Friday, May 27, 2005

Speakers for the Dead

Yes. New speakers. Finally have a subwoofer on my system. Alright, so I'm so very *not* an audiophile, but it really does make a difference. This is the first time I'd actually managed to squeeze out bass that fills the room without having to max the volume. They're hefty. 7kgs. Lugged it home through public transport. Who would've guessed that a set of 2.1 speakers would weigh 7kgs. ouf. Well, they're Edifier E3100 if anyone's really interested in knowing.

Had a second trip down to the comp place and gotten myself a surge protector. As always, I question the wisdom of the move, given that a UPS would've done the same job, and probably could keep the system online if the surge knocked out the power. But...what if the UPS fails because of the surge? Would the UPS surge instead? Scary. I'd just leave it to chance and hope that the surge protector works. Ugh. Old school, but it protects the phone and modem as well...hopefully. Just like a Trojan, you never know if it works till it does. *sigh* At least I know that no major damage normally results from a sudden power outage. And...I don't get outages much. *crosses fingers*

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