Vision And Sound

Glancing back to early January I realise that the repairing we effected then of the Bose sound system we use in the living room was worthwhile. The CD player has survived almost a full eight months of usage and sounds good to these old ears. Played the first Led Zeppelin album earlier and was reminded of just how quickly they established their signature sound. There are mild traces of the inspired psychedelia of The Yardbirds, but essentially it's hard rock - with range, especially in the folkier elements - pretty much all the way. And on a decent system John Paul Jones's fluidly driving bass underpins the whole enterprise in a way that wasn't entirely clear to my naive teenage ears.

Plus, the new telly is now not quite so new, but, so far, reliably steady and not too flashy. I'm hoping for a good twenty-plus years out of it, though suspecting it was probably manufactured with about four in mind. Which brings to mind the fact that we need to buy a new set for Maison KL, the original occupant of the family area upstairs having duly expired after a mere twenty-three years. I hate stuff of an electronic bent that doesn't last and come close to despair at the waste involved.