Short Poll

[justin_tx_16]

When I listen to my system...

... I am 6 feet away from the speakers placed in corners 8 feet apart from each other with two bass cabinets I built two feet each from the center, left and right..

... there is a sitting areabehind my head

... I sit on the floor or on the floor (like to be ear level with the horns!)

... I am happy as I drink water

[Audio Flynn]

... I am _11_____ feet away from the speakers.

... there is a __nothing____ behind my head (wall, nothing, padding from listening chair, etc.)

... I sit ___slightly reclined___ (up, up and somewhat forward, reclined, etc.)

... I am ______ (somewhat intoxicated, stoned, straight, blasted)

80 % of the time straight

20% of the time slightly intoxicated

[Chris Robinson]

... I am 15 feet away from the speakers.

... there is a couch pillow behind my head (wall, nothing, padding from listening chair, etc.)

... I sit reclined (up, up and somewhat forward, reclined, etc.)

... I am 70% late at night with a mild chardonnay buzz, which is about the only time of the day that I have without a child pulling at my pant leg

[artto]

Is this a test?

When I listen to my system...

... I am about 17' feet away from the speaker's corner.

... I am 15'-6" feet away from the front of the corner speakers (Klipschorn).

... I am 11' feet away from the front of the center speaker (Belle Klipsch).

... there is a wall 6' (varies) with acoustical treatment behind my head (polycylindrical parabolic surfaces for damping bass & dispersing higher frequencies

... I sit up on a low back 4 seat, 2 ottoman sectional sofa (I can't stand having a wall or couch padding behind my head when listening)

... I am * (somewhat intoxicated, stoned, straight, blasted)

* any or all of the above depending on whats going on, whats being played, who's over, what I have to do (or not do) the following day. Drugs are for enlightenment, not abuse. Don't drink & drive. Drink before you drive (joke). Never bias your tube amps while "messed up" (no joke). It could be just as lethal.

[leok]

When I listen to my system...

... I am 9 - 18 feet away from the speakers.

depends on recording. If recording wants to place performers in my living room

(Andrew Manze violin recordings) I sit 18' back. If recording includes distance

to the performer(s), I sit at 9'

... there is a nothing behind my head

... I sit up

... I am straight

[Curmudgeon]

When I listen to my system...

... I am 15 feet away from the speakers.

... there is padding from the listening chair behind my head

... I sit reclined

... I am sober 98% of the time

[anarchist]

I am 5 ft. from my speakers

There is a wall 8 ft. behind me.

I lie in a prone position with a single tube from the houka dangling from my lips.

You be the judge on the last question. I refuse to discuss sobriety.

[Soundthought]

LOL.

Such Blunt honesty.

I have a sneeking suspicion there are many whom have that same houka tube hanging from their lips.

Of course, that wacky tobaccy is bad.

Not good for you like alcohol or cigarettes.

Peace.

May your watch stop at 4:20.

[Diggs]

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On 12/3/2002 7:25:42 AM deang wrote:

When I listen to my system...

... I am ___8___ feet away from the speakers.

... there is a __wall____ behind my head (wall, nothing, padding from listening chair, etc.)

... I sit __lying down____ (up, up and somewhat forward, reclined, etc.)

... I am __straight____ (somewhat intoxicated, stoned, straight, blasted)

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[blindman]

When I listen to my system...

... I am __15____ feet away from the speakers.

(The La Scala's and I are in the form of an equilateral triangle.)

... there is ___nothing_____ behind my head (wall, nothing, padding from listening chair, etc.)

(My listening room is 20 feet by 28 feet. A kitchenette is behind me.)

... I sit __somewhat reclined__ (up, up and somewhat forward, reclined, etc.)

... I am __partaking in an adult beverage____ (somewhat intoxicated, stoned, straight, blasted)

[AndyKubicki]

When I listen to my system...

... I am 13-15 feet away from the speakers.

... there is a stairway behind my head (wall, nothing, padding from listening chair, etc.) I sit on a futon, so if I slump down, it's behind me. When I sit up and forward, nothing behind me.

... I sit yes (up, up and somewhat forward, reclined, etc.)- positions change with mood and energy level.

... I am straight to somewhat intoxicated (somewhat intoxicated, stoned, straight, blasted)

[space_cowboy]

When I listen to my system...

... I am __11____ feet away from the speakers.

... there is a __wall 8 ft.____ behind my head (wall, nothing, padding from listening chair, etc.)

... I sit __up____ (up, up and somewhat forward, reclined, etc.)

... I am __somewhat intoxercated____ (somewhat intoxicated, stoned, straight, blasted)

[kjohnsonhp]

... I am __10____ feet away from the speakers.

... there is a __wall 6 ft.____ behind my head (wall, nothing, padding from listening chair, etc.)

... I sit __up for critical listening, reclined most of the time____ (up, up and somewhat forward, reclined, etc.)

... I am __somewhat sleepy ____

[ChrisK]

When I listen to my system...

... I am 8 feet away from the speakers.

... there is a nothing behind my head (or in it for that matter)

... I sit, lay, recline (depends on mood, time, music, wife)

... I am addicted to caffeine (just kidding, drink wine sometimes)

[Allan Songer]

I am 13' 8" from the speakers

There is a wall 11 feet behind me

I sit on a Le Corbusier "Petit Confort" sofa in a fairly upright position.

I like to sip good Bourbon or Scotch as I listen.

Last night I listend to:

Herbie Nichols Trio (Blue Note 1519)

Bill Perkins-- Bossa Nova with Strings Attatched (Liberty)

***My favirite jazz "strings" album after Bird, Art Pepper's "Winter Moon" and Clifford Brown***

Thelonious Monk-- Monk's Dream (Columbia)

Helen Herrill-- Casa Forte (Trio)

I had three fingers of Booker's.

[Jobman]

... I am 9 feet away from the speakers.

... there is a sofa arm behind my head alnong with an Antique Farnsworth Tube Console radio/turntable unit, and now the Xmas tree.

... I sit, well actually lay on the couch, sipping my favorite adult beverage.

... I am mostly in a state of trying to relax, ala answer above.

no viable precentage of any one mental state of another.

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