It takes more than a week to build a cable? Seems inefficient, or as audioman58 earlier mentioned "stretching tea breaks".
Empire State Building was built in a little over a year (13-14 months, if I remember correctly). Enough time for 60 cables. It was almost 90 years ago. And cables were used in construction, too.
EDIT: "Framework rose at a rate of 4 ½ stories per week."
4 1/2 floors of Empire State Building in 1930 is equivalent of one speaker cable in 2018. Where did we go wrong?
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Does anyone actually read reviews carefully? They are really all the same. "Punches way above its price range", etc. I feel that some of them are honest to some extent and one of the reasons they are the same is that it is hard to find a truly bad-sounding piece of equipment these days. Of course, provided some basic level. Not Bluetooth speaker but things mentioned here. I look at reviews to see how items look like but at that, for example, Stereophile has some strange angles so it is not good for that either. |
geoffkait,
I am as fine as they get. If you really want to know, I have never taken any drug in my life. Just not my thing.
Regarding my latest post, I did not expect you to understand. There is way more to listening to music, or anything else, than electrons, photons, or whatever is fashionable these days, going through the piece of electric equipment. Things that n80 seems to have a much firmer grip than you do. So, heed my advice, change the topic. Well, you already have. To something about me. That is fine, it suits you better.
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When it comes to blind, or not blind, testing and especially these ruminations about fuses, cables, or other smaller parts of a system, I am puzzled how small differences can be discussed without mentioning important factors in the play. Ok, fuse may sound different, better, worse, different, anything you desire, but at what loudness did you hear it? That variable is never (at least I have never noticed it) mentioned and it may be the single most influencing variable that there is at the level of "minuscule differences are obvious". It is not even discussion about the fuse, or anything else, audio performance or some very detailed testing condition. It is very very basic and it is not mentioned. It is about perception of the sound by a biological material and it is heavily influenced by loudness. |
geoffkait,
n80 seems to have a calm clue about what he talked about in the last few posts. Save yourself some embarrassment and, what you like to dismiss, authority claims. I know you get kicks out of being a smart one against everyone clueless, but change the topic. You are a bit weak on logic of this one. It is not doing good even to your favorite jester personality image.
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I am a cute one, I know. However, you are the first male that told me so and I am flattered.
By the way, it was defense of you, not of n80. He showed he can argue for her/himself. I was trying to protect you from yourself.
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I am not sure about others, but I am purebred. |
"And here you are, Johnny at the rathole, eh, Kitty?" Mark Knopfler’s new album (out today) has an acknowledgment/thanks to....Kitty. |
I think it is just thanking people who helped him, not much else. It says Kitty and I read it just minutes after a string of posts here mentioning word "Kitty" so I thought I would let you know. I doubt it is to "your" Kitty, but maybe he really is an insider as he claims.
I think it says "...and, of course...Kitty" or something to that effect.
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maritime51,
If you take a new Mark Knopfler CD Down The Road Wherever (Deluxe, but it should be on all), check the booklet. One of the right pages (second half of the booklet, I think) and on the right side, upper half, has many names mentioned and the last is Kitty.
I already ripped the CD and put it in the crate so it is buried relatively deep, otherwise I would go and check what page it is on.
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geoffkait,
Thanks for reminding me to shave in the morning. I do have to look a bit less like a homeless bum when I talk.
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"...it was turning threads into a travesty."
I do agree. On the other hand some would say that the thread discussing $10 000 speaker cables is travesty in the first place. Just ask anyone. Anyone outside this thread, that is. |
"That's reason enough not to buy $10k cables and Ferraris - not to be associated in any way with those f*****s." Hopefully, there are other reasons for those who prefer not to buy these things. Above reason would be quite a snobbish one. |
I might have been lucky so everyone I have known owning a Ferrari has been a friendly, nice, and polite person. There may be many reasons not to buy one (actual humiliation of purchasing, at times) but one it is not. Music in the car. Historically speaking, Ferrari is actually a bona fide audiophile vehicle. 612 came with Bose system stock. I am not aware that anyone has beat it so far, when it comes to obvious audiophile attempt. I guess, a true audiophile should not dis it. |
One more for good measure...
80 000/2 = 40 000 |
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"It’s a fluid situation on the ground, folks." Be careful where you step. You never know what it is and who did it. |
"...the size of a guy’s stereo speakers are in inverse proportion to the size of his d - - -." I knew there was a reason I prefer earphones. Thanks for clarifying it. |
Huh, this is becoming a socio-economic aspect of sound quality.
Continuously raising prices does not seem to impact the major audio market that negatively. iPhones and similar machines have been selling quite well. On the other hand, I can see economic inequity impacting some segments of audio market as wireless Apple earphones remain expensive and they are what a large number of music-listeners are striving for.
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I might not go for $10 000 speaker cables but good towel might be worth the asking price at some point. It may sell for less than list price, too. $400 for a towel without a model must, in a long run, be much cheaper than $400 for the towel with a model. All of a sudden, those $10 000 cables do not seem so exorbitantly expensive. How much was the boat? |
