@mapman : I can assure you the vast majority of those people have zero intentions to buy or sell anything here. the "potential" part is close to zero. They are here for the mayhem in the forums only.
I am more prone to looking for things like a used phono stage than fuses, but there is still probably value in technical and subjective exchanges.
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@holmz Personally, I am always on the lookout for something new and better. Also to learn something new and useful and share it with others. Technology is always advancing...never stagnant. Its like a treasure hunt but I have had numerous hits along the way to make the journey worthwhile. I like to get it right (for me) then leave it be until there is a good reason to do something new or different. "Good sound" is a somewhat subjective thing but the fundamental parameters that define it and what it takes to attain it effectively is not
I appreciate your perspective, but do not entirely agree… The march of technology forwards also seems to have a lot of steps where things get made cheaper.
Like the first transistor was super expensive, but eventually we had a bunch of small portable radios which were portable rather than a Philco.
DACS seem to have gone through this “A really good design —> now make it more cheaply - and loose some magic” cycle a few times.
Amps are “A really good design —> now make it more efficient and more cheaply - and loose some magic” cycles.
I am usually on the hunt for better, and often older is more often fine with me.
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things in life are just things, cars, hifi gear and so on
but to me things wisely collected and used can lead to wonderful experiences, happiness -- be it for one oneself, with friends, loved ones
to me that is what matters most
There was nothing quite as magical as getting a vinyl LP with the kids.
And then at home having the kiddies say, “Dad, can you put on a big CD.” And then watching them dancing away with total abandon to it.
Probably could have used some isolation being on a wooden floor, but the ol Sota TT didn’t ever seem to care, nor did it ever miss a beat.
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I use a combo of these:
there are many people who view music as as a tool for evaluating their systems.
which are very much a statement of their being related to the validation process..
And …
Then pretending to know what is the real s.q. of a system without listening the acoustic seetings is meaningless...
Basically if I can get the little lady to play pretend or dress-up, and start prancing around the living room with a horned viking helmet acting out the shield-maiden role while playing Wagner, or dress-up in a Kimono when i play Madame Butterfly (but replacing the sepaku for the final scene), then THAT is also a good measure of listening success.
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Baby needs a new pair of shoes and the rent is due! :-)
@oldhvymec I was hoping to read “alligator shoe”, but I guess not.
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`When get caught in lie always make other people work harder to supply proof. Next deny proof, next say it not like that in your screen, etc, etc. this thread make me tired but different way from when I meet with smoking guy daughter for six hour other night. ```
Noob-Spring on alligator shoe can put bounce back into step.
Then not look tired after night with dragon daughter.
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Well said @rixthetrick
I'm going to quibble with this because the self-described "objectivists" here are often anything but. I think it is more accurate to call them measurementalists. They pretend to know how things sound without ever actually listening to them, will insist that they know what you can or cannot hear in your own room, and cling to their beliefs with a fundamentalist's religious fanaticism.
@cleeds wow, ^that^ was a divisive post.
Personally, I am disinclined to pretend that I can see the emperor is wearing clothes, when I don’t see them.
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There are likely a few areas to offer criticism.
Personally I find that having posts deleted for no reason makes it hard to trust in the integrity of the whole site.
It is either puppet strings being pulled, or something else… but it is an unattractive thing to have a “forum”, that then becomes a “forum -10%” overnight.
The two people mentioned seemed to have the power to get that done often, either themselves, or with help.
audiogon = post-gone = thread-gone… more often than not.
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@holmz me no remove any thread ever, directly or indirectly - for the record. Only ONE person did.
u have big imagination, should be novelist...
I was not talking about you @pesky_wabbit . And I don’t think it was in one your threads that the posts were deleted.
I assumed it was a forum administrator. Or are you saying that you are the only admin that could have done it?
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Well yet another post was removed… for a reason that God (Thor or Odin) only knows.
Hi holmz
Your Post was removed by a moderator
2022-02-05 07:34:43 UTC
Well Odin traded one of his eyes for wisdom. Lucky it was not an ear?
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it is like kindergarten politics.
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collateral damage from the tubebuffer ‘boner’ incident I see
they just decided to napalm everything in the zone..
I must have the maturity of a 13 tear old, because I find his posts wildly entertaining.
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… hilarious lines from Abbot and Costello ….
Tony and Peter?
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@lemonhaze he will not. He will continue to go through life making fun of people, because since he can’t argue with facts, his only way to feel important and superior is degrading people, calling autistic people ass burgers, and making fun of anyone that does not agree with him.
What a pitiful way to live life.
I believe that narcissists can behave that way?
The other track people can go is to depression. Those people usually are more important than they feel, and not as inferior as they believe that they are.
It is not an entirely different coin.
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