[Mag]

Now that youse Easterners are in the Deep Freeze.

I was wondering if you've noticed a greater clarity in sound quality that many of us westerners have claimed for years?

IMO the air is denser so the sound travels faster giving a perceived clarity. Humidity percentage in the air is also a factor.

We've been in the Deep Freeze for two weeks. Tomorrow will be 5 Celsius and then we are back in the Deep Freeze by the middle of next week.

I have to run the floor heater to keep my feet warm while I critical listen to music.

[mr_bill]

Our sound in ND has been better forever because we have all been cryogenically treated living in the frozen north.
And we all know that cryogenically treating cables and components results in better sound.

[sfraser]

I cant hear the music over the cry of the Kee Kee bird...."Kee Kee Christ its cold"

[Mag]

The media has turned us into wimps, they like to sensationalize the windchill factor. Ooh it's -30 with the wind!

Heck we use to play tournament hockey outdoors when I was a kid and the games were not cancelled unless it was -10 F, they didn't say nothin' about the wind. Of course it wasn't fun having frozen feet after, I remember crying my feet were so cold but that was because my socks weren't on straight cutting off the blood circulation.

Now anything below -30 Celsius without the wind, that is cold. I recall working when it was -48 Celsius, the air is very crisp and has a bite to it.

[Elizabeth]

My apartment is at around 80F all year round.
One reason to LIVE in an apartment is the heat is included in the rent.
Set the thermostat at 80F and ignore it all.
No problem.
I LIKE the temp at 80F.
So my equipment sounds the same year in year out.

[Rupret]

I don't know how y'all do it.

Another world presented ... I was born and raised in Florida and currently live in Orlando.

We have four seasons:

Winter runs from Jan - Feb with an average high in the low 70s F.  Cold fronts drop the temp down into the 50-60s but that usually only lasts a day or two.  It will occasionally rain.

Spring runs from Mar - late May with an average high progressing into the high 80s F.  It's dry and warm plus the kids are still in school but can be windy in Mar .. aside from spring break this is my favorite season with May being my favorite month.

Summer runs from Jun - early Oct with an average high in the low 90's.  The days start off crystal clear, white puffy clouds at noon, then a horrifying thunderstorm around 4 pm.  Whatever plans you make for outside make them in the morning.

Fall runs from Oct - Dec with an average high in the 80's.   This is also a great season but in the back of your mind you know that winter is coming.

[Mag]

OK, who has power? Read there is a massive power outage in Toronto and maybe James can't log on.

-32 Celsius where I am and the stereo is sounding great. Playing Blue Rodeo at the moment and I think I will play God's Kitchen again. Awesome Trance music that gets better every time I listen to it, that's disc 1, disc 2 isn't as good.

[mcgsxr]

I live about 30 miles West of Toronto.  I have power, but a neighborhood adjacent to me does not.  There are widespread outages, and the downtown area is affected for sure.

Not sure if James lives out in Peterborough where HQ is for Bryston, and unsure of what their power situation is.

Lots of downed trees here in my area, some even fell when I was at the grocery store stocking up!

[drummermitchell]

-39 here in sunny Alberta.
Fired up the van with mah remote(I  like it a so much),seats in the van are rock solid .

[budcook]

I don't know how y'all do it.

Another world presented ... I was born and raised in Florida and currently live in Orlando.

We have four seasons:

Winter runs from Jan - Feb with an average high in the low 70s F.  Cold fronts drop the temp down into the 50-60s but that usually only lasts a day or two.  It will occasionally rain.

Spring runs from Mar - late May with an average high progressing into the high 80s F.  It's dry and warm plus the kids are still in school but can be windy in Mar .. aside from spring break this is my favorite season with May being my favorite month.

Summer runs from Jun - early Oct with an average high in the low 90's.  The days start off crystal clear, white puffy clouds at noon, then a horrifying thunderstorm around 4 pm.  Whatever plans you make for outside make them in the morning.

Fall runs from Oct - Dec with an average high in the 80's.   This is also a great season but in the back of your mind you know that winter is coming.

Has anyone ever noticed that southerners like to brag about the weather but never mention dew points:-)  The humidity drove us out of North Carolina.

[mr_bill]

-39 here in sunny Alberta.
Fired up the van with mah remote(I  like it a so much),seats in the van are rock solid .

only a real cold weather person knows that one - it aint cold until you sit in your vehicle and the seats don't budge an inch - like sitting on concrete.
you have to experience that one to know what that means.

[Laundrew]

Ah yes, fond memories of driving into work in the mornings while living at Cold Lake and enjoying the thump, thump - thump of frozen tires until they worked themselves back into "round."

Be well...

[HsvHeelFan]

It's 39 F and lightly raining here in North Alabama.  The coldest it's been here was -12 F.  I think that was in the 1980's.   

I was in Boulder, Colorado a couple of years ago in January and the low that week was -18 F.  The high that week as about 10 F.

HsvHeelFan

[Rupret]

It's 39 F and lightly raining here in North Alabama.  The coldest it's been here was -12 F.  I think that was in the 1980's.   

I was in Boulder, Colorado a couple of years ago in January and the low that week was -18 F.  The high that week as about 10 F.

HsvHeelFan

You left out the dew point ... {:-(|)

[DEV]

OK, who has power? Read there is a massive power outage in Toronto and maybe James can't log on.

-32 Celsius where I am and the stereo is sounding great. Playing Blue Rodeo at the moment and I think I will play God's Kitchen again. Awesome Trance music that gets better every time I listen to it, that's disc 1, disc 2 isn't as good.

Holly crap - we were apart of the crazy ICE storm. We had power out since Sat and it just came on today Monday evening, buurrr! The damage left behind is devastating - the fallen trees and more to fall, while taking care of ice on the driveway the sun popped out and made the ice on the trees shimmer. 
 

[HsvHeelFan]

You left out the dew point ... {:-(|)

When it was 39 degrees.  The Dew Point was 38.

Now, at 12:26 am, it's 31 degrees, cloudy with a Dew Point of 22.

HsvHeelFan

[swm_uk]

blimey, my part of the world would grind to a halt with those temps! a flurry of snow, or a strong storm and you'd think armageddon had come to southern England, the public transport system stops(although with that its any excuse, really..!) and people become incapable of driving sensibly. 
I think the country would sink if we had just a day of proper Canadian winter weather 

[James Tanner]

Shot of part of my backyard after ice storm - those Birch trees usually stand straight up!!!




james