my un-schooled auditory nerves

What is it about man and gadgets? Or is it just that i am too technologically challenged to appreciate anything apart from books? He went and bought himself a BOSE sound system for his birthday. He sheepishly asked me if it was OK (and that too, after buying it! What was i supposed to say - take it back to the store?) and that he has wanted it for so long. i gave him one of my indulgent smiles (well, he paid for it himself so why nag the guy??!). i think he was feeling guilty because it costs something around 13K (and i thought of the number of books i could have bought with that amount!).

He is very excited about it - and he wants me to be excited about it too which i find tough. Maybe it has something to do with my auditory nerves - maybe they are not developed enough for me to appreciate something so special like a BOSE speaker! i mean, OK, the music sounds better. But for me, i am more into the lyrics than the background sound. He keeps asking me to listen to the stereophonic effects, how pronounced they are now that we hear it through these special speakers. And i stare at him with this blank look. So he plays songs after songs and make me listen to them - i tried to escape saying i was cooking only to have him pull me back. Silly man! i only wish i could sharpen my acoustic nerves so i share his enthu . But it makes me happy to see him spill over with excitement over two small speakers!!