greeted at the front door with grim news. Her cat, Patches, had thrown up all over my Bose speakers. Since I loved the cat what was I to do? I didn't ask for her to be put down or fall to the floor crying or have a fit. I mourned a bit inside and cleaned the top grill off as best I could. My wife said that she knew right then that we were destined to be together.

 

[mep]

One of our cats puked on the top of the DVR and blew it up.

 

[Saturntube]

Her cat, Patches, had thrown up all over my Bose speakers

Patches, the Audiophile Cat!

 

[Saturntube]

I follow the old rule, "no one gets near Dads system" It has worked generally fine, I did loose a cartridge because my 5 year old thinks its great to play with the turntable! So I am going into RTR it sounds better anyway! He loves to see me rewind the tape!

I have big heavy horns on the floor going from 100hz up to 500 hz, he likes to get in the horn, luckily he cannot get all the way into de driver...

SO I guess staying alert helps too... since the Old rule doesnt seem to work!

 

[Bill Hart]

The very idea of a small child in my music room gives me chills. We don't have kids so that's never been a worry, but we do have cats and they have a wicked sense of humor. I had nightmare visions of the boy cat (he's the troublemaker) sitting proudly on my turntable. Thankfully, that's never happened. The system is in a dedicated room with a pair of french doors that close tightly. And as far as WAF or 'Co-Inhabitant" Factor or whatever (I thought you guys were going all PC on me until I saw what happened in that other thread), my wife is pretty cool. The Avantgarde Duos are quite strking in appearance, as is the Kuzma XL. The Lamm stuff looks boring, but who cares?

 

[JackD201]

The Lamm stuff looks boring, but who cares?

Unless you've got 4 M series hybrids arrayed like tanks on parade outside the Kremlin. LOL

I've got one thing that keeps my kids away from the gear. A big furry rug to roll around on.