This reminds me of the best music-listening experience I've ever had.
A friend of mine from Boston is a movie projectionist, and a perfectionist when it comes to picture and sound. One time he invited me to his house, which was small, cramped, but very well-organized, with CDs, albums, and books covering every space from floor to ceiling.
In the little study off the kitchen he had two speakers the size of refrigerators. He had spent years tracking them down----they were movie theater speakers. He sat me down between them, they were about six feet apart, and he put in the remastered soundtrack CD for King Kong. In two seconds, my mind was blown. Every note seemed to have grain in it, like you could almost grab them out of the air.
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