interesting point we have hit about the being in the car alone thing,
not very enviromentally friendly and we should all car pool /ride bikes etc
but over the last 5 years or so i have found that the time i spend on the road
20 mins/ 1 hour depending on the traffic is ever so helpful when it comes down to
"oh have you heard that new xyz track ...." or being able to say "hey i heard our track on the radio last night etc etc "
finding time to hear current tracks that you have nothing to do with every day is invaluable in our line of work i think
and i got me one of those new fangled compact disc audio players in the car nowadays just like you have now dave .... i dont know why i put it off so long either
the morbid attraction i have to outragous audiofool setups comes from the cold hard reality the some of best listening experiences i have ever had have not been in anybodies "studios"
they have been in peoples homes when i was not working or "on guard" and usually and i must admit rarely from the most unlikely looking scenerios
if you ever get the chance to meet a mad mega rich japanese man or three
(they come in odd sets)
follow them home and get them to light up one of those nutso ongaku tube horn systems for you .
for reasons i am yet to or probably will never comprehend
that is the true sound playback experience ...
its like your "inside" the sound .. not listening to it .
nothing flat or true or even mega loud in it .. err...even that description isn't right
its nothing like what we do for a living , nothing at all.
if i had one of those setups at home , i dont think i would bother going to work