khughes
Responses from khughes
| I'm confused - Different music...different speakers? P / S - if a person after 30 years old listens to such music - I feel sorry for him - he remained a child ... sometimes 1-2 songs can be listened to (if nostalgia) Not sure about anyone else, but reading this, the term "Idiot" came to mind... | |
| China built tube amps @inrealtime When was the last time we had a dictatorship putting millions of people in concentration camps because of their ethnicity?? Well, not millions, but how about 120K Japanese from 1942-45, here in the US? We live in a glass house, w... | |
| Is Pretty Good Good Enough? Listening Habits In The World Of Streaming Services. @bigtwin I get a lot of enjoyment from my stereo other than listening. I love the look of it. I love the beauty of P8 turntable. I enjoy handling the cover of an LP, the artwork and liner notes. Honestly, I believe a lot of vinyl lovers a... | |
| Better Sounding Systems, Objectivists or Subjectivists? @tommylion Well, now, if someone tells me, or a group of "certified audiophiles" tell me, to hop up and drop a big 'ol steamer on top of my amplifier - no, I'm not going to do it and listen (or challenge my other oganoleptic senses) to see if ma... | |
| Dang it, I'm Deaf.... @lowrider57 I have hyperacusis, which is the polar opposite of your condition. It's sensitivity to high frequencies that can cause migraine type pain. Hyperacusis doesn't just manifest for high frequencies, as I unfortunately know from experi... | |
| The Big Misconception About Electricity @oldhvymec I'm still trying to figure out what you said. I understand "Animal House" very well, You know I was talking about a line from John Belushi in the comedy film "Animal House" right? Not Orwell's "Animal Farm"? There's not much to un... | |
| The Big Misconception About Electricity @oldhvymec You might want to rethink that one. Second time? First time? Uh, seriously? You took that as literal? You need to turn up your humor and parody detectors son. I did purloin it from Belushi's "...It's not over! Was it over when the ... | |
| The Big Misconception About Electricity <<Clicks and crackly static>>...Houston, Huston, WTF? Over. Repeat... Huston, WTF? Over... Sheesh, 11 pages (so far) of people **screaming** about incivility? Uhmm...did the Russians, like, bomb Pearl Harbor a second time, or what? | |
| Bully pulpits @tony1954 Here, Here! "Old bald guys" unite! Even the non-lonely ones! And to all, please, for the love of sanity, read the first 5 words of the 1st Amendment before yapping about "free speech" and "1st amendment rights" on a privately owned fo... | |
| How do you know when a stereo sounds good? @mahgister Why people want to reduce everything to a binary distinction? It's not really everyone who does that.. measurements are tools and necessary even for experiments... There is a large cadre, however, that adamantly denies this sim... | |
| How do you know when a stereo sounds good? @noske @khughes The twisting of words by folk who eschew measurements sometimes makes my head hurt. Since you only quoted/referred to me in that response, I certainly hope you are not putting me in the "eschews measurements" bucket? | |
| How do you know when a stereo sounds good? @mahgister You said: "But now i know why my system is "good" because i had a comparison BEFORE and AFTER these embeddings controls installation WITH THE SAME GEAR... Then thinking that our sound is "good" is not enough now for me generally spe... | |
| How do you know when a stereo sounds good? @cindyment Ah, OK, you said: "I have a suite of measurements that ensures I am getting good sound, but I would need to slightly reword to "and enables me to achieve sound I enjoy" That was my point exactly. The measurements do not define your ... | |
| How do you know when a stereo sounds good? @cindyment "So since this is a free marketing posing as a question, I will respond with a Do you have a suite of measurements that removes all shadow of a doubt that you are getting good sound, sound that you enjoy? The answer is yes, yes I ... | |
| How do you know when a stereo sounds good? Well, if any question begs a tautological response, this is it. A stereo sounds good to me, when it sounds good to me. A stereo sounds good to you, when it sounds good to you. It doesn't matter how one interprets the questions posed (whether "y... |