July 30, 2016

  • Simaudio Mind 180, Part 5

    One of my college dorm neighbors, a dark-haired girl [I'll refer to her as "DHG"] whose name escapes me, had ancestors and relatives from central European countries, some of whose names were difficult to pronounce and spell. I don't know if DHG herself was from abroad, but she said she occasionally visited her European relatives. Now, our other dormmies' image of central Europe was the World Wars, Medieval castles, and vampires. A Gen X girl, DHG was more modern, and said that each country could have its own electrical voltage and/or plugs. So, with her American electronics overseas, she had a voltage-adjustable AC adapter, with interchangeable plugs. Damn, some of those plugs looked like they were designed to ward off vampires!

    Today's universities typically ban matches and the burning of candles indoors. That may have been the case in 1989-1993, when I was living in on-campus housing. Anyway, instead of candles, DHG had this weird, phallic-shaped lamp, which she had brought back from one of those central European countries. She and her roommate used that oddly-shaped lamp more as a nightlight or decoration. IIRC, that lamp had a 2-prong socket, to which its powercord attached. In order to use that lamp here in the U.S., DHG utilized some voltage-converter.

    That lamp enabled the user to insert a slide/filter over the bulb, which was hidden in a compartment in the lamp's base. Each slide had its own color. 'Twas kind of crude, but you had to admit, all the different colors added a certain charm to their little dorm room.

    At night, DHG would leave the room light off, while leaving on the foreign lamp. I suppose, with her room being insulated on the second floor, it was consistently warm. Warm or not, DHG liked to go topless. I thought it was kind of cool, when the topless DHG would get up, and switch the lamp's color filters. Each color would give her face and body a different look.
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    All of this brings us back to the Simaudio Mind 180's AC adapter. The module itself does not have fixed prongs. Instead, it has a locking mechanism, which will accept a variety of plug-cards, each one suitable for your particular country.
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    The AC adapter grasps the back of the plug-card.
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    DHG's roommate, a, um, fat chick, had a vibrator, with different attachments. 'Tis not the same as the Mind 180's AC adapter. North American units are supplied with a 2-prong plug-card. Thoughtfully, Simaudio have indicated which end is top, so you can attach the plug-card in the correct orientation.