cd318
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| I wonder what you would think if we scheduled a monthly Zoom Meeting? It's a nice gesture but the practicalities are considerable. For starters you have the problem of different time zones, and then there's those like me who aren't too fond of webcams, selfies etc. I don't know, maybe. | |
| The Law of Accelerating Returns @noske, I loved that. It was so Leonard Nimoy! Spock himself couldn't have refuted it more clearly. @russ69, That's been my experience too. Hi-Fi must be a very tough game to get into. Sometimes at shows you see folks who've poured everyth... | |
| Why Do So Many Audiophiles Reject Blind Testing Of Audio Components? @big_greg "When you meet a new person can you look at them for a few seconds and determine how they compare to the last person you met, or does it take time for their true nature and character to reveal itself? For me, it’s the same with audio ... | |
| Does Formula 1 racing and high end audio go together for anyone else? @ohlala I heard that Rega had help from an F1 parts maker to help tool their belts. You reminded me of an interview where Roy Gandy mentioned how he came to meet McLaren's Ron Dennis. | |
| Do you spend more time analyzing the sound of your system, worrying it could be better? @jasonbourne52 NO! I stopped being neurotic about sound quality long ago! I'd like to think I'm gradually getting there too. Of course some of the seismic events of the past few years might also have something to do with it. Perspective, w... | |
| Do you spend more time analyzing the sound of your system, worrying it could be better? Not my HiFi system these days, I've heard what's out there and most of It's not a whole load better, but more with stuff like smartphones and portable speakers etc. As @edcyn said above I also can't stand spitty sibilants etc. I don't think I'm ... | |
| Does Formula 1 racing and high end audio go together for anyone else? @mijostyn Thanks for that. I think I will check a race or two this season. I used to be into it quite deep and would even watch the qualifying sessions the day before. Of course I'm familiar with the name of Lewis Hamilton but the only Verstap... | |
| Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? The pursuit of fine audio like so many of the other fine things in life depends upon the amount of disposable income one has. In fact quite a lot of happiness depends upon this. Therefore it's of paramount importance that our governments actually... | |
| Does Formula 1 racing and high end audio go together for anyone else? I watched it during the Prost/Senna/Mansell era but gradually lost interest as the cars/technology became more important than the drivers. However high performance audio playback is analogous to a high performance F1 car in that it’s always a que... | |
| Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? @mahgister "Gates think we are too much people, i think that the disparity between poor and rich is the world problem, not demography itself... With education demography is no more a problem....Then instead of global vaccination it is perhaps be... | |
| Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? @mahgister "To answer this thread the cost of hi-fi has never increased like the prize of butter in Canada.... From 3 dollars few years ago to 9 canadian dollars at regular price...." I did a shop with my wife today and it's quite clear that... | |
| Speakers: Anything really new under the sun? @taxonomy Also, I’ll just throw this out there, my wife and I were outside in kind of a pavilion we have with some Dayton outdoor speakers and a chip amp. We were listening and both of us turned to each other and were like "does this sound insan... | |
| Tannoy Everyone?! with Leben CS600 or Pass XA25/30.5? @pdreher I'd second that. | |
| Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? @teo_audio I appreciate your comment, but honestly no. I would recommend with a economics class, follow with a couple finance classes… graduate level. Then a few years of following details of inflation, GDP, PMI, Fed moves… in this setting it ... | |
| Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? @teo_audio "Noam Chomsky once quipped that if the Nuremberg laws and regs applied just post WWII, were moved forward and applied fairly to all, up to today’s date, that each and every president since then, would be hung by the neck until dead, f... |