I thought Claustrophobia was a fear of Christmas.
Does this image give you claustrophobia?
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What a great set up.... in about a fourth of the space it should have. I literally get anxious looking at it.
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What a great set up.... in about a fourth of the space it should have. I literally get anxious looking at it.
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Audiophiles are nuts. How can you expect half decent SQ from anything less than pictured? George Carlin once said something to this effect: Anyone driving slower than you is an a--hole and anyone driving faster than you is an idiot. This seems like it applies to the extremes of hi-fi equipment too. ;-) |
"George Carlin once said something to this effect: Anyone driving slower than you is an a--hole and anyone driving faster than you is an idiot." This actually applies to just about everything nowadays. Seems like so many people want to point fingers at others and it doesn't even matter what side of the difference it is, so basically just because of the difference. These finger pointers should realize that same hand has more fingers pointing back at them. |
Attempting to communicate all this stuff about our emotions (music is about emotions, relatively speaking) via the written word only - is bound to go sideways. Almost every time. We ’get’ only 10% of the communication package, when we read the written word, 90% is literally MIA compared to speaking directly, in front of one another. This is why it gets ugly. We have to fill in the other 90%. Which we do. Mostly unconsciously. The first trick in understanding how to fix it or not respond negatively, is to constantly live in the conscious aspect of 90% being missing and do not respond in kind to what you FEEL and THINK is in the written text, as the filled in 90%, essentially comes from inside you. We can get the gist of what someone is trying to say, but their response may not take in or cognate that the written word on forums...has this deep underlying problem..... DE-escalate, don’t escalate. And remember that the vast majority of the ’give and take’ of intake and response....is within us - not the text or screed that we read. Miscommunication. Literally. And at the 90% initial level. Literally. Imagine trying to play a game of catch. And being 90% inaccurate. Permanently. always. Which means, slow it down. Take your time. Analyze carefully. Overcompensate, explicit motions, signalling, and so on - as nothing else will work when things get charged up. If not, it’s just never-ending fisticuffs ...where, in reality, we are only punching ourselves in the face. The internet has taken over and this written word thing/problem/issue is going full force. People are no better or worse than they were before "da interwebs", but our understanding of the conditions and nature of this communication method is woefully inadequate, and this is the result. On-line internally generated garbage we contribute to, or endure, or read about, each and every day. |
teo_audio "This is why it gets ugly. We have to fill in the other 90%. Which we do. Mostly unconsciously." All forms of social media including sites like this one is wrought with selfish negativity, not the majority but a significant amount. This new form of communication is impersonal, most times not tactful, sometimes uncivil, and as you mention not well thought out most of the time. |
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Maybe the 32 inch TV is just the menu screen for streaming service??? Might be.Hahahaha. But it seems there are 3 speakers wrapped around it. Seriously hope this was the distributor's home. I'm reminded of a story I read, perhaps here, about a guy who collected reel to reel decks, but never listened to them, just liked to see them spinning and have the meters light up and move. Had a dozen of them. |
If somebody wants to blow large bucks for a wall of Macs I say COOL. It's like art...sort of...and I do like blue meters as I'm shallow and easily drawn to shiny objects. I know some people with too much money and they tend to put their housing specific sound bucks into multi room systems they can run from their iPhones, and I don't care...the good news is that a GREAT sounding system can be assembled for little money (relatively) and enjoyed by the "active" listener...most very wealthy people in my orbit are too busy for that. |
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Not my idea of an optimum setup, but I always liked the cool blue effect.......a bit distracting though........Doesn't matter, I couldn't afford them if I wanted to. :(.............I'll stick with Vandy's, your basic black dress. :). She ain't the prettiest girl in the room, but she does know how to sing. |
What I don't get is buying all that and then forcing the left speaker into a corner. It seems like the goal was to show off the McIntosh gear. It all in all feels off. Too small of a TV. 3 speakers around the TV AND the main L and R speakers ... from an overall balance and aesthetic and sound quality it is all sorts of wrong. Best E |
Could have been worse, could have been a wall full of Bose **** https://a3-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/94/d525e53d3c59eae66b4844b9a1c2f4bf/full.jpg Cheers George |
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Heat load? I'm sure there is a cooling room behind all that...generating perfect temp and humidity. teo_audio: I think you might be right about written communication....but I do not believe it is ultimately a flaw of words. No, words are not sufficient for every nuance....nothing is. But the terrible ratio of intent vs understanding is more a product of poor writing and reading skills than an indictment of language. Perception is probably the biggest problem. All of my cars seem to run just a little better after a wash and wax..... There was a study once...done with color experts as subjects. They were shown the color red that Coke uses. Then they were shown a color palette of various hues and saturations of red. All done under the same lighting and medium. They were no better than finding the exact red among the palette of reds than chance. Likewise, the abilities of highly trained and experience surgeons and gyns to palpate and accurately detect and characterize internal masses is pretty poor compared to modern imaging techniques. The point being, so much of this audiophile stuff is subjective and subjectivity with the human senses is all over the place and is affected by so many real and not real factors. Often referred to as placebo and nocebo in the medical literature. One study took people who were highly allergic to poison oak. They were told they were in a study testing reactions to various types of poison oak. They were blindfolded and an inert substance that felt and sounded like leaves was rubbed on their skin...........a certain percentage of these actually developed a rash............the mind is a powerful thing. |
wolf_garcia4,241 posts10-05-2018 10:05amIf somebody wants to blow large bucks for a wall of Macs I say COOL. It's like art...sort of...and I do like blue meters as I'm shallow and easily drawn to shiny objects. I know some people with too much money and they tend to put their housing specific sound bucks into multi room systems they can run from their iPhones, and I don't care...the good news is that a GREAT sounding system can be assembled for little money (relatively) and enjoyed by the "active" listener...most very wealthy people in my orbit are too busy for that. What he said +1 |