I’m cheap—in large part because I don’t have very much money. So to save a bit of cash, I’m shacking up with several other journalists (who are also, coincidentally, cheap—for the very same reason) at a swanky vacation home rental in La Jolla that we got a super-sweet deal on for the duration of CEDIA 2017. It’s almost embarrassingly nice—certainly too nice for the likes of the crowd I run with. But, despite the overall opulence, there was a small disappointment located in an out-of-the-way nook just outside the door to my room. As you can tell from the picture, whoever made the decision for the distributed audio system in this otherwise well-accoutremented domestic rental bliss chose to treat the electronics and the installation with a bit less consideration that was given to the rest of the house.
I’m not dissing on the use of the all(and I mean all)-in-one “500 Watt Stereo Receiver AM-FM Tuner/USB/SD/iPod Docking Station & Subwoofer Control” Pyle PT4601AIU HYBRID AMPLIFIER. (MSRP of $277.99 but available online for $95.40 via this link found on Pyle’s website or $87.68 (at the moment) from Amazon.) For all I know, it might be the world’s greatest “500 Watt Stereo Receiver AM-FM Tuner/USB/SD/iPod Docking Station & Subwoofer Control”, worthy of five stars across the board and a Top Pick Award. (Amazon customers gave it a 3.3 out of 5 rating.) We haven’t taken used it yet, and I doubt we’ll be here long enough to do so. Considering the nature of the convention we’re here to cover (CEDIA 2017), though, I couldn’t help but notice the slipshod manner in which the gear had been installed.
If the tangled jumble of wires isn’t enough to make you shake your head in disappointment,
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