daj
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| Second opinions — how have others (including non-audiophiles) helped you? "Gut feeling and conceptualization are polarities in the human being...Not dualities... Polarities""it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God".Concepts are the baggage that doesn't... | |
| Second opinions — how have others (including non-audiophiles) helped you? "Very deep observation indeed...We cannot perceive adequately a phenomenon for which we have no concept whatsoever...And further we cannot improve our perception of this phenomenon if we cannot even name it..."Agreed, more or less. Brain architect... | |
| From the Batmobile to highend electronics As if an online translator could disguise bad taste and hopeless other character defects. | |
| Warning: China-Hifi-Audio.com "By all means let me know which USA dealer has these products or something equivalent for a similar price?"Decware?I am not against doing business with Chinese companies or Chinese people. I love Chinese culture, but I am against funding the Chine... | |
| Stirring Up Trouble Man, that's a lot of words. Words and words and words...followed up by yet more words from others. Presumably it all had some purpose. Going to bed now. Thanks. | |
| Budget Hunter: Spendor S8e vs Totem Hawk A couple things I learned buying used speakers: If foam doesn't look original, make sure surround is perfectly centered, ask if crossover has been messed with at all, have they ever been opened and I bought a pair and noticed a small perforation t... | |
| Trying to understand B&W’s trickle down strategy " Millercarbon, I don't think you understand how a river forms. Actually it's a trickle in the mountains and doesn't become a river until the lowlands."Ha ha... nice. The dude has been known to author some real gems, of the weird variety. | |
| Paying with a cashiers check? Need advice! Nearly $2 billion in consumer fraud per year in the US.I sold a McIntosh amp to a guy by cashiers check more than 15 years ago. Today I marvel at the risk that guy took and how his nerves must have been waiting on it. He just sent that check out i... | |
| Has anybody bought or heard a Chinese knock off amplifier? "The french of Rabelais, Racine and Rimbaud..... "Never would have guessed. I was thinking Russian or somewhere in Eastern Europe.Think you said you are a reader of biographies. I doubt there is a more fascinating subject than Rimbaud. | |
| Has anybody bought or heard a Chinese knock off amplifier? @mahgister Thanks for sharing. Care to tell what your native tongue is? | |
| Has anybody bought or heard a Chinese knock off amplifier? "Mahgister, your English goes from precise to old Andy Kaufman “foreign man” depending on what you are saying and how pissed you are about something..... just sayin."I noticed this too. Not being critical, just curious. The style of expression is ... | |
| Has anybody bought or heard a Chinese knock off amplifier? Arguing about trade or economic injustices the world over misses the point, in my opinion. For me, the crux is the nature of governance in question. If you think the Chinese government as the dominant power would make for a better world, I believe... | |
| Has anybody bought or heard a Chinese knock off amplifier? Before buying Chinese, you should learn a bit about what your money will be contributing to. And yes, it is a question of the world you want to live in. It's easy to find things to knock in any nation, the US included, and being at the top, we tak... | |
| My really dumb tube mistake(s) You’re in the wrong thread. This is about tube amplification. No one here cares about owning solid state amplification, or opinions about owning solid state amplification. Didn't know it was your job to tell people what thread to open, and the... | |
| Sound quality impact - preamp vs power amp? If I didn't know better and only read some of these posts, I'd think all I had to do was get easy to drive speakers and piece things together from there. Good lord. |