So what’s the ultimate Father’s Day gift? Well, I’m a father, so I’ll tell you what I think in the hopes that we can avoid the typical gift-giving snafus that have plagued father’s since the invention of the silk tie (which I understand is nothing in comparison to the girdle, but still annoying nonetheless).

Let’s evaluate the “historically common” gifts:

– Ties: As I mentioned, just not a good idea – especially for me since I work at home and only wear ties when someone either a) gets married, b) dies, or c) invites me to a hoity toity party. I do not like to get dressed up, even for special occasions. I understand some people do, but I’m more into more fun recreational activities that require less clothing (boating, hiking, playing with my sons, fishing, sex…)

– Cologne: Nothing says “You smell bad” better than giving someone a bottle of cologne. It’s kind of a subtle hint that our deodorant isn’t cutting it and we need to overpower the stench with something made form French toilets water… I don’t buy it.
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Yes, you read that correctly… French speaker maker Cabasse is shipping its “big-ball” La Sphere speakers by the pair at $150,000. Yes, that’s not a typo. $150 THOUSAND dollars. In our experience you simply cannot make a speaker cost that much. Now, the price also includes delivery and complete setup and room calibration by Cabasse engineers, but I think Gerry Lamay from the HAA would fly out to your house for a lot less…

The speaker pair features a 22-inch woofer, an 8-inch low-midrange driver, a 5-inch midrange and a 1.2-inch dome tweeter. A four-way digital active crossover network included in the price provides “perfect time alignment and frequency response both on and off axis,” the company added. The speakers, marketed in North America by St. John Group, use a spherical 27.6-inch enclosure to “enhance rigidity, eliminate internal standing waves and eliminate diffraction effects.” They’re also said to be the world’s first coaxial point-source speaker that uses four coaxially mounted drivers to deliver smooth off-axis response over a wide area. Personally, I think they’re just jealous that CAT charges so much.

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No, I’m not kidding. We’re making an Audioholics feature film. By “we” I mean me and a local Director who has done some good work in the past and is currently in the middle of two features. He loved the concept I had for “Audioholics: The Movie” and we’ve had a few meetings to discuss the potential. I would say that we are currently in pre-pre-production. Gene’s also involved. In addition to having one of the characters named after him, his job is to read the completed script and tell me it’s not technical enough and that we need better speakers. (Just kidding, big guy)

As with everything else I’ll be attacking this full force (think killer bees, house remodeling, you get the idea). Anyway, I’m excited and the built-in distribution model Audioholics represents is a nice added touch. We’re planning on showing it off at next year’s Cannes (about a year from now).

I won’t be leaking any plot or script details here, but suffice it to say we are going to address just about every known issue that’s ever come up on Audioholics’ forums and in discussions with AV people. If you have some really incredible ideas you’d like to submit or think would be just “omg dude thts 8kn rTus, mn!” feel free to post a comment here… and I’ll have one of my many secretaries read it. Just kidding, Tom will read it – and then tell me if it’s any good. And then I’ll forget what Tom said, or not pay attention cause I’m too busy typing an email response to a manufacturer and read it myself.

Hey, I’m just being honest here.

It’s no secret that over the past week I’ve been working on my house. It’s a 1920 home with a wraparound porch and lots of character… or at least it HAD character until some owner in the 1970s decided to cover up all that character up with vinyl siding and replace the antique windows with something we think they stole from a trailer park fire or post-tornado sale.

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So if you ever wondered what happened to dead bees… where they go, how many there might be in, oh say, THREE YEARS… this is the video for you. This concludes our annual African honey bee slaughter and we now return you to your regularly-scheduled program.