Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles?
Geoff is the life of the asylum!! The stories he come's back with from his daily work program outing, has the other patients rolling in the padded room. He love's music so much, before they give him back his Walkman, they have him wear his special "audiophile jacket". They call it that, so he feel's good about himself. It is white and ties (his arms) in the back, so he won't hurt himself. Yeeeesss we all love geoffee. There there, they say. |
I enjoy all of geoffkait's posts. They're typically humorous, irreverent, relevant, clever, slightly rebellious and always entertaining. Every comedian has an inventory of favorites they rightfully consider gems, puts them in a rotation, slightly modifies them as the topic or target dictates and sprinkles in new material as they naturally occur in a funky fun guy's mind. I believe geoffkait is often just filled with an overwhelming and ebullient sense of being pretty and witty. I say: You go girl! Love, Tim XOX |
isochronism Geoff, Yesterday a post of mine was removed. Going by Agon’s guidelines of the four offered reasons, in their email to me, abuse towards another member" had to be it. The only member it possibly be toward is you. Was I wrong? 😔 >>>>Give me a couple days to think about it and I’ll get back to you ASAP. |
I don't think this was necessarily a superb video it was just the first one that amused me. Have to admit I was thinking of the $250 beeswax impregnated fuses and $60,000 speaker wires (Hey that is what they are, right?) I have seen for sale and found some of the comments funnier than the video. It's the utter absurdity of so much of what I read that was on my mind when the video was picked and I was not going to waste much time looking for the perfect one. The pretentious flowery audiophile jargon seen in so many listings is an immediate danger flag to me that says here are people buying/selling things based on phrases as much as anything. Then they can turn around and tell their friends what they are hearing in those same exact words and it looks cool and on and on it goes. What was it PT Barnum said some time ago? My belief is a lot of the claims I read for a lot of "audiophile" grade must have improvements are just junk and word salad meant to appeal to the same bunch that inspired this thread. Beside this video were many others extolling the virtue of wires and fuses and speaker cables with directional arrows because you know electricity follows the arrows. Most were hawkers of such gear or reviewers sent free gear I figure. |
There's a whole slew of "audiophiles" on this site who could have made that same video and posted the same inane comments. Having a lot of interest in something doesn't automatically fill your head with knowledge, and it sure doesn't make you any good at it. As with all things, you have to work at it. |
OK we have had "what this thread needs" and now here is "What This Site Needs"........ comments are killer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nE8f0MANcI |
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Have you ever noticed @mahlman, that Mr. Pebbles only makes fun of the people who don't know much because they are easy marks and attempts to discredit those who do know their stuff because they make him feel inadequate? We should probably go easier on him. That's a lot of baggage to be carrying around from 6am to 10pm. |
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I prefer to refer to him as "Mr. Pebbles".
" It ties in to other things he has. Have you ever heard of Pebble Reactors? What I think is that if you pried one of his flying saucers apart you would discover a miniature reactor powered by, of course, pebbles. He has commented on his superior alien taught technical skills in this very thread so who knows what all he does in "Area X". Probably a graduate of Alien Technical University although since we are not supposed to know aliens are among us the degree is not official or public. |
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" >>>>>You’re close! Very close. He has started the anti audiophile anti-tweak movement. No tweakaphobe left behind! 🤗 Next up, are anti audiophiles actually snobs? " Geoffy baby, U mind if I call U that? Apparently you are one of the ones who has comprehension problems. Tweaking is where it is at as I clearly stated to begin this wonderful thread. I guess you must be starting a reality distorting anti-reality anti-truth and no alien left behind movement. Next up are anti-flying saucerphiles actually snobs or just normal people? |
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mahlman you're the man. You have just started the anti audiophile snobbery movement. I am following you now Kuddos! " Well I thank you for the compliment. Speaking as a farmer might for just a second here. There is just so much fertile soil here to till and it grows such fine crops with huge yields. Just have to check in every once in a while and spray for bugs. |
glubson, I went back to re-read the beginning of original post and you're correct there. What cockamamie thread is this anyway?? I suppose an analogy would be if you go out for a drive in a nice Porsche, you may never know where you'll end up. In regard's to your question, in the true nature of Porsche, there should only be room for two. In the evolution of the mark anything is now permissible. I'd very very satisfied with an old air-cooled car. |
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luciano33 All I can say, mahlman you’re the man. You have just started the anti audiophile snobbery movement. I am following you now Kuddos! >>>>>You’re close! Very close. He has started the anti audiophile anti-tweak movement. No tweakaphobe left behind! 🤗 Next up, are anti audiophiles actually snobs? |
