i have two grown sons with keys to our home, each of whom frequently drop by whilst my spouse and i are away for an hour or absent for a week. they are welcome to use my audio system under these ukases: (1) you break it or damage it, you pay for it's repair or replacement, NOW; (2) you play it, you put it back where you found it; (3) you borrow it, you leave me a note--no note, i find out, i get 2 for 1 of yours, my choice; (4) you drink my beer, clean up your mess; (5) you drink my wine, you'd better figure out how to buy me a better bottle. our housekeeper is allowed to vacuum the carpets and rug in my soundroom and dust around my listening area but may not get close to the speakers or electronics. sometimes my cobwebs get their own cobwebs before i notice and clean them. BTW, anybody ever found a cob redhandedly makin' those webs?
Access/Use Restrictions-Listening Room
As I was in the listening room, cleaning this morning, I thought of this idea for a thread.
Do you have any restricted access/use rules for your listening room?
We have only ONE *no house cleaners*
And before you get too huffy, like we're rich or something and have FiFi, the upstairs maid here everyday…. We're not and we don't, even though my husband would probably be open to that idea. :-)
We have them come in 2X/month to do the heavy cleaning - floors, baths, ovens, etc. It's well worth the few bucks they charge to have that time back in our busy lives.
*Tip for you husbands - would make a most excellent present to your wife. (and do it for no reason, don't wait for a birthday or anything). Guaranteed to get lots of mileage out of that one.*
Anyway, we made that decision when they were here once (I was working at home that day) and they bumped one of the Apogee Stages, knocking it off the stand flat on it's face - WHAM!) In the process, yanking the amp off the stand (that IC just made it) and bending one of the posts. As she stood there, thinking no big deal, I was freaking out! Luckily, no harm done. But lesson learned; these folks have no clue about how to behave around expensive gear and the thought of a vacuum cleaner bumping the speakers THEN trying to put it back so no one would know…… we come home, turn it on - POOF !
So……….guess who gets to clean it? At least we know everything will be ok afterwards.
Do you have any restricted access/use rules for your listening room?
We have only ONE *no house cleaners*
And before you get too huffy, like we're rich or something and have FiFi, the upstairs maid here everyday…. We're not and we don't, even though my husband would probably be open to that idea. :-)
We have them come in 2X/month to do the heavy cleaning - floors, baths, ovens, etc. It's well worth the few bucks they charge to have that time back in our busy lives.
*Tip for you husbands - would make a most excellent present to your wife. (and do it for no reason, don't wait for a birthday or anything). Guaranteed to get lots of mileage out of that one.*
Anyway, we made that decision when they were here once (I was working at home that day) and they bumped one of the Apogee Stages, knocking it off the stand flat on it's face - WHAM!) In the process, yanking the amp off the stand (that IC just made it) and bending one of the posts. As she stood there, thinking no big deal, I was freaking out! Luckily, no harm done. But lesson learned; these folks have no clue about how to behave around expensive gear and the thought of a vacuum cleaner bumping the speakers THEN trying to put it back so no one would know…… we come home, turn it on - POOF !
So……….guess who gets to clean it? At least we know everything will be ok afterwards.