Back in the dark-er ages, the musically literate had thousands of dollars in stereo equipment. These folks weren't consumers. They didn't walk into a store and buy the entire package. Only rich amateurs did that. True music mavens purchased each component individually, often from tiny shops run by funny little old men who used to build wire recorders and electric train transformers in their basements. The proprietor would have suggestions for wiring up the components which the purchasers would ignore. Among the components were enhancers for the bass and treble called woofers and tweeters. Every time I hear today's gadget-addicts talk about tweeting, I think of the electronic geniuses who actually understood what they were doing. And, actually DID something. Today's contact-obsessed just randomly "tweet" like twits. Which may be why they call it twitter.
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