How Harman Kardon changed the way I listen to music

Two years ago I discovered music. I had just gotten the ultimate driving machine and spent a lot of time in the car listening to the radio. Suddenly I started hearing more sounds in the songs, sounds I'd never heard in the song before. I finally understood why every guy I ever knew always told me I needed a sound system with good speakers. I'm sure nobody would have thought I'd get a car with a 12 speaker Harman Kardon sound system. It was beautiful, everything sounded so full and complete. I wanted to listen to my CD's in the car, I bought new CD's for the first time in years. But really remembering to bring a new CD into the car, changing CD's while driving that's no fun. Then last fall I read that if I had an iPod I could plug it directly into the ultimate driving machine, all my music at my finger tips. I didn't even own a CD player that wasn't in my computer. So I took the plunge, bought the iPod, bought a new laptop to install iTunes, took the motorcar to the shop to have proper gadgetry installed. And voila no more flipping radio stations when they are all playing commercials at the same time. No more having to buy whole CD's, I can buy a song or two here and there, I can download a free song every week. I might even appropriate songs from other people, if my morality was of questionable standards. I hear a song on the radio that I like, I go buy it. I listen to the iPod walking to work, I listen to it at home, of course I listen while driving. I spend less time driving now but on days like yesterday when I drove down to the far reaches of the Peninsula listening to songs I chose very loudly with the windows open, hearing every note, weaving in and out of traffic, it's almost fun.

P.S. I will save my rant on Apple's Nickel and Diming of America for another post.