heh
the United States Army !
When i was down on Ft.Polk in La. (Tigerland in the movie)hanging out with the cotton mouths and gators i was also attempting to learn how to be a proper infantry soldier in the home of the 5th Mech.
AIT (advanced individual training),the next step after BCT (basic combat training) meant you actually got some free time after training and what to do other than get drunker than crap at the "enlisted mans club" ?
MUSIC !
One thing i missed in training was my music and when i marched or ran for miles it was always with a song in my head.
but that was not enough and I
really needed a fix of some hard rock !
The only place available to listen to music was at one of the on post libraries where they had these cheesy little "record players"
not turntables folks ,
record players
and these record players only had a headphone out ,no speakers-it was a library remember ,and attached to the headphone out was a pair of KOSS PRO 4 AA headphones !
That was it .And there would be about four or so rigs in small isolation booths so you had some small amount of privacy and sound isolation.
And each battalion had a local PX plus there was a mian base px where you could purchase records ,damn cheap too.
So once i realised i could get some records and actually listen to them I was exited as hell to get started ,i still needed my metal fix.
So i put the record on the platter ,put on the cans and...
LET 'ER RIPPPP !
yeah man !
This is sweeeeet !
So i turn that baby up ,close my eyes and.........
some idiot is tapping me on my shoulder !
WHAT !
WHAT DO YOU WANT !
it is a spec 4
"would you turn down the damn music ,other people are trying to read !"
I look around and people are looking at me like oi am some kind of retard and I take off the cans ,turn the volume down to zero and say
"no WAY it was that loud !"
S4 "yes it was and if you don't turn it down you will have to leave"
Now these are sealed cans ,i was in an isolation booth with a
steel door with a window in it and they say they can hear my music ?
and loud enough to be disturbed ?
DAMN !
wonder i can hear at all !
But i visited that library a lot and learned to enjoy using headphones
at a sane volume and purchased a set not too long after
you guessed it-KOSS PRO 4AA
Those babies did rock out -fat bass,boosted treble,just what a hard rock metalhead buzz job needed to get bouncing !
And while in that same library i came across a copy of Audio Magazine ,no longer in publication,and ended up being getting into audio on a technical and not just "headbanger' level.
That mini library was a damn launch pad for me even though i was too buzzed at the time to know it
