[camtechman]

I remember being caught up in the High Fidelity craze and, living in London & near Tottenham Court Road (HI-FI/Stereo "Geeksville" !) in the late 60's to the mid 70's, it fed my fevered passion.

Having got my first Stereo Hi-Fi set up in my bedroom and itching to demonstrate it, I called my Mum to come & have a listen. I tried to explain the difference between Mono & Stereo to her and, although I got the sympathetic smile from her, she didn't understand.

So I initially set up the system to mono and plonked a pair of Koss headphones on her head and let her listen for a minute or two, then whilst she was listening to that, switched to stereo.

A few minutes after, I asked her if she could tell the difference, to which she replied: "Yes dear, the second one was louder"

I kept my geeky passion to myself after that appraisal !