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| One key to building great systems over time. @stuartk "For me at least, there’s an advantage to "willful ignorance" when it comes to audio." I agree with this statement. There's nothing wrong with staying in one's comfort zone. We still service vintage gear. Many pieces are 45+ years o... | |
| Happy Audiophile Day! Okay, it’s National Audiophile Day: Does that mean others have to give us permission to be as nit picky as we want about all things sound related? Or, do we speak of all things in Audiophile terms: ”Honey, that coffee has warmth, blondness, an... | |
| Happy Audiophile Day! Wow! Time to rotate the assortment of Q-tips. Thanks for the heads up. | |
| How do you add color? Paint a mustache on the Mona Lisa? | |
| What do/did you do for a living? I stumbled and fell into a career in audio after the economy shouted outloud that my pursuits of "an architect in training" ambitiion was over. 51 years later, I hit the eject button, and here I am. I figured out, early on, that’s it better/cheape... | |
| What do/did you do for a living? @mammothguy54 "I then went to work directly for Alpine and climbed the corporate ladder. I managed the Western states for sales & distribution and the sales force." I still have my Car Audio Nationals jacket. And, the trophy. | |
| How Has Your Finely Tuned Audiophile Dexterity Helped You in Your "Other" Life? @tony1954 @dekay 😀 | |
| One key to building great systems over time. As a dealer, I always invited customers to audition items at home "a notch above their comfort level." This would produce the following result: 1) they’d realize what they are missing and stretch the budget to make it fit, 2) solidify their price/... | |
| I saw the back of an integrated and it depressed me. @asvjerry the plate I always wanted, but the letters wouldn’t fit: ”BLUE BAYOU” I’ll close with a link to one of my favorite opening movie scenes: https://www.google.com/search?q=gattica+i+was+conceived&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&... | |
| I saw the back of an integrated and it depressed me. @acresverde "My first ever car was a ’67 Sunbeam Alpine" I hate to get all geeky here on British cars with 4-cylinder tractor motors under the bonnet, but I bought a Series V Alpine 30 years ago. 10 years later I added a turbo with the goal of ... | |
| I saw the back of an integrated and it depressed me. @czarivey "That was my TV. I shot some NASTY dude speaking too often about overpopulation from TV screen in ravaging anger." I figured the guy who checked it in used an alias. I can finally find closer on this 20-year-old issue. Thank you for... | |
| I saw the back of an integrated and it depressed me. @asvjerry "’all-out HULK’" Well, happy to report I didn’t have go to this extreme at the car show yesterday. Made a point to wear my "REAL CARS DON’T SHIFT THEMSELVES" t-shirt (with the familiar 5-speed shift knob icon). They were too busy smil... | |
| SNAKE OIL! A new TV Show hosted by David Spade Any excuse to spend quality time with my "Hifi buddies" is a good one. Even if the subject is absurd and/or ridiculous. Going off topic works for me. It seems the less someone knows about a subject (and speaks with authority), the more "interes... | |
| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance @erik_squires "The issue with revealing often has to do with looking for a midrange or tweeter curve that will cut through the room acoustics." +1. And, well stated. | |
| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance IMHO, we've got push the resolution envelop past the point of "comfort" to learn which exit to get off on. It's all part of the hit-and-miss experimental process. Hopefully, time and money will also cooperative with this objective. |