Subj : Re: Is a PC optical drive
To   : POINDEXTER FORTRAN
From : Cougar428
Date : Sun Apr 27 2025 13:31:51

-=> Quoting Poindexter Fortran to Cougar428 <=-

 Co> Most of them also had an internal connector so you could plug it into
 Co> your Soundblaster card and get some decent tunes from your Pioneer
 Co> headphones - albeit with twisty phone corded wired connection. My
 Co> Soundblaster with surround sound logitech speakers (with booming base
 Co> box) was the shizzle back then. So the music from my propietary CD-ROM
 Co> was 'kickin' some beats.

 PF> Subwoofers were the thing back then. Now, my hearing isn't the
 PF> greatest, I'd rather use headphones. Also they help block out home
 PF> office noise - barking dogs, leaf blowers, etc.

 Maybe I shouldn't but I feel it's my duty to tell you that you
 shouldn't use leaf blowers in your house. Speaking from experience,
 they rile up alot of dust. ;/

 PF> I've convinced my son to wear hearing protection to concerts,
 PF> hopefully he continues to do so.

 When I was 16 I went to a concert where Heart was the main event. It was
 in the city colosseum and the speaker towers were accessible. I remember
 climbing into one of them during the concert. Uhhgg. Now I wonder why I
 can't hear the TV when it's 3 feet away from me.

 True story, feel free to share it with your son.

.... Crime does not pay... as well as politics.

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