Liquid Nonsense

... with money. In one single move today, with an action of such awesomeness that it is matched only by the glory of its excess, I have committed myself financially for several months to paying for an addition to my stereo.

For those of you that do not know my condition of "audio nervosa," I am forever on a quest to increase the quality of music reproduction (and video watching) in my house. Several years ago I started putting together a phenomenal stereo, and today I feel like I've finally gone from "absurd" to "re-goddamn-dickulus."

The events of today. I was searching for a desk when my journey took me through a couple stores in Scottsdale. Eventually my mom called and gave me a recommendation for a store called Storables up in North Scottsdale by the old office. I found an amazing desk and was elated to get it loaded up into my blazer so I could get it home. It occurred to me that I haven't been to Sounds Like Music in many, many months. Sounds like music was the audio store that used to provide me with audio-equipment-based jerk off fantasies. If you had the money, you could easily spend $80K+ in world-class audio. For examples: Linn, B&W Speakers, Dynaudio, Audioquest, etc. The list goes on for a while. Anyway, several months ago they were bought out by a Texas company called the Home Theater Group, and are in the process of changing their inventory around for different brands. The guy that usually helped me out has apparently quit a few months ago and some new kid was fielding my questions. As a joke I asked him what the going price was for a pair of speakers I've had my eyes on for quite some time. Thinking I knew the price, because I have oggled them for so long, I was not prepared for the answer. In an attempt to get rid of them, because Home Theater Group does not carry my brand, they were close to 60% off. My jaw wordlessly fell open, as my penis electrically stood up. Surely the universe had guided me here on this day for this deal. These speakers are actively sold elsewhere, and to think of them going on sale at this rate is absurd. Dizzily I walked around the store and noticed that they were also clearing out their subwoofers. Once again, I asked about the going rate on a subwoofer that I believed to be completely unaffordable. Once again, I was astonished to find they were also purging this brand and the same insane discount applied. This was like a 2-for-1 deal like I had never heard. It was a deal that I was utterly conflicted about. I got my senses about me, and realized what was before me, and I acted. I will never, ever get a chance like this again.... so I leaped. I exercised carte blanche power for the first time today, and I have very little remorse. Make that none.

I am listening to sound in a new dimension. Heidi swung by for a while because she called me and got most of the details via the phone. She had to come over to behold my folly/wonder. I am quite sure she came in one of my chairs while listening to an array of CDs. DVDs have a new auditory quality that previously was only available in the theater.

Perhaps this is me embracing Phil's attitude of (paraphrasing): The road to the tower of knowledge is paved in excess. This is the kind of glorious excess that I think people appreciate. Either way, I have consigned a very large portion of my income to audio payments for quite some time. At least I'll have tunes in the meantime.