I was 4 years old, listening to a record on headphones connected to this rig. Leaned too far back, and caught the 1/4 inch input jack on the headphones right in my fucking eyeball.
I was 4 years old, listening to a record on headphones connected to this rig. Leaned too far back, and caught the 1/4 inch input jack on the headphones right in my fucking eyeball.
It was a black Technics tower in my family home. I loved to play around with the huge graphic EQ without having a clue. I’ve also experienced the jack slap a few times (much later though with my own gear) but thankfully never right into an eye but always close to the eyes.
99% of people that owned a graphic eq didn’t have a fucking clue what to do with it
That’s true.
It wasn’t a good one though because back then they all were just based on very narrow bell filters which barely changed the sound. It took a while until subtractive crossovers in graphic EQs became a thing.
I still don’t
A right of passage for geriatric millenials
Hey, those slaps were really hard!