I'm frustrated with people who don't ...


Sorry for a long post...
Recently I was at a 3-day meeting out of town for work. For an evening activity we had a cook out at a colleague's house. While there, we gathered around his deck and a small fire in the back yard. I found myself in a group of 6 guys discussing hobbies. I mentioned my love for audio and began to describe my system and music library. Almost instantly, I was "pounced" for believing that any "hi end" component is worth the money compared to anything else one can buy from Best Buy. "Digital is digital" one guy stated, "an $89 player is as good as anything else out there". I attempted to defend my position but in no way was I able to convince anyone. I told them the next time they're in town, I'd have them over to my place and let them hear the difference, but I know most will not acknowledge the quality of sound. Footnote: I've known these guys for 3-5 years and they are professional level headed guys, I wasn't bragging, I made no grand statements that my system is better than anything else, I just talked about my interest and brought it up when they asked me. The icing on the cake was their disbelief that my system can only play one CD at a time... "you don't have a carousel on your CDP?" Man, I was frustrated.
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Lugnut, You got it wrong, its Nikon v Canon, and Canon sucks! And I like jug wine, that stuff with corks in the bottles is a huge waste of money. :-)
Zippyy, I can't believe you took my comments seriously. Did you not see the smiley face?

You should lighten up, life is too short and you sound like you are a good candidate for an early stroke or heart atack.

Lugnut, You were right, Pentax was an excellent choice. It's amazing what folks will rise to, wish it was that easy when fishing! :-)
Shutterbug had an article in the latest issue re a comparison between medium format and a Nikon D100. Sez as a pratical matter, resolution wise, there isn't much significant difference. I couldn't tell that from looking at the pictures! I guess it's time to get a digital camera to supplement my film cameras though - its a PITA to scan slides, seems to take forever - for ordinary "snapshots". Any recomendations? Fuji or Nikon SLR types vs Olympus 8080?