Thirty Days in the Hole

I don’t see why everyone is missing MC.  For myself, I am enjoying the quiet and no condescending attitudes. Good riddance. 

Is it just 30 days or a permanent suspension like georgehifi? We need to petition to reinstate georgehifi, his knowledge is truly missed.

Our forum has become much less contentious and pleasant since MC is not posting. I do not miss him. Maybe he is embarrassed after touting  Raven products so Relentlessly and now some members have advised he’s selling that amp he thought was the greatest thing ever. He has no credibility with me

What does this mean?

Black Nepalese makes me weak in the knees.... 

I don’t see why everyone is missing MC.  For myself, I am enjoying the quiet and no condescending attitudes. Good riddance. 

      I concur!

Our forum has become much less contentious and pleasant since MC is not posting.

Did you pay for the full hour argument? 

I've been reading old Kenjit posts (and watching "Billions" reruns) to tide me over.

It's like he never left.

DeKay

I miss everyone able to put arguments...Anybody...

But nobody is perfect...

I dont miss some idiots for example posting one line post sarcasm without never giving articulated ONE argument ever...

What we miss and what we dont miss is only a reflection of our own ego...

I much prefer the Government Mule cover of Thirty Days In the Hole ! Enjoy the music !!!!

Well, I am not a fan of Class D either, so there.

We're not doing too bad...only one post disparaging a bunch of members so far.
Time is on our side.

All the best,
Nonoise

@tubebuffer your post is offensive.  Maybe you should be put in time-out as well.

@pdreher ...I think he already was(is) in the form of an alter ego😁

@pdreher , yes, he does that sometimes...puts down liberals and thinks its cute.

I will only say that the overall IQ average of this place has slightly diminished since MC left. And of course everyone's entitled to my opinion. 🙄

Can anyone else vouch for Raven’s sound quality? I’m looking for an upgrade…

Can anyone else vouch for Raven’s sound quality?

There were several Raven owners who did just that in the thread by Kevin Deal. They had owned both and chose Raven over the PL. Of course the anti MC group never paid any attention to that. But it was there. There are 2 sides to every story. Most of the dirt which was thrown at Raven was not new except to the uninformed. What research I did shows that The Raven owner had divulged this info  early on. he hadn't tried to hide it

I have not heard the Raven so I cannot say

My only discovery in audio is vouching for a piece of gear so good it is is erroneous..

I vouch for the three embeddings controls and expecially after electrical and mechanical embeddings the acoustic treatment and control..

When you have a room under control no UPGRADE is a tentation any more..

Why? is it because my system is the best ? not at all...

It is because music is natural and living and vouching for a better amplifier will appear to me useless rant...

 Acoustic is key to audio nothing else...

Let's leave it to music. Yes, 30 Days In The Hole was one of the great songs by the great band Humble Pie and led by one of the great rock musicians and vocalists of our time Steve Marriott. May he Rest In Peace.

+1 on Bring Back George

MC and George can both stay gone. This place is much better without them.

Burning down the house.

Someone needs to get a life. 

@tubebuffer your post is offensive.  Maybe you should be put in time-out as well,

Those are usually the posts that bring a smile to my dial.
I have not seen that master-level of humour often.

@bigbrox I had a Raven Blackhawk for a month or two. Okay sound not the end all be all that Millercarbon claimed. Kinda clear since he is selling his.

Also your speakers would hate the raven.

Will say Raven builds some nice speakers and cables.

Thanks for that Jerry, I usually buy used so I lean heavy on these forums, I lurked in the shadows for a long time.

This obsession with MC has crossed over into Mania. 

I don't know why everyone is so down on MC.  I thought he had some good insights and I picked up some good information from him.  Frankly., there were (are) other posters who were (are) fragrantly guilty of ad hominem attacks on each other. I just dismiss their comments as childish and non-credible.  MC does seem to have been guilty of a little hypocrisy by pushing the Raven and the Townshend pods.  As far as the pods, I believe The Absolute Sound spoke well of them and so I'll give then a shot based on their recommendation.

I don’t really miss MC but he does have a lot of knowledge I can benefit from. As for George, I do miss his knowledge, +2 to bring back George. What’s the deal with MC, 30-days or more?

oldhvy - I had no idea how much George posted about fuses. I mostly just went on about my business when I saw many about the subject. I do think the loss in revenue was also at play here.

I now know one needs to tread lightly, still learning.

Whatever dude.

I have had a Raven for the past year after a Cary Audio Sl 80 F1 signature and a Hegal H390 and I can tell with my system, I noticed a significant and positive improvement in my Soundstage, depth, width and height.  The air between instruments was more defined. Is it my end all, be all amp, no. But for the money relative to the other amps I had, this was a nice upgrade. Part of the hobby is enjoying the music and striving for that emotional goose bumps experience.  Hope this helps as I am like a lot of us here...learning, growing and enjoying the ride.

I don't care where he is. It really gets old when certain people constantly derail interesting threads with politics, medical advice, and insisting you buy the products THEY like. Quite a few members quit posting altogether. Why bother trying to share information and experience if the thread is just going to be trashed and probably deleted? This is weird probably, but I thought geoffkait(spelling?) was hilarious when he was here.He did get on a few people's nerves though:-)

The thread that was lost in the Raven thread was that Raven had put up a video implying that Primaluna is a product made with cheap components and Coolie labor for a huge markup, whereas Raven was an American made product where you get every nickel you paid for it, and Deal opened up the bottom of the respective products and showed what they were made of. It was primarily the Raven claim he was disputing, not making any particular explicit claim about relative sound quality. He didn't deny the Raven was a good sounding piece of equipment.

I hope those who are former posters here (or on hiatus) remain in good health, especially so during these times. Other than that, why would the comings and goings of those on the forum be of such concern? This is just an audio group. If these folks were really your friends, you’d have alternative ways of contacting them, right?

I've learned a lot from many of you including MC. Thank you to all that show a way that has worked for you, and don't dismantle other opinions. Especially if you have never tried it.

oldhvymec - it’s “since,” not “sense,” as in, “he’s got no sense improperly using the word sense instead of the word since.” Since when, you ask? Since every time he used the word sense in this thread!  Just my two cents…

I want to make this observation: with MC gone, temporarily or permanently, we as a group seem obsessed with MC’s absence. He’s probably enjoying that --as he would say: "rent free." It’s like a bad relationship or something.

The last time the issue came up, I said I didn’t care whether he was going to be banned or not; I’d just ignore the threads that get contentious. Without his presence, he is "still here" in our minds.

No reproach- just an observation.

Bill

FWIW, I miss the guy, his absence is glaring.  His knowledge and insight at times was significant.  He didn’t pull any punches and defended what he believed in pretty passionately.  To put him in the same sentence as Kenjit is just plain ridiculous.

@heretobuy +1 on keeping the Raven attack/PL counter on point. Not a global generalization, but a specific charge rebutted by specific evidence tailored to that charge and nothing more. 

Being a happy Townshend Rock MkII (plus sink) owner and having crossed Max’s path a few times over the years I have come in to bat for Chuck a couple of times over the last year, oblivious of the fact that he was an appointed TA agent. 

Leaves a rather unpleasant aftertaste.

Well thanks, I'll try to remember that. As you can tell my reading and writing skill are a product of my OJT. It sure had nothing to do with grade school or any school for that matter. The school of hard knocks.. LOL No time or money in those days. Me and my Big brother.. That makes good sense, since you brought it up. That's my two cents worth.

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