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Why the huge increase in the price of Sonus Farber Amanti G5 speakers.
I have heard two versions of the Blockbuster saga. One was that Netflix's founder was on the board begging to change their business model and he was laughed out of the room. The other is that Blockbuster was already planning for become Netflix but... 
Happiness is...
@unclewilbur your stories are believable and amazing. And I agree, if I survived it, it's not sad overall, and has an uplifting angle :) Just discussing it makes me feel lucky.            
Happiness is...
@unclewilbur I have a lot of stories but happy endings is not my thing.  
Happiness is...
why would she take off the ring @noromance ?      
Why the huge increase in the price of Sonus Farber Amanti G5 speakers.
@arafiq Understood. What I meant was that @ghdprentice has extensive knowledge about the production process. I regularly read his comments about China, tariffs, prices, "how it's made", etc. I have not read anyone else commenting about the subject... 
Why the huge increase in the price of Sonus Farber Amanti G5 speakers.
apologize but what do you mean @arafiq they know what @ghdprentice is talking about?  
A controversial takes on low cost speakers with a lesson...
few harassing posters tried to derail it... I gave my 19 minutes to watch that video and then I felt I had the right to say what I thought. But oh well. I didn't know the rule that you can post whatever and I need to shut up about it if I have ... 
Encouraging people to consider a traditional 2 channel stereo system.
@mapman you had to....!   
Movie/film suggestions.
@immatthewj I am curious to anyone's opinion who liked The Brutalist. If I may say, especially yours because you are a very intelligent and strange (in a good way) individual.  As I said, the second half was painful. Which implies the first half ... 
Does cover art of an album or recording influences your purchase?
@immatthewj  Bruce again!?  The album cover effect is huge for me. When it is smart, captures the times, the message of the album, when the musicians are involved in the design, etc.   
Encouraging people to consider a traditional 2 channel stereo system.
To me the missing link is Bose. (If it was a gateway product) How they sold 10s of millions of units. I honestly don't know how, because I never had any itch to buy their products. But they sold to people rich and poor it played music and made the... 
Encouraging people to consider a traditional 2 channel stereo system.
I would believe that that the vast majority of us here are either Baby Boomers When a conversation gets political that is painfully obvious.   
A controversial takes on low cost speakers with a lesson...
I did not say you were trolling. That's what I clarified exactly. If you still twist my words, that's not my problem. I never in this thread said or implied that you were trolling.  I watched this video. All 19 minutes. 19  minutes I will never g... 
Why the huge increase in the price of Sonus Farber Amanti G5 speakers.
@faustuss yes  very true. He knows what he is talking about, while other are mostly guessing.   
Battle of the affordables
I am confused. Who said something inexpensive cannot sound good? I certainly did not. A Honda Civic is a great car, and I sure can't afford one. I said nothing about price.