mapman
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| Hype, Hyperbole and high price! The unwritten law seems to be that it is OK for marketers to exaggerate. Its all part of the game. Right or wrong, it helps keep goods flowing and our economy going. But its never Ok to outright lie. At some point when vendors cross the b... | |
| Hype, Hyperbole and high price! I occasionally transform into Madman, especially when the nonsense or propaganda detector goes off, but I do try to resist. I do believe that value is in the eye of the buyer and that knowledge and understanding is always the best ticket.Knowledge... | |
| Hype, Hyperbole and high price! Its a good topic. How about addressing that and calling a cease fire on all personal attacks or judgements. | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... " Personally, guys like "mapman" and "wolf-garcia" crack me up with some of their posts. "Whew. Thank G-d. I guess I won't return that sense of humor I thought I might have over payed for...... | |
| FUSES??? Just when I just replaced all my PC cords. There is a difference between exaggerating and lying and it applies even to marketing. | |
| Hype, Hyperbole and high price! Well this thread is very entertaining and somewhat informative at least in the sense of demonstrating how narrow minded, insecure, and uncompromising both sides of any controversial issue can be.At least for those who might be sitting on the fenc... | |
| Hype, Hyperbole and high price! " I like your new avatar, by the way. I’m just guessing but is that supposed to be you and Batman? Or the Teletubbies? "Its whatever you think it is. | |
| Hype, Hyperbole and high price! Must say you are very reliable always popping up when Summoned. 🐢 | |
| Hype, Hyperbole and high price! It seems many are conditioned these days to accept being lied to. It's very sad. | |
| FUSES??? Just when I just replaced all my PC cords. I will never understand people's tolerance for being lied to. | |
| Hype, Hyperbole and high price! A little knowledge and recognizing extreme uncompromising views goes a long way for cutting through the bs and there is plenty of that whenever there is money to be made by easily fooling people. It's called common sense. The best things seldom... | |
| B&W Sold to a Silicon Valley Startup Sounds like a new direction for B&W and will be interesting to see what happens. | |
| Direction of aftermarket fuses (only for believers!) Jea,Don’t mind Geoffkait. His feathers seem to get a little ruffled whenever the topic of standards comes up. I think it must cramp his style. | |
| I got my stereo back after almost 20 years! Have you heard something better that makes you think the three all sounding the same is a problem?based on my experiences with various digital sources in recent years multiple good quality digital sources going through the same DAC and system may ... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Geoff, Better get that selective memory loss checked out.Even so, you can read right? No need for me to repeat it.In any case you're forgiven. Just don't do it again. |