nike’s stories

Kalau di indo ma, “Tak kenal maka tak sayang”, gitulah pengalaman nike tentang sound quality. Nike tuh ga terlalu picky tentang suara, maksudnya yah asal kedengeran lumayan, yah oke lah, toh kuping nike ga terlalu sensitif amat. *I thought* Speaker kita yang lama, satu set JVC home theater in a box, somehow kalo udah 2 jam-an jalan, suaranya langsung pecah. *got annoyed* Jadilah nike mulai tanya temen deket yang emang professional tentang sound quality, and geeeee, I knew nothing about it *gambar orang utan lagi nyoba mecahin Rubik’s Cube* Jadi, mulailah dia bantuin nike buat pilih dan menimbang, yah amplifier, yah speakers, sampe kabelnya, etc. Nike bilang ama dia, ga usah yang terlalu bagus atau terlalu mahal, toh nike ga tau bedanya juga, asal lebih bagus dari system nike yang sekarang *and of course I was wrong*. Making the story short, taaa-daaa, sekarang udah bisa di dengerin dirumah.

The new system sounds much much much better …  The speakers, I will describe them as humble, they are standing still there, making a really nice sound without even taking credit of it. Soalnya kayak bukan speakernya yang ngebuat suara, suaranya itu enggak kedegeran dari dalam box tapi lebih kayak ngantung di udara, lepas dari speakernya. Senengnya sih seneng, suaranya bagus baget, setiap instrument dalam music bisa di dengerin terpisah *ngembat komentarnya Steve*, suaranya clear. But *a big BUT*, inside my mind …, hayaaaaaa, this is a point of no return.

So nike bilang ke temen nike ini, namanya Ramon, “I’m really happy with the new system, and now I’m spoiled by the sound of the new speakers. Sadly, they made any other speakers at our home sound crappy”, and he replied, “I guess, once you go black, you’ll never go back”. Indeed, well said. Now, I can understand the passionateness of some people on audio systems.

Thanks to Ramon, Felix, and Mark for all the advice. Unfortunately, we are still going to sing karaoke on it *wink*, but at least we will not play any MP3 files on it. *big smile*