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VR3 wrote: »

Good for the soul. Bad for the wallet

You aren't kidding....I am so glad I was hunting and buying many years ago, as so much of what I amassed has gone for ridiculous prices today. At least the asking prices from non-dealer seller can be absurd.

I have doubles and in some case triples of my favorite old stock tubes to last me another generation..... But tube hunting/buying has become very expensive comparatively. Plus, I just don't have the time to look at all the tubes for sale. I have 98% of what I have ever wanted.

There was a time when I would look at 90% of the FS photo's and ask questions to find those gems amongst the mediocre tubes that the seller never knew they had. I found a lot of Euro gems that way. It was very tedious and time consuming, but rewarding and I bought some killer tubes for under market value. I always enjoy the hunt as much or more.

H9

treitz3 wrote: »

I still maintain that it looks fake, even though a Google search states that it is real. Things are what they are.

At least I will admit it. Some people defend the Gub'ment for no reason, some people say that men are women and vice-versa. Some people say cables don't matter and that all amplifiers sound the same.

At least I try to be real and genuine. No matter what.

Tom

I was just goofing with you. I agree that it looks like it could be AI.

One thing that I see a lot of on real estate sites are those images that look absolutely lush. They are taken with cameras that have an option where they take 3 images at once and then combine those 3 files somehow in post. We did something similar with multiple copies of the same audio track in the (editing software) timeline when I used to edit music videos. I think it might have a similar effect with photos. I can't remember what type of cameras those are, but I think it has the same 3-letter name as a feature on newer TVs but they are 2 different things. "HDR," maybe?

Anywhich, those cameras tend to give a look that is now seen frequently (i.e.: "daily") in fake AI-generated images. I often see fake images of 1962 Ferrari 250 GTOs with design features from other Ferraris that were never seen on that car. Or on any Ferrari whatsoever. The BS factor is growing exponentially these days.

I still maintain that it looks fake, even though a Google search states that it is real. Things are what they are.

At least I will admit it. Some people defend the Gub'ment for no reason, some people say that men are women and vice-versa. Some people say cables don't matter and that all amplifiers sound the same.

At least I try to be real and genuine. No matter what.

Tom

Is it just me or does this have all of the features of an AI generated picture? I'm calling Shenanigan's on this one.

Tom

An inspector made them put in the railings…

Story be told that a man fell, and died when he suffered a brain injury from hitting his head on one of the pews below. Later, it was discovered that his wife pushed him…her claim was that “The devil made her do it”

Just Googled it. It's in a library in Bucharest.