Canyon Run
A Canyon Run always starts out small and speeds out of control towards disaster.. I'm sure you've been on one.
This particular event was triggered by the arrival on Friday of the latest Director's Cut of Bladerunner, the one with the extra scenes and surround sound. No not that one, the one after that.
So, fifteen quid down I settle to watch Bladerunner for about the 150th time, but it sounds total shit on my old stereo.
Saturday morning and it's off to Richer Sounds to check out their 5.1 theatre systems. It has to be, so I leave with a new Home Theatre amp and speakers - Front, back, centre, and sub-woofer. Now I'm £480 down on top of the DVD.
Back home and it sounds awesome. The opening scene makes me duck as a flyer overtakes on the left. The sound on the 'Eye' shot has the floor rumbling. But it looks like shit on my old glass gogglebox.
Sunday morning and it's back to Richer to check out their widescreen TVs. I leave an hour later, and another £500 poorer.
But that evening, I invite a few friends round to experience the awesomeness of my new system, and one of them arrives clutching a bottle of liquid acid.
I have to say that was the best thousand pounds I ever spent in a weekend.
(Variable, Fri 14 May 2010, 13:28, Reply)