tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post113074307780817799..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Plus I Dropped the RemoteJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1130861339918601672005-11-01T11:08:00.000-05:002005-11-01T11:08:00.000-05:00doghouse, I know the disease, I think it's an elec...doghouse, I know the disease, I think it's an electronic variation of Dire Straits's "Industrial Disease." I moved into a wonderful house last year, and yet despite the experience has been dulled somewhat because the living room setup required me to put my rear surrounds on end tables right near the back couch, way too close to my ears. Now I'm about to get a new pair of bookcases, and I'm not Brandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10484284471046027179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1130840189943058162005-11-01T05:16:00.000-05:002005-11-01T05:16:00.000-05:00as for watching meet the press ...why the fuck do ...as for watching meet the press ...<BR/><BR/>why the fuck do you watch that shit?<BR/><BR/>i have a suggestion to better spend your time:<BR/><BR/>listen to some of your recordings.<BR/>or watch some of your movies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1130774792222425802005-10-31T11:06:00.000-05:002005-10-31T11:06:00.000-05:00The surround-sound thing is for music, mostly; thi...The surround-sound thing is for music, mostly; things sounded pretty thin when there weren't any back speakers for a couple days. Since 90% of the movies I watch are all talk, all the sound comes out of the center speaker anyway, so I just listen through the teevee. I do crank it up when my wife watches one of her sci-fi/horror faves, but that's mostly just a continuation of the Two Old MarriedJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1130746475728755012005-10-31T03:14:00.000-05:002005-10-31T03:14:00.000-05:00My partner bought actual Ikea tables, a foot and a...My partner bought actual Ikea tables, a foot and a half deep by four feet long by three feet high, upon which to place two of the surround sound speakers. The speakers are about the size of a paperback book, and not, like, a good paperback or anything, we're talking strictly Clancy-IP- written-by-Chinese- novel-writing- sweatshop-labor, here.<BR/>One to a table. I don't remember how much the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com