Something cute (and sad) my 4 yr old boy said

dpowell
dpowell Posts: 3,068
edited November 2009 in The Clubhouse
I just sold my RT2000P's to someone today to make room for the new 2-channel rig I'm putting together. While I was helping them load the speakers into the car, he came up to me with the saddest face and said, "Don't take my speakers!" That was just about enough to break my heart. :( It was already hard enough to see my first pair of Polks head out to a new home. He's brought it up a couple more times since and I finally told him that daddy sold them so that we could go get him better speakers.:D
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited November 2009
    Cute story.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,197
    edited November 2009
    With the 1C's and Anthem amp you'll both soon forget about those RT2000p's :D. Kids are precious.

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  • buymesome
    buymesome Posts: 281
    edited November 2009
    What kind of anthem amp did ya get dude?
  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited November 2009
    dpowell wrote: »
    I just sold my RT2000P's to someone today to make room for the new 2-channel rig I'm putting together. While I was helping them load the speakers into the car, he came up to me with the saddest face and said, "Don't take my speakers!" That was just about enough to break my heart. :( It was already hard enough to see my first pair of Polks head out to a new home. He's brought it up a couple more times since and I finally told him that daddy sold them so that we could go get him better speakers.:D
    I guess dad is training his son well on the importance of good audio. He'll have more and bigger audio experiences to remember as he age and hopefully will ackowledge what good audio is all about versus the ipod, MP3 and all of the other junk technology kids are accustomed today. Thanks for sharing this nice story with us :cool:

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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited November 2009
    He's just gonna expect the better speakers as hand-me-downs now ;)
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited November 2009
    Nice memory, save that one to heart. :)

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited November 2009
    poor little guy.. he's scarred for life now.

    JK!

    smart boy you got there. you're raising him right.. ;)
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  • dpowell
    dpowell Posts: 3,068
    edited November 2009
    buymesome wrote: »
    What kind of anthem amp did ya get dude?

    I bought an Anthem Amp 1 with EL-34 tubes.

    http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstube&1262231575&/Anthem-Amp-1-EL-34--based-tube

    Going to grab some SDA 1C's hopefully tomorrow or Wed.......Just need a good pre and it'll be time for blasting some good tunes.:D
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited November 2009
    dpowell wrote: »
    I just sold my RT2000P's to someone today to make room for the new 2-channel rig I'm putting together. While I was helping them load the speakers into the car, he came up to me with the saddest face and said, "Don't take my speakers!" That was just about enough to break my heart. ...


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  • sTiLlLeArNiNg
    sTiLlLeArNiNg Posts: 805
    edited November 2009
    That's an awesome story man! :)
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited November 2009
    Getting him ready at a young age. Excellent post though.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited November 2009
    dpowell wrote: »
    he came up to me with the saddest face and said, "Don't take my speakers!" That was just about enough to break my heart.

    Its time to sit him down and tell him the truth: "Son, your daddy has been hanging out with the wrong crowd and now has a disease. It is called audiophilia and it is going to get much worse". :eek:
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  • Retro152
    Retro152 Posts: 985
    edited November 2009
    dpowell jr. knows a good thing when he sees it.:D LOL. Now, if we could just get the wives, and significant others to share his passion.:p:D




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