phaelon
Responses from phaelon
| New level of ridiculousness Hi Whart, thats it exactly. Examples might be: a used car dealer claiming "best deals in the universe"; a diner claiming "apple pie better than moms or a power strip manufacturer using the word magical anywhere. | |
| New level of ridiculousness "You learn something every day.Im glad to have helped. | |
| Bobo Stenson Trio: Indicum Stewie, Thanks for the heads-up. I’m a big fan. | |
| New level of ridiculousness "Creates a new standard in magic sound staging" Veridian, Thats just puffing. I dont think anybody takes that type of general claim seriously. What I had in mind was when a company advances a products specific claims using a bunch a meaningless... | |
| New level of ridiculousness I watched the product video and they make no wild claims. In fact, they make almost no appeal to audiophiles. This strip is being marketed as audio jewelry of exceptional build quality; thats all. According to Forbes, there are over 1100 billion... | |
| New level of ridiculousness Maril555, Im not understanding how one can separate affordability and value. It seems to me that its not about the value of the strip per se, its about the value one places on the dollar he spends on the strip. And thats a matter of affordabil... | |
| New level of ridiculousness It might be comforting to think of audiophiles as having a single noble purpose; particularly when the vast majority of the world would call us all a bunch of nuts if, of course, the vast majority of the world even knew we existed. But we dont al... | |
| New level of ridiculousness Now do you get it? :-)"Maril555, Yeah, youre right. Even with the smiley face, that still comes off sounding haughty. Im sorry, that wasnt my frame of mind. | |
| New level of ridiculousness Maril555, that power strip has about as much to do with accurate audio as an IWC Grande Complication has to do with keeping accurate time. Presumably, the person who buys that strip lives in a palace and adorns his audio room with masterpieces of ... | |
| Vapor Cirrus Black vs dc10 Berlin Studio Monitor No! Im Spartacus - I, I mean Im Ryan; no! I mean.... Im so confused... | |
| Vapor Cirrus Black vs dc10 Berlin Studio Monitor In the spirit of there is no such thing as bad publicity, I suspect that Jp1208 is, in reality, (ta-da) Ryan of Vapor himself :-) | |
| When's enough, enough? "When's enough, enough?"When reproduced music is indistinguishable from live or I run out of money. Ill run out of money first but that doesn't mean I dont enjoy and appreciate what I have. | |
| RMAF 2012 Postmortem Kelvin, Thats a very interesting post. Its well considered and has a great deal of merit. | |
| SS amp as opposed to tube amp Orpheus10, I admire your motivation. When I was a newbie, I was like a sponge seeking reliable information... heck, I still am. But I think that the range of opinions regarding tubes and solid state are so diverse that there is no substitution for... | |
| RMAF 2012 Postmortem Hi Jdoris, Focusing on efficient speakers, did you get a chance to hear the Vaughn Cabernet lls. I couldnt make the show and would welcome any comments and comparisons on these speakers. |