Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiophile wanna-be
tyler_durden;215959 Wrote: They were talking about a woman, but woman, amplifier, what's the difference? That question reminds me of this: +---+ |Filename: elec_device.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3065| +---+ -- cliveb Transporter - ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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Ha, Ha, Ha very funny... ...and the real funny part in this pic is the gear that stands for men, the up-down switch with the light on when on the upper position. -- signor_rossi signor_rossi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11941 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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tyler_durden edited his original post from crank to meth With 5 functioning bicycles and 2 non-rideable, and with wifey's 2 cycles, I can say we are crank addicts, but not too 'pedantic' about it. The velo-habit also competes with the winter season ski-habit (3 pairs of downhill skis and 'many' XC ski's). So when at home I mainly just listen to the music, not tweak the gear. Tho last night it was raining, so swapped out the kimber speaker cable and put the old garden hose audioquest back in. Gonna cut the kimber in half, re-terminate. Then bi-wire, bi-amp - just for 'fun'. Cheers! Allan -- alZmtbr alZmtbr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8773 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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alZmtbr;215823 Wrote: ...put the old garden hose audioquest back in. Gonna cut the kimber in half, re-terminate. Then bi-wire, bi-amp - just for 'fun'. Cheers! Allan Was it by chance, the ridiculously fat Audio Quest Clear with the navy blue jackets? I've got a pair of that stuff. I think you could moor an aircraft carrier with it ;-) -- Videodrome Two-channel System: SB3, into Musiland MD-10 DAC; Outlaw 970 Pre/Pro; McCormack DNA-125 amplifier; Quad 11L speakers; Sota Sapphire ttbl. w/ Grado Ref. Platinum Cart. into Rolls Bellari VP-129 tube phono stage; Marantz 10b; Nakamichi RX505; Cables Used: DH Labs, Van den Hul, Distech, Monster, many more. Videodrome's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11727 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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crystal with the also ridiculously fat light blue jacket. reviews - http://www.audioreview.com/cat/cables/speaker-cables/audioquest/PRD_116396_1584crx.aspx I was fairly content with the sound, but hated the appearance, and the weight and stiffness of the cables often caused the bananas to pull out of the poweramp. Similar, if not the same dimensions - http://69.30.211.33/images/products/aqclear.1.jpg -- alZmtbr alZmtbr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8773 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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PhilNYC;215410 Wrote: The Complete Guide To High End Audio by Robert Harley is considered by many to be the best book on high end audio http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-High-End-Audio/dp/0964084953/ref=sr_1_1/104-7016275-9578350?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1184763958sr=1-1 I can recommend it as well (got a copy myself). -- tingtong5 tingtong5's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9671 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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tingtong5;215905 Wrote: I can recommend it as well (got a copy myself). Robert Harley was the marketing genius who came up with the idea of applying the same BS, anthropomorphic terms used to describe/market wine to audio equipment. He singlehandedly invented the audio snake-oil industry. It's a quiet, unassuming little amp, with a cinnamony finish and raspberry overtones- never offensive, and sometimes a bit too polite. [not HIS quote, mine]... Yeah, sure, you betcha! That's the guy I want telling me what to think about audio! TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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tyler_durden wrote: Robert Harley was the marketing genius who came up with the idea of applying the same BS, anthropomorphic terms used to describe/market wine to audio equipment. He singlehandedly invented the audio snake-oil industry. But never a measurement in his magazine. It's a quiet, unassuming little amp, with a cinnamony finish and raspberry overtones- never offensive, and sometimes a bit too polite. [not HIS quote, mine]... This is good, as are the too much chocolate But the best is his more yin than yang I can almost imagine what ice cream with too much chocolate would taste like, but I have no idea which is the yin and which is the yang. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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Wasn't yin and yang (in audio) 1st coined by Harry Pearson. HP is one of the most pompous, arrogant creatures one is likely to run across. He thinks an obtuse , convoluted writing style makes him sound more intelligent, But, hot air is hot air :-) -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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tomjtx wrote: Wasn't yin and yang (in audio) 1st coined by Harry Pearson. Oh, it could be. But, hot air is hot air :-) I tend to lump pompous, arrogant together. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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Pat Farrell;215942 Wrote: It's a quiet, unassuming little amp, with a cinnamony finish and raspberry overtones- never offensive, and sometimes a bit too polite. [not HIS quote, mine]... This is good, as are the too much chocolate But the best is his more yin than yang I can almost imagine what ice cream with too much chocolate would taste like, but I have no idea which is the yin and which is the yang. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html I like as bittersweet as bittersweet can be from Cameo. They were talking about a woman, but woman, amplifier, what's the difference? TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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tyler_durden;215959 Wrote: I like as bittersweet as bittersweet can be from Cameo. They were talking about a woman, but woman, amplifier, what's the difference? TD You can unplug an amplifier -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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Make a nuisance of yourself by visiting audiodphile dealers and listening to their advice. Try to buy something from them as its an expensive business being an audiophile dealer. Read lots of magazines. To be a real audiophile try listening to your music rather than your system. Visit lots of websites, After a couple of months you can either 1. Listen to some music. 2. Drive yourself mad trying to make your system turn the listening experience into a mind changing delight. Please note there are lots of nice people in the audiophile world, but also a lot of nutters. (respect to normal nutters) who are annoying little bores who should have a spiky audiophile amplifier shuvved where the sun don't shine. Maintain a sense of reality and keep a sense of humour. PS Don't mention power supplies, DACs, in any posts. :D -- mudlark SB3CyrusDACXPreXvs260AKEFiQ7 cable Avondale server Kubuntu Feisty Fawn, linkstation for storage. DIY SB3 3A linear power supply. mudlark's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7151 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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jhelmus;215344 Wrote: That being said, I really would like to learn... What's to learn? You already have a very nice system. Enjoy it. Or, you can spend ungodly amounts of time and money seeking increasingly tiny improvements, driving yourself broke and bonkers in the process, and not really enjoying the music as much because you're constantly twiddling with the system or dreaming about the next tiny improvement and how to pay for it. -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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Pale Blue Ego;215581 Wrote: What's to learn? You already have a very nice system. Enjoy it. Or, you can spend ungodly amounts of time and money seeking increasingly tiny improvements, driving yourself broke and bonkers in the process, and not really enjoying the music as much because you're constantly twiddling with the system or dreaming about the next tiny improvement and how to pay for it. Don't forget about boring the s**t out of others who really don't care a bit about your efforts to achieve audio nirvana. Last but not least, don't forget about posting completely idiotic statements about your extraordinary hearing acuity and the tremendous improvements in sound you get by whatever impossibly stupid audiophile tweak you applied this week. Last, last but not least, make sure you bone up on quantum mechanics. Not enough to really understand it, just enough to pepper your forum posts with a few buzz-words that will rally fellow audiophiles to your cause and reveal your true lack of intelligence to everyone else. Anyone ever notice how many audiophiles are deeply effected by quantum mechanics yet so few are susceptible to psychological effects such as suggestion and physiological effects such as reduced high frequency hearing ability that comes with age? They truly are a super-human breed! TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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This thread alone should convince you that aspiring to be an audiophile is the social equivalent of aspiring to be a pederast: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36503 TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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tyler_durden;215661 Wrote: This thread alone should convince you that aspiring to be an audiophile is the social equivalent of aspiring to be a pederast: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36503 TD This post seems to me to be a kind of chain letter. Suggesting someone does something with a piece of kit can be the worst sort of loony stuff. It's like if you don't join my gang then you can't play with my foot/soccer ball. sad people. manipulative. etc etc. why the moderators don't pull this kind of thing is beyond me. PS not you tyler, I mean the post to which you refer. -- mudlark SB3CyrusDACXPreXvs260AKEFiQ7 cable Avondale server Kubuntu Feisty Fawn, linkstation for storage. DIY SB3 3A linear power supply. mudlark's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7151 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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I've been on both sides of the audio hobby: As a junkie; and as a dealer who sold stuff to other junkies to support their habit. What an interesting mix of people I met along the way! In the interest of trying to write a somewhat concise summary of what I think being an audiophile SHOULD be about, I submit the following lists for your consideration: (1) When things are going right: You have an operating system. You're reasonably happy with how it sounds. You enjoy listening to music, and you keep looking for new music. You have a rich, meaningful life, complete with friends, spouse/S.O., family, etc. You have other hobbies. You don't spend all your disposable income on audio gear. You know people will never understand why, unlike them, you're not content with an boombox or an iPod, and you really don't care. (2) When things are going awry: Your system's down, because: You're never happy with it; and so You're constantly buying / auditioning new gear to get the sound right. You don't listen to much other than a handful of tracks on proven demo CDs because you're perpetually evaluating gear. You're a loner who spends most of your time hanging out in audio stores, listening to gear (usually making snide remarks about how unlike music it sounds) and/or at home, sitting in the sweet spot listening to music by yourself -- in a dimly lit room. You don't have any other hobbies (for the aforementioned reasons) All you extra dough goes to gear. Matter of fact, your '71 VW Bug really needs a new radiator, but you blew $400 bucks on silver interconnects. You can't believe (insert name of: friend, boss, family member )is listening to that crap system, so you try to convert them. - VD -- Videodrome Two-channel System: SB3, into Musiland MD-10 DAC; Outlaw 970 Pre/Pro; McCormack DNA-125 amplifier; Quad 11L speakers; Sota Sapphire ttbl. w/ Grado Ref. Platinum Cart. into Rolls Bellari VP-129 tube phono stage; Marantz 10b; Nakamichi RX505; Cables Used: DH Labs, Van den Hul, Distech, Monster, many more. Videodrome's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11727 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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I think my signature sums it up nicely. Cheers! ;-) -- Kurt Main Entry: au·dio·phile Pronunciation: 'o-dE-O-fI(-)l Function: noun : a person who takes the pursuit of high-fidelity sound reproduction so seriously that they don't have to listen to music anymore. Kurt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2153 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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This song predates the term audiophile by a few decades but otherwise has it pretty much right: http://www.lyricshornet.com/1034464/Donald-Swann-Song-of-Reproduction-Lyrics Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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tyler_durden;215613 Wrote: You don't want to be an audiophile. They are the among the most miserable people on earth, right down there with meth addicts and child pornographers. TD I think you convinced me with that last statement... -- jhelmus SB3-Benchmark DAC1-Nait 5i-BW 805S http://www.last.fm/user/jhelmus/ jhelmus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12307 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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alZmtbr;215617 Wrote: Hey! I resemble that remark! CHEERS! ~a For your sake, I hope not! TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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There are some interesting threads on http://www.zerogain.com/ I'm biased as I'm a member .but often you can pick up all sorts of interesting tip bits ..but a word of warning take everything you read ...book /web etc with a pinch of salt. Try things yourself ...and listen often forgotten thing on some forums ! other good ones include http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/index.php http://www.audioasylum.com/index.html -- zanash zanash's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12157 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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I am throwing myself into this thread since I am at the same starting point as the OP ;). So, to answer @tyler_durden from my part, I want to be an (junior) audiophile that still has some time left to actually enjoy the music he listens to. Bye, signor_rossi. -- signor_rossi signor_rossi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11941 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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signor_rossi;215370 Wrote: I am throwing myself into this thread since I am at the same starting point as the OP ;). So, to answer @tyler_durden from my part, I want to be an (junior) audiophile that still has some time left to actually enjoy the music he listens to. Bye, signor_rossi. I am teribly sorry, but you simply can't be an audiophile and enjoy the music as well. -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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I am teribly sorry, but you simply can't be an audiophile and enjoy the music as well. hehe :) unfortunately this is the truth -- truckfighters | Transporter | REDGUM RGASil OCC Silver Interconnects | REDGUM RGi120ENR AMP | REDGUM LS Cable | BW Nautilus 802 D | Live musicians at the end of my room! truckfighters's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7852 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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The Complete Guide To High End Audio by Robert Harley is considered by many to be the best book on high end audio http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-High-End-Audio/dp/0964084953/ref=sr_1_1/104-7016275-9578350?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1184763958sr=1-1 -- PhilNYC Sonic Spirits Inc. http://www.sonicspirits.com PhilNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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There's really only one kind of audiophile - broke ! [= no money in case that doesn't translate to your locale]. For the real low down, look in YouTube for an excellent video on the Audio Club of Athens (also linked from a thread in this forum somewhere). Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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This group located in Montreal, who as their name suggests are a magazine publisher, but also an on-line retailer of sorts, have an on-line tutorial - http://www.uhfmag.com/book1.html. Is it any good? Dunno - but I have the first book. ~Allan -- alZmtbr alZmtbr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8773 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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I recommend reading this: http://www.theaudiocritic.com/back_issues/The_Audio_Critic_24_r.pdf starting on page 9 (page 10 of the pdf). -- opaqueice opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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That being said, I really would like to learn... Try reversing the connection on your speaker cables, so the end connected to the amp is connected to the speaker and vice-versa. If you hear a dramatic difference then your cable is 'directional' and you are ready to be an audiophile. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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There are simply two kinds of audiophiles. Ones that listen , the others that don't. And Peter Asszell.. boy does he seem pissed, he is just one big walking chip on the shoulder, always has been. Playing with good audio gear is supposed to be fun, listening to music is supposed to be a good time. I really don't much enjoy any zealots. I hear a difference , you don't , so what, it's my wallet. Robert Harleys book is a good primer, so is Laura Dearborns. -- ErikM ErikM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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ErikM;215524 Wrote: There are simply two kinds of audiophiles. Ones that listen , the others that don't. And Peter Asszell.. boy does he seem pissed, he is just one big walking chip on the shoulder, always has been. Playing with good audio gear is supposed to be fun, listening to music is supposed to be a good time. I really don't much enjoy any zealots. I hear a difference , you don't , so what, it's my wallet. Robert Harleys book is a good primer, so is Laura Dearborns. Pissed and with a chip on his shoulder? That's about the clearest case of the pot calling the kettle black I've ever seen. Aczel simply points out some rather obvious facts, although in a not very polite way I'll grant you. That certainly shouldn't stop anyone from buying what they want, anymore than noting that a Casio keeps more accurate time than a Rolex will stop anyone from buying an expensive watch. But I've never seen a Rolex ad try to claim otherwise - mostly it's just nice looking models wearing watches. What makes audio a bit nastier is that the manufacturers of some of these products actually try to claim they improve the sound quality. -- opaqueice opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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Ah gimme a break.. He writes an article full of his opinions and you call them facts??!! Good guys vs Bad guys.. He calls William Johnson of ARC a bad guy are you kidding me? Do you remeber how piss poor the solid state preamps of the early 70's were as compared to the SP3's or David Wilson a bad guy cause Wilson builds expensive speakers; oh FYI Wilson wouldn't send any of his speakers to Asszell to review so he slams him, Ray Kimber one of the nicest guys out there etc, etc but he thinks Ken Phoulman is a good guy.. he's one of the reviews who kept saying digital was perfect and that all cd players sounded alike until his credabilty on that was so shot he started to hear that maybe some players do sound different from one another.. Asszell has an agenda a mile long always has. And yes a Casio does keep better time than Rolex... Think your son would treasure that as he would your Rolex ? It's not always about the cost, somtimes we measure things with our hearts.. -- ErikM ErikM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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What sort of audiophile do you want to be? TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36907 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
