audiodition pt. 2

so after having played with that tivoli radio for a week in vegas, i’m pretty positive about it. it’s got a really nice warm sound, and a decent (but not overwhelming) amount of bass. while electronica and rock sound good on it, things like jazz and especially classical sound outstanding on it. it’s definitely a huge improvement over things like laptop speakers, or even the speakers built into our imac.

but the question is, do i need it? i don’t know. i sometimes feel silly and too gadgety, liking something that is in some ways useless. yes, it sounds better than the imac alone, but why don’t i pipe the imac into the stereo right next to it (instead of the television which is currently hooked up)? the radio’s a nice feature, but i never listen to the radio, only when i’m travelling and don’t have any other choice, and since i’m planning to use this with the ipod, it’s not really the case. and while that battery thing isn’t a big deal, now i’m thinking about going to monaco, and about powering it over there, and i realize that things like the ipod can run on 220V current, and so i just need an adapter plug, but the power adapter for the tivoli radio only runs on 110V, so i would need to lug a convertor just for this one thing, and is that really worth it? maybe i would be better off with that altec lansing thing and using AA batteries, which is more wasteful, but less cumbersome perhaps.

aigh, who needs such worries anyway? maybe we should just go back to the days of singing hymnals to entertain ourselves instead.