Friday 21 August 2015

My latest new toy

Three things kept me awake last night - the furore over on John's blog, too much wine and this: my new, Sony set of remote, Bluetooth speakers which were up and running by about 8.00pm. Too much wine was a result of celebrating the fact that they work.

I can now listen to anything from the iMac in the kitchen - music, radio plays from iPlayer, personal audio files, etc. etc. without wires trailing all over the place. I have been waiting for about 10 years for this.

You charge-up the speakers, turn them on, link them to your system's Bluetooth when it has discovered their existence, then take the unit to the kitchen, blaring away in very good quality sound. It is about 7 inches wide and fitted with really good, digital bass speakers which produce amazing, undistorted, high quality sound, even at high volume. Last night we listened to John Hurt's portrayal of Jeffrey Bernard - all 1.5 hours of it.

I was a bit worried that it would not penetrate the 6 inch dividing wall (they said it might not in the instructions) but once it had locked-on, it worked fine. Before it had locked-on, a few arm-movements from H.I. broke the signal a bit, but it soon got used to her.

I thought I had ordered a black one like the above, thinking that they were only made in black and red, but a white one turned up! Even better. It cost £50, but they do go up to almost £80 in some outlets.

Even this morning's early hang-over has not sullied my excitement about our future audio experiences.

I suppose you could call this an unsolicited testimonial.

20 comments:

  1. And the hangover was also as a result of listening to the words and deeds of Jeffery Bernard.... A bad influence.

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    1. The interjections by the ex-wives/girlfriends were brilliant.

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    2. "You make me sick!" being the most frequent!

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  2. The world of 'tech' is getting on top of me. I had a gang of five Essex girls here two days ago, one of whom printed off a load of 'boarding passes'. I've never seen anyone use a laptop with such speed, accuracy, and aplomb. It made me feel like a right primitive nitwit. I've now come to the obvious conclusion that I am welded to the past; even words like 'bluetooth' make me feel unwell.

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    1. Some take to it like a duck to water, and others - like me - struggle, but the struggling gets less the more you persevere.

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  3. Methinks you like it, and that's a pleasant change. All I know about Bluetooth is I must walk away from my car to make a phone call, or my car thinks it's in charge of the call.

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    1. You could probably start your car with your phone, then watch it walk away from you.

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  4. The arrival of Bluetooth in the home has taken a long time. I was buying shares in Bluetooth pioneering technology during the dot com/tech boom in 2000 when the ideas of what you describe in your post seemed unbelievable to us as we tripped over piles of wires in our office. It has only taken 15 years.

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    1. Yes, it must have been around that time that I was hankering after what I now have today. I hope you did well with your investment - if you didn't, you were ripped off.

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    2. I did well. I retired on it two years later.

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    3. I am fighting off utter jealousy at you far-sighted investment now.

      All I can do is say, " I LIKE THAT!! I WANT TO BUY ONE!!"

      I feel like a right twat.

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    4. You are making me feel bad now. No wonder you can't decide whether you like me or not. It wasn't as simple as I made it sound and I wouldn't have a clue how to set it all up like you did.

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    5. You just press a button. Easy.

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  5. I have a blue tooth thing for my home, but don't know how to hook it up. Music does soothe the beast in me, but I need some new music. Getting tired of the old ones playing in my head so I can't go to sleep at night.

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  6. Sounds like a very good investment. New toys can be so wonderful.

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    1. I'm a sucker for gadgets, but this one really is worth the money.

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  7. Re: your comments on John's post- Just read that some effing Americans stopped a possible massacre on a train between Amsterdam and Paris. Hard to believe, but true.

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    1. Yes. Two effing off-duty military American servicemen and one effing British businessman. That's about the right sort of historical ratio which has been applied to all American adventures since 1945.

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    2. Things would have been different if the Moroccan had loaded his AK47 inside the toilet, and not outside where everyone could watch him.

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