Thursday, June 12, 2025

Not Quite In Control

We had a new car radio system installed just over a week ago. The previous system worked through a touch screen that suddenly opted to turn temperamental, and we'd been putting up with the inconvenience for a few weeks when it further opted not to function at all. So we decided enough was enough and we'd get something new and a bit more state of the art.

That was all well and good but what I didn't expect was something so state of the art that operating it would be an art in itself. If I tell you that it took me until today to figure out how to switch the thing on and off you'll have some insight into the complexities involved. I will say I was happy to get the system to link to my phone from Day 2, but I still don't know why it sometimes decides it isn't linked and refuses to do anything about this. Though it will happily re-link when switched on again, as it did just now.

Having said all that, the actual sounds coming issuing forth when all is well are great. Just played Stevie's Fulfillingness' First Finale and the drums & bass sounded epically clear & precise. I never realised that what Stevie plays drum-wise on Creepin' is so complex. It takes a great dark, slinky sound to a new level - a neat discovery after more than half a century of very happy listening.

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