We have to be careful not to turn the music up too loud in our current home.  The reason is that we’re living in an attached condo-style house where the neighbours would easily hear the deep bass of our high end sound system.  We used to live in a detached home where we could raise the volume higher without disturbing anyone in the vicinity.  But not now.

It’s almost come to the point where we don’t need a sound system at all anymore.  So I wouldn’t be surprised to see our stereo next to a Fishman Amplifiers for sale ad in the local newspaper.

This poses a potential problem however if our children ever decide to take up an instrument that uses an amplifier like a bass or electric guitar.   I wouldn’t want to discourage them from pursuing an interest in any instrument.  But we’ll have to make alternative arrangements if they ever do decide to do that.