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FT3 looks on condescendingly as Foamettes® get sticky fingerprints, sand, all over his vinyls, yesterday.

Who doesn't like to brag about their Hi-Fi system! Do you have Stereo? Auto-change? Can you spin discs at 16rpm? Or do you do what so many of the Young People™ are doing and "tweet" your tunes out of a telephone? Why? 

The reason I bring up this timely and compelling topic is that I've had something of a life-changing experience. Please take the time to read this heartwarming and gently amusing piece, and why not add your comment in the space provided! If I've interrupted your daily bowl of gruel, or electrode shock therapy treatment, do come back later when you've been wiped down with a damp cloth and "join in the fun"!

Back in Europe, an age ago, I had a mid-to-high level separates system for my enviably hip collection of C.D.s and long-playing vinyl "L.P.s". Speakers hand-made by some French bloke in Paris, who knew what he was doing. Respected brand turntable, amp (not valve), C.D. player. Then all that had to go, because I needed the cash for my permanent relocation on this planet. For maybe a decade, my home music experience has been delivered from iTunes via external speakers plugged into my Mac [personal computer - Ed.]. I use a T.V. speaker set, big woofer behind the screen, treble pods to either side, and I recently discovered Boom 3D, a utterwy bwilliant app that turbo-boosts sound and makes you feel like an idiot for missing out on it so long. Believe me - this is not just another irritating limiter/tone control (like they give you on a Mac). It's audio Viagra, a quantum improvement in quality and volume. It enables you to tweak the 32 band (!) equaliser on the fly for the album you're listening to, which makes sense, as they were all recorded individually, and one standard setting will inevitably be a compromise. So I've been very happy. Until ...

I bought an entry-level (but smarter than me) Samsung phone, pushed in a S.D. chip, and, after a little beady-eyed research, downloaded the music player Musicolet, in spite of its confidence-draining name and shit icon. It's free, although it seems a damn shame not to throw currency at the guys who made it, because it's everything iTunes is not, and sounds ... sensational. It's made my iPod cringe with shame. And that was with J.B.L. buds, on a string with a plug. Which I thought were pretty nifty until I impulse-purchased a pair of ...

RealMe Buds Air 2 [me neither - Ed.]. I'm in Hi-Fi Heaven©. Short of sitting in front of a high-end system, this is the best music quality I've ever enjoyed. They come with an app, which makes most of the sound processing in Musicolet unnecessary. Couple all that with a hidden treasure on my phone - Dolby Atmos - and color me astonished. I'm hearing albums almost for the first time, and I can understand why audio nuts use overheated prose in their attempts to describe the indescribable. 

Th' Foamettes© [above - Ed.] want to know how the Four Or Five Guys listen to their elpees! Satisfy their girlish curiosity with a comment!