August 26, 2016

  • Simaudio Mind 180, Part 8

    As I got settled into my freshman-year dorm, I noticed that, in addition to going topless, some girls also went cuntmando.

    Some short girl, a biology major, claimed that, by being closer to the brain, the upper body was more sensitive to cold. Maybe she was onto something. Even when the days were toasty, those Santa Cruz nights could get nippy. Fewer girls went topless at night, versus daytime. However, during those same nights, girls would switch top and bottom. They'd wear a shirt (if not a bra) up top, but would go cuntmando (no pants, no panties) down low.
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    My neighbor Nora (above) was like that. During the day, she might don a skirt or leggings, but would walk around topless. But at night, she'd put on a shirt, but go around without any pants.

    Occasionally at night, Nora came over to my & Josh's room. Yep, her barenaked underside lay, rested, or sat on our chairs and bed.

    "Professional" reviews do not show a component's bottom or underside. Yet, audiophiles need to know what it looks like.
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    The Simaudio Mind 180 comes with four relatively soft half-globe feet. They do just a fair job of sticking to a shelf. But maybe that is a good thing. So far, these feet (same as those found on the Moon 100D) have not tarnished my Salamander Synergy shelves.

    The Mind 180 itself is a small component. Thus, there really isn't enough surface area for big, puck-like footers. The photo above does not show it, but the bottom panel identically mirrors the top: it is NOT an uninterrupted flat surface. There are two grooves, which run the length of the unit (sounds kinky, but isn't). Within these grooves is where Simaudio decided to place the four half-globe rubber feet. If you use after-market footers, they will have to have a small footprint, in order to fit into the Mind 180's bottom panel strips.