Speaker City

I'm not going to really do this post justice, but I'll try. You only have to know Ryan casually to know he's good with music. He often makes CD's for peoples' birthdays, is asked to make playlists for parties, and thanks to his 7 or so speakers in our tiny, old living room, our house rocked. That being said, we always knew a portion of our moving stipend (which we're using to buy furniture) would be set aside for speakers.

After a few visits to a local dealership, he narrowed the choices down to Wharfdale and B&W. Both were delivered to our apartment on Saturday for us to try them out for a few days. I thought this was crazy but apparently it's pretty common. It made for a great weekend.

Saturday was all about the speakers. We made a list of over 90 songs to compare and took notes on the different sounds... things like "good bass," "you can hear the slide," and "clear voice - like he's in the room." It was a long process, and throughout we managed to cook (spaghetti a la bolognese) and went through two bottles of wine. I was the scribe, and after a while Ryan asked me to write that the wine may have affected our results. My notes at that point included things like "we danced" and "makes me want to snap." So, we had to revisit our resuts on Sunday. We selected a few songs with completely different things to offer and did side by side tests. These songs included Cry On Demand by Ryan Adams (one of my personal favorites), So What by Miles Davis, Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson, Beethoven, and I think Poison by Bell Bi DeVoe (my ball of interest had dwindled at that point and I started to put furniture together). Ultimately, we decided on the B&W's.














Like I said... I'm not doing this post justice. Ryan could probably talk about the difference between the two, and explain more how the decision was made. I did hear a difference (which says something), and love the fact that the B&W's have these bright yellow accents. Tower speakers aren't the easiest thing to blend into a living room, so it helps if they're nice to look at.

Here's a picture of us sitting down to eat (notice the notebook on my lap). It was a great night.