You sound like my ex-wife (no offense intended) - when she and I moved in together for the first time, she demanded to reorganize them by the color of the binding ...
Needless to say, we're not married to each other anymore
You can, but the problem is there are so many other times running through your head. Timing at holding fixes, Timing inbound on the approach, etc. It's easier to just push and forget. As soon as I clear the runway I just push the stop and look at the time when I shut the plane off
Squash and cycling (not great at both),
My uncle still has his Macintosh amp. He's the culprit to introducing us to a-then very expensive hobby. Haha.
I thought about converting my all CDs to MP3 files. I do have most songs I like digitally. But then what would I do with the 3 shelves of space on my bookshelf? Haha.
I don't have as good a system as before but I have a QUAD center speaker, Definitive front & rear speakers, and a Yamaha receiver (my Denon had died after 12 years). I mainly use the audio system for movies/television series (can't be too loud living in a coop building). If I want to play a CD (rarely do), I'll use my Sony DVD player. Otherwise, I hook up the iPod via the USB port on the Yamaha receiver.
Awesome that your components still work and you use them. Our AR speakers were quite big and bulky but sounded great.
Reading history, and buying a lot of history books.
I'm also working (at a glacial pace) on a history book of my own. At the rate I'm going, I'll finish it after I retire.
I'm jealous of the space you have to put your collection together, mine are in four different locations. I have some books at work for the classes I teach, some in my home, some in my shed/workshop/library, and some in my mom's house.
Thanks for your vote of confidence! I actually didn't show my entire collection - I have more at my office, and some in my classroom (not to mention the ones that are boxed and in storage). Do I have a problem? 😵💫
In my opinion there isn't an amp out there better than a McIntosh. I really enjoy having all of my CDs and many of my tapes on digital. I still have them all they just aren't taking up so much space in the living room.
Quad makes a good product, a pair of them would sound awesome through my system.
I have a friend who has been an electronics repairman for the past thirty years and keeps everything running when a transistor burns out or a connection breaks in a tone arm.
I wouldn't call it a "collection" yet, but I have accumulated a couple of original vintage David Klein TWA lithographs and am looking for more: mid-50s on the left/late 50s or very early 60s on the right.
Reading history, and buying a lot of history books.
I'm also working (at a glacial pace) on a history book of my own. At the rate I'm going, I'll finish it after I retire.
