October 11, 2016

  • Chord Company C-Stream Streaming Cable, Part 4

    One Saturday afternoon, my friend Warts and I went down to one of UCSC's gyms, to play some pickup basketball. Sweating profusely, she huffed and puffed, "Hey, I have some Gatorade in my fridge."

    Exhausted, I moaned, "We could use that right here, right now! But yeah, let's go back."

    For me and Warts, getting back to our Crown College dorm meant walking gradually uphill, and then scaling Cardiac Hill. So by the time we got to her dorm room, we were crusty, salty, sour-smelling -- and dry.

    The cold Gatorade was welcome, but by now, we were stiff and sore. Trudging down the hall to get to the bathroom seemed daunting. My shoulders and arms felt like dead weight so I cringed, as I removed my shirt. Partially to get me going, Warts pointed to the zits on my back, and called out her joke, "Warts!"

    She then took a deep breath, folded her arms in front of her stomach, and pulled off the t-shirt over her head. After tossing the dirty shirt into the hamper, Warts mustered the strength to raise an arm. Looking past the stubble, she pointed to a dark brown bump on the fringes of her armpit and said, "Warts!"

    She reached behind her back, let out an ouch, and unhooked her off-white (kind of like the C-Stream Streaming Cable's outer jacket) bra. After tossing the bra into the hamper, Warts stared at my chest, then looked at her own. She pinched her own tiny nipples, ran a finger around each areola, glanced at my chest, and remarked that her nipples & areolae weren't much bigger than mine (correct).
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    The molded plastic RJ45 plug on the Chord Company C-Stream Streaming Cable is not much larger than the small ones found on generic OEM throwaway Ethernet cables. The C-stream should fit in the tightly-packed sockets on, for example, routers. With its white colors, the plug is clean, unlike Warts and me, having played basketball and marched up the hill.

    After slipping off her shorts and panties, Warts reached into and parted her pubic hair. She strecthed her labia left and right, and directed me to a small black dot, resting on the edge of her vagina. She complained that it was "a wart, as LARGE as a Cocoa Puff!"

    No. Warts was exaggerating. That small black dot was, at most, 3mm in diameter. It was smaller than even today's Cocoa Puffs, which are not as big as those from 1989-91.
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    Even smaller is the tiny black-filled dot or dimple, on the tab side of one of the C-Stream's plugs. This black dot is very important. It indicates which is the cable's source end. Thus, if you are running this cable from your router to a streaming device, the plug with the black dot goes into your router.

    Unlike hooks in bras, most tabs in RJ45 cables are plastic. The C-Stream's RJ45 is no exception. I have heard from people (not just audiophiles), who have broken the tabs off their Ethernet cables. Be gentle and careful.