December 27, 2010

  • MIT MI-350 EVO Shotgun, Part 5

    Ah, you thought I forgot about the neighbor's cherry-plum tree.

    Ah, what happened to its leaves?

    Ah, here they are, thickly covering my walkway!  What kind of Christmas present is that?!

    Ah, it has been 30 years, since my brother and I started hearing the "Kermit The Frog song," Boz Scaggs' "Look What You've Done To Me."  It's from Scaggs' Hits! album and the Urban Cowboy soundtrack, both released in 1980.  The latter was originally, like Saturday Night Fever, a double-LP.  But it fit on one cassette.  And in the mid-90s, when I was into high-end audio, I found it on a single CD.

    Ah, in late 1980, the Eagles were still together, had not yet broken up.  Their wonderful harmonizing background vocals can be heard on "Look What You've Done To Me."  But in the movie, the Eagles are replaced by some chicks!  Most people [and I] prefer the version with the Eagles.  And that's the one I fell in love with, all those years ago.  I heard this song on the radio (mostly KOIT) whenever I was in San Francisco, especially the NE quadrant.  So whenever I hear it, the stereo system damn well better make me feel as though I'm in NE San Francisco. 

    Ah, we have a problem.  As a both-channels-into-one-cable interconnect, the MIT MI-350 EVO Shotgun's leads may not be wide enough for equipment whose jacks are spaced apart from each other.  And if you have monoblocks, you're SOL.  That's not all.  My balanced audio components all have input impedances of at least 100k ohms, which is the MI-350 EVO Shotgun Medium's upper limit.  I really need the High impedance model, which I do not have.  If you have an impedance mismatch, you may hear losses in focus, punch, image stability, speed, and transparency.  It goes beyond yanking the Eagles out, and replacing them with chicks.  The music becomes warped and congested, and the illusion of NE San Francisco is ruined.

    Ah, do not worry.  The version of "Look What You've Done To Me" featuring the Eagles can be found on any of Scaggs' compilation albums.