wolf_garcia ... - I have a friend who toured with Dylan for years and I saw him at a party recently...I asked him about Kaitty’s comment and he laughed and noted he’d NEVER heard old Bob say that...
Is this the same "friend" who is the attorney in Vermont who was going to sue PPT in New Hampshire? Or, is it the same "friend" who gave you all of the SR fuses to try that didn't work out for you?? When my eldest daughter was five years old, she had an imaginary friend named "Holly." We used to set a place for "Holly" at the dinner table. LMAO! Frank |
I'll be the first to say proudly that Ted Denney is a salesman ... and a damned good one at that. He's also a promoter ... and good at that too. He's a manufacturer in a very competitive business ... and he excels at that as well.
Starting out living in his small factory because he couldn't afford rent on the business and an apartment at the same time, Ted has brought, what was once a little start-up company, into an international success. All of this while his detractors stand around with their fingers up their noses, wondering what the hell happened.
I don't have much of Ted's products in my system, just the Level III power cords, a ten-pack of HFT's to help treat the room, and a full complement of SR's new Orange fuses. I've reviewed all of these products on this site.
Synergistic Research products have been very helpful in allowing me to attain a level of sound in my system that can only be described as spectacular. And this with speakers that were built to a price point. Speakers, that can be purchased today on the used market for under $2000.00 per pair.
I find it interesting how salespeople are disparaged, not only here on this site, but in society in general. Interesting, because nothing moves in this country without a salesperson on the front end of each transaction.
Think about it ... every semi-tractor/trailer you see traveling down the highways of this country, carrying goods to the marketplace, every item in the retail stores, every automobile you see on the road, had a salesperson at the front end of the transaction, even before the pen hit the contract of sale.
The plastic, copper, gold, and circuitry in our smartphones, the aluminum, steel, plastic, and leather in our cars, had a salesperson at the front of those transactions too.
The lumber, the nails, the roofing material, the drywall, and the siding in our homes all needed to be "sold" before it came to the marketplace and eventually went into building the homes.
The concrete, steel and all of the material that went into building our roads and bridges had a salesperson upfront even before construction began. Same for the heavy equipment used to build those roads and bridges. Someone sold that equipment, and someone sold the tires, axels, pistons, and valves that allow that equipment to move.
I've often said in my 50-year sales career that any recession could be ended if every salesperson in the country would just take the time to knock on just one more door every day.
The indisputable fact is, that without salespeople, there wouldn't be an economy, period.
Ted Denney a comedian? Hardly. In the true sense of the American tradition, Ted Denney is a hero.
Get over it,
Frank |
heaudio123 ...
Agreed. Without engineers, as weird as they are, we wouldn't have the technology that we enjoy today. They put the satellites in space that allow us to talk on our cell phones. They design our infrastructure. Even traffic control requires engineers. Without their planning, our streets would be a chaotic mess. So, in their own sense, they are American heroes too. By the way, P.T. Barnum was a promotional genius. I fail, however, to see what he has to do with engineers. Please elaborate. Thanks ... :-) Frank |
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f208frank ...And, SR gives a 30-day trial on all of their products. Therefore, if they don't work out for you in your situation, you get a full refund with no questions asked. You only pay for the return shipping. What a scam, right? Frank |
Well, that just about says it all. +1 for Millercarbon. |
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And here we go again with the "I’ve never heard it for myself, but I just know it has to be nothing more than (fill in your own blank here)," crowd.
Here are some samples to use to fill in the blank, just in case you’re a neophyte, or new to the small group of the perpetually annoyed that lurks on this site:
Scam.
Snake Oil.
Shill.
Rube.
Con Man.
Gullible.
Cheat.
Expectation bias.
I can tell you how to better spend your money.
Yer just plain nuts.
Yer gonna burn yer house down.
You don't really believe this, do you? Really??
In the meantime, the rest of us will continue exploring the rarified air of exotic tweaks; PC’s, IC’s, Gates, Pastes, Mats, HFT’s, ECT’s, PHT’s, Red, Black, Blue, and Orange fuses, and yes, even various cable lifters, including the new ones from Synergistic Research, and we will gleefully be reaping the benefits from the cumulative effects of the same, while the Negative Nellies and Debbie Downers continue looking through the wrong end of the telescope, shaking their heads in disdain, clicking their tounges, and wagging their fingers at the rest of us, while wondering if that new, expensive piece of electronics, or if that new pair of totally weird looking speakers will finally get them to where they want to be in this hobby.
Frank |
Wolfie ....
Thanks for adding another word (ridiculous) to the Debbie Downer lexicon.
Frank |
prof ... - "I’ve souped up my Volkswagen Golf to get 500 miles to the gallon. It’s amaaaazing!"
If you’ve replaced the internal combustion engine with electric, then I would believe you. On the other hand, if I told you that I replaced the stock engine in my Volkswagen Golf with a motorcycle engine, and I’m turning 10 second ET’s at the strip, would you believe that, or would you call me crazy for even suggesting such a thing? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6SZuionhqQ Frank |
The lexicon of the Debbie Downer's is growing at an exponential rate thanks to Wolfie and good old "Cheers George"... and all of this in only two posts:
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Voodoo BS
No Shame
Toxic
Hyperbole laden sheep
Athletic supporter
Hell hole
Violence
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Simply amazing, isn't it?
Hey Georgie ... have you complained to the Mods yet today? Better hurry because someone, somewhere, on this site is having a good time.
Frank
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Back to cable risers ... This is what I use: http://www.soundstagenetwork.com/equipment/shunyata_dark_field.htm Devout tweaker that I am, I’ve even tweaked the cable risers. I’ve taken PPT Alpha-Cards and bent them into a shape to fit into the slots, then placed the speaker cables into the slots on top of the Alpha-Cards. Then, each riser has an original PPT Omega Mat sitting on top of it with the cables underneath. The mats sit length-wise in order to affect as much of the cable as possible. I got a nice improvement in SQ from that little exercise. Frank |
- "If there’s one thing that ought to be abundantly clear its that we are pretty good with getting bulk crude power from A to B, but when it comes to the extreme subtleties of the micro-level signals that make all the difference between high end products we know next to nothing."
Bingo! Eliminating as many micro-vibrations and as much micro-arcing as possible is the key to better sound. No matter how much a person has spent on equipment unless vibration is addressed, they will never realize the potential of their audio system. Once these things are addressed, a magic music machine appears. Even from less expensive systems. Frank |
