...and so it begins...
Yesterday I bought my 4 year old son his first 'hifi', pictured below. (Dad's big grown up one in the backgroud.)
£29.99 in Sainsbury's. Well, we all had to start somewhere.
He's not listening to music as such yet, but he's into his audio books at bed time to help lift him off to sleep. As I ritually opened the box in front of him, and presented one of the 'speakers (as if a priceless heirloom) for him to inspect, he didn't seem to grasp the gravity of the situation. Or notice the tear of emotion in my eye
.
Athough later
at bedtime he enjoy being able to use the remote to turn on his Dr. Seuss from his bed.
Later, as he slept I got the terrible feeling that I had passed on to my son some terrible curse. A curse that will cost him much time, money and grief. Then again, if he sticks with 'The Cat in the Hat', he should be OK...
£29.99 in Sainsbury's. Well, we all had to start somewhere.
He's not listening to music as such yet, but he's into his audio books at bed time to help lift him off to sleep. As I ritually opened the box in front of him, and presented one of the 'speakers (as if a priceless heirloom) for him to inspect, he didn't seem to grasp the gravity of the situation. Or notice the tear of emotion in my eye
. Athough later
at bedtime he enjoy being able to use the remote to turn on his Dr. Seuss from his bed.
Later, as he slept I got the terrible feeling that I had passed on to my son some terrible curse. A curse that will cost him much time, money and grief. Then again, if he sticks with 'The Cat in the Hat', he should be OK...
Comments
Both my daughters (7 and 11) have similar starter systems that produce some semblance of music.
Together thay cost about 1/150 of my main Naim based kit. But they are far better sounding than my first stereo - an ugly and big National stereo, cassette and record player bought when I was about 14.
Best wishes,
Peter