Just speaking to the first post in this thread, Non Sequitur is the
number one delight in the comic strip world today, as far as I'm
concerned. Whimsical and amusing, and also tuned into the absurdities
of the modern world.
It's a big part of my continuing engagement with newspapers!
R.
LMS
Archimago wrote:
> Who know Mnyb, maybe it's just going to be a slow burn...
>
> The majority have found excellent sounding cell phones and iPads for
> personal listening - just need better headphones than Beats. The family
> room has a decent receiver and for the folks who want better sound,
>
Or a cheap Casio :) digital watch , if you actually use a wristwatch for
time keeping .
The modern function of a wristwatch is actually jewelry , I usually
don't notice when mine runs out of battery :D
I have a nice guess , but serusily consider something more fancy , for
the look and feel . Or
Julf wrote:
> Reminds me of the spoof ad I just saw somewhere - "You never actually
> own an Apple Watch. You merely look after it until the next update."
A hand built wristwatch would bean improvement over an Apple Watch in
each and every possible way imaginable. Sometimes advanced technology
ralphpnj wrote:
> Just as there will always be a demand for hand built wristwatches in
> spite of cheaper and more accurate electronic watches and a demand of
> film based SLR cameras in spite of cheaper digital SLR cameras, there
> will always be a demand of fancy, hand built boutique audio
Archimago wrote:
> Who know Mnyb, maybe it's just going to be a slow burn...
>
> The majority have found excellent sounding cell phones and iPads for
> personal listening - just need better headphones than Beats. The family
> room has a decent receiver and for the folks who want better sound,
>
Mnyb wrote:
> We may soon be in for the total reboot of the hobby we need . The
> traditional outlet for audiophilia has always been the local hifi shop ,
> where you can do sighted listenings to expensive cables outrageously
> priced tube amps etc and bring the stuff home ?
>
> They are
We may soon be in for the total reboot of the hobby we need . The
traditional outlet for audiophilia has always been the local hifi shop ,
where you can do sighted listenings to expensive cables outrageously
priced tube amps etc and bring the stuff home ?
They are currently mostly part of the
Archimago wrote:
> Many good points here guys. However I think there will always be a
> segment who will gravitate towards high quality sound. At least in
> English, I hope we get away from "audiophile" as the pejorative term for
> the cazed obsessionality and back to the literal meaning of
ralphpnj wrote:
> Can you say "bluetooth"?
>
> Stand alone bluetooth speakers paired to smartphones which are in turn
> streaming mp3 quality audio is way many people under 30 are currently
> experiencing music listening and that "many" will soon become "most".
>
> Between the above plus the
Archimago wrote:
>
>
> Maybe I'm just a hopeless romantic, but I do think the tide is
> turning... Probably has been turning for awhile. Maybe they can "fool
> some of the people some of the time", but I suspect as the years have
> dragged on, the pot of fools have diminished.
>
> ...
Archimago wrote:
> Maybe I'm just a hopeless romantic, but I do think the tide is
> turning... Probably has been turning for awhile.
As far as audio goes, I think it has turned - long ago. And turned the
silent majority away from anything that even vaguely smells of "hi-fi"
or "high end".
Yup, thanks Julf.
I think it's actually fascinating to think about the psychology of these
folks. A good contemporary example is AudioStream and the most recent
posting as if it is a badge of honour to exclude basically anyone who
questions their philosophy on the basis of creating "civil"
Very true!
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