Turn it up to 11. For dad.
In 2001, my dad bought me my first `hi-fi`, the classic Altec Lansing 641 computer speakers, which included four oversized satellites and the biggest subwoofer I`d ever seen. The system put out 200 watts RMS, and had among the beefiest amplifiers ever put inside a standalone system. The sub alone weighed over 30 pounds (maybe more, it`s hard to remember) and could shake my whole house with the right bass-heavy song.
Of course, such a system was built less for precision than power — a truck, not a sports car — and in 2001, teenage me associated plentiful bass with high-quality sound. That I was mainly listening to poorly-compressed MP3s of already-compressed rock music didn`t help, but I didn`t know any better. One floor below, my musical salvation was sitting in wait — my dad`s extensive collection of jazz, classical, and remastered classic rock CDs and a perfectly balanced stereo speaker setup highlighted by a Technics amplifier and a p...
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