alekz;359164 Wrote:
Yes, your post being extremely rude indeed crossed the line and was one
of the reason why the whole thread was locked.
This is the second example that you have given that makes no sense to
me. You have to have a bit of humor and thick skin to post in any
forum let alone
tomjtx;359363 Wrote:
I think we will have to agree to disagree.
Censorship is less palatable to me than someone calling me names.
Good call.
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tomjtx;357422 Wrote:
I mean, just look at Mike Valera's pearly white smile , he's gotta be
laughing most of the time.
lol! Too funny.
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Okay so what was the topic again?
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egd;357395 Wrote:
Here's a clear indication of the type of post I'm guessing crossed the
line: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=260094postcount=99.
The 2kg sugar just did it for me.
Yes, your post being extremely rude indeed crossed the line and was one
of the reason why the
alekz;359164 Wrote:
Yes, your post being extremely rude indeed crossed the line and was one
of the reason why the whole thread was locked.
alekz, I don't think his post was rude at all. It was humorous.
It might help you to grow a thicker skin if you want survive most
audiophile forums.
tomjtx;359253 Wrote:
alekz, I don't think his post was rude at all. It was humorous.
It might help you to grow a thicker skin if you want survive most
audiophile forums.
Audiophiles can be a cantakerous lot. :-)
Certainly egd's response was not a personal attack or rude to the level
of
alekz;359359 Wrote:
Especially in that context (just reread the thread) it did not look
humorous. BTW, look at what just happened. As soon as the forum owners
came up with new rules, people began to dig out their own offensive
posts and publish them again: See? That was not rude! That was
Good solution, Mike, much better than thread locking.
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Nick - I think you are fine. Your posts maybe spicy but I see nothing
wrong with that. They aren't personal attacks. We need healthy debate
and disagreement. Otherwise I'd never bother reading this forum. From
disagreement comes progress...eventually. From passive consensus comes
a slow lingering
The term Personal Attack is defined in the main moderation sticky
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43454) as follows:
Personal attack: Insults or rude ad hominem arguments directed at
another member are not permitted.
The problem is comments which attack or denegrate
DeVerm;357333 Wrote:
I read this (between the lines) as that my response in this thread is
considered a retaliation and counter personal attack, while I consider
it a joke and, although addressed to the person, not an attack. I mean,
it's clear that walkman and hormone cure isn't meant
DeVerm;357333 Wrote:
May be a definition of attack vs critical-post is what I need in order
to understand this. Here's a clear indication of the type of post I'm
guessing crossed the
line: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=260094postcount=99.
The 2kg sugar just did it for me.
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mvalera;357356 Wrote:
Heated discussions are great, disagree a member's position all you want
just don't attack the person that has that position. That's the big
dividing line.
Your position is invalid because... OK
You're an idiot because not OK.
Okay, I'm glad to read that,
DeVerm;357408 Wrote:
egd: but you're from down under, where talk like about fingers up
nostrils is perfectly acceptable, isn't it? We talk about it all the time :)
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It has been frequently said on this side of the pond (UK) that Great
Britain and the USA are two nations devided by a common language. This
can justifiably be extended to all English speaking countries.
I have managed to evoke silence at the dinner table in Canada just by
uttering a phrase that
From my experiences, I would say that the languages spoken in the US and
UK are similar but not the same. The differences are too numerous, and
bookstores always have many books on this topic. Many similar words
have different uses, and even words with very similar uses can have
very dissimilar
This is not about the nuances of the word bum.
It's scary that people who have such similar interests can disagree so
vehemently on the difference of such minor things as having an external
power supply vs. not. Am I back in the third grade or what?
At the very least, it's job security for
Skunk;357418 Wrote:
This is not about the nuances of the word bum.
No, of course, I was addressing when words may or may not be offensive,
or how an ambiguity about a particular word could lead to a
misunderstanding or an incomplete communication.
A lot of the arguments/disagreements I
Although we might all agree that harmonic calling me a liar and
hypocrite was a personal attack rather than a cultural or linguistic
misunderstanding :-)
I think the mods will be able to distinguish between such obvious and
egregious infractions and good natured humor.
I mean, just look at
tomjtx;357422 Wrote:
I mean, just look at Mike Valera's pearly white smile , he's gotta be
laughing most of the time.
Yes but one has to wonder if that avatar photo is Mike's or his brother
the web monkey... which also makes me wonder which of them writes the
posts and who is using which
I just read this again - that's just laughable - this reviewer thinks an
AV receiver is audiophile quality, but the analogue outputs of the
Transporter are not?
hahahaha.
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Forget locking threads...
Any more personal attacks will result in temp and then permanent bans.
You have been warned. :)
Mike
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I whent from transporter to sneaky ds after a dirct comparison at my
dealer.
Im sorry to say but the transporter is not in the same league IMO .
The userbility havever is miles better then the linn.
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harmonic;356519 Wrote:
The userbility havever is miles better then the linn.
That's exactly the reason why i went to the Transporter!
I own BW Speakers, Accuphase Amp, and Accuphase CD. As you might not
know these componets (accus) are in the sound and priceregion the
MCIntoshs are. (I'm
The Arcam receivers are very highly regarded over here for their
2-channel abilities, so I don't find the idea of one being used as a
DAC quite so ridiculous. One could argue that Arcam has considerably
more experience with DAC implementation (and audiophile electronics in
general) than Slim
tomjtx;356559 Wrote:
I compared the Linn to my Transporter in my system.
I preferred the Transporter.
There are a lot of Linn flat earthers that can't comprehend that
something else can sound just as good or better.
I dont beleive you one bit.
The fact is that the dealer has the
I compared the Linn to my Transporter in my system.
I preferred the Transporter.
There are a lot of Linn flat earthers that can't comprehend that
something else can sound just as good or better.
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harmonic;356635 Wrote:
As predicted when somone hears somthing that sounds better then the
transporter tom returns.
And I dont beleive you one bit, i dont think you would ever compared
them , it would not be in your interrest since you allready are found
all over the internet on your
russelk;356631 Wrote:
The Arcam receivers are very highly regarded over here for their
2-channel abilities, so I don't find the idea of one being used as a
DAC quite so ridiculous. One could argue that Arcam has considerably
more experience with DAC implementation (and audiophile electronics
tomjtx;356669 Wrote:
The last refuge of the intellectually deficient is to call someone a
liar.
Thank you for revealing your lack of character, harmonic.
BTW, when are you going to work on your spelling :-)
We have a Linn dealer here and BTW I have a full blown Linn table. So I
am not
Phil Leigh;356678 Wrote:
Hey Tom - careful with those sweeping generalisations! :o)
I've heard the Klimax DS, Akurate DS and Majik DS (but not the Sneaky)
and I have to say they do all sound excellent. They are also expensive.
OK Phil :-)
I think the Linn stuff sounds excellent as well.
I knew that voting Obama would mean most of us would live in harmony ,
not harmonic :-)
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tomjtx;356684 Wrote:
OK Phil :-)
I think the Linn stuff sounds excellent as well.
I do tend to prefer the sonic sig of the other dacs . Hence my saying I
would choose those products over Linn.
Of course: IMO, YMMV, HHTE (harmonic has tin ear) etc. :-)
I do think the linn gear does
tomjtx;356696 Wrote:
I knew that voting Obama would mean most of us would live in harmony ,
not harmonic :-)LOL !!! ^^
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tomjtx;356669 Wrote:
The last refuge of the intellectually deficient is to call someone a
liar.
Thank you for revealing your lack of character, harmonic.
We have a Linn dealer here and BTW I have a full blown Linn table. So I
am not anti Linn per se.
Linn demos are dominated by
harmonic;356728 Wrote:
That makes you both hypocritc and a liar
Looks like a personal attack and insult to me, cause to lock the
thread.
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Two pages and already (almost) locked... *sigh* :(
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harmonic, you need to calm down, you are going to give yourself heart
problems :-)
Your personal attacks are untrue and out of line.
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So a Sneaky which includes an amp is priced at 1000GBP, whereas the TP
is 1200GBP with a Controller.
If the Sneaky sounds better, it's either a bargain or the TP is way
overpriced!
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Tseez Harmonic, you sound like they need to take away all your kit and
give you just a walkman and hormone cure for the next 6 months or so,
see if you calm down that way a bit. It's just a DAC, not your life.
Edit: made page 3.
Nick.
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DeVerm;356761 Wrote:
Edit: made page 3.
Nick.No record, then. Pity. ;)
BTW, thanks for the song, Nick, great performance (my email is out of
order till Saturday, can't reply earlier).
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I apologise if this has already been covered in another thread. I was
flicking through the current issue of HiFi World or HiFi News (I don't
remember which) at my local newsagent and I saw a review of the Linn
Sneaky DS. The reviewer says he owns a Transporter, but because the
analog output does
russelk wrote:
The reviewer says he owns a Transporter, but because the
analog output does not meet audiophile standards (so he claims), he
uses the digital out into an Arcam AV receiver.
Do you take seriously the opinion of someone who uses an AV Receiver and
talks about audiophile quality?
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