Dont subcribe to FB Audiophile on a budget

thsmith

HNY PA!

These guys are the biggest bunch of dumbasses i have ever seen. I had to bail as there is no logical people there.

This is some of the responses a guy asked about best bang for the buck upgrades. Last 2 responses specifically.

mhardy6647

While "logic" and "the internet" aren't entirely non-overlapping when expressed as Venn diagrams... the intersection between the two is very, very small.

FWIW, I don't "do" Facebook -- never saw enough value there to make it worth while for me.

gimpod

To the OP, It's Facebook what did you expect!

mhardy6647 wrote: »

FWIW, I don't "do" Facebook -- never saw enough value there to make it worth while for me.

I'm with you, besides I just use thumb tacks to post my pictures on the walls in my apartment, it's easy and I don't have to mess with that here now internet thingy.

mhardy6647

Toothpaste is good for filling in the holes when moving day comes!

;- )
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quicksilvergts

Thanks bro.....
I just started that group too.








J/K- I only subscribe to Audiophile of North America

thsmith wrote: »

HNY PA!

These guys are the biggest bunch of dumbasses i have ever seen. I had to bail as there is no logical people there.

This is some of the responses a guy asked about best bang for the buck upgrades. Last 2 responses specifically.

tonyb

thsmith wrote: »

HNY PA!

These guys are the biggest bunch of dumbasses i have ever seen. I had to bail as there is no logical people there.

You should read the Sonos forums......all amps sound the same, cables don't matter, no difference in dacs.....blah blah. Anything over low-mid fi is snake oil. Have they experimented with anything other...nope, but.....they read about it on the internet. LOL

thsmith

Exactly what I see on the FB SITE Tonyb

tonyb

nbrowser wrote: »

...talk about closed minds!

Yep, a closed mind never discovered anything.

thsmith

Seems to be a lot of avs forum members. I pissed one guy off telling he had a closed mind and was doing a disservice to the newer to audio people with his constant cable bashing. When asked what cables he used, crickets. Best to just unsubscribe and move on. PA forum is best out there to learn from.

BlueFox

thsmith wrote: »

These guys are the biggest bunch of dumbasses i have ever seen. I had to bail as there is no logical people there.

That is a good description of Facebook users in general. Maybe FB can use it in an ad campaign.

markmarc

I signed up for them a few weeks ago. For a while it was fun and interesting, but then the cable debate issue came up. I should have known better since it was an AVS sponsored group. The head guy and a couple of his assistants bashed me for suggesting that with a super high end system that there was no way I could have experienced any sonic difference between speaker cables. Funny thing, at the time of my experience I wasn't even comparing cables, all I wanted to hear was one of the all-time great speakers the Sonus Faber Aida's.

They also bashed polkie Raife Smith's measurements post regarding replacement wire for his SDA's.

cnh

AXXBOOK anyone? A complete waste of time for most of us. At least those of us who are approaching COFFIN AGE!

What's that boy's name? F-erberg? You know the Dropout BILLIONAIRE!

He shakes his head and climbs up the mountain back into his CAVE for another generation. "Alas, I came too early," he whispers to himself!

cnh

DarqueKnight

markmarc wrote: »

They also bashed polkie Raife Smith's measurements post regarding replacement wire for his SDA's.

The most amusing comment was this one about "painted speaker terminals":



Mr. Mosher was referencing this picture from my thread on rewiring my 1.2TLs with Cardas wire (cardas-internal-wire-replacement-for-the-sda-srs-1-2tl/p1):



The "paint" mentioned by Mr. Mosher is actually a red conductive coating used to mark one side of the positive tweeter terminal. I'm not sure why anyone would imagine that a speaker manufacture would "paint" a tweeter's terminals and interfere with the conductivity of the connection.

As for me not knowing how to use an oscilloscope, it would have been helpful if Mr. Mosher, and others, had specifically explained the measurement and procedural errors they think I made.

F1nut

Now Ray, you cannot expect someone that thinks that is paint to explain.....well, anything.

thsmith

Yeah, that was a group of people I could not run away from fast enough.

tonyb

thsmith wrote: »

Yeah, that was a group of people I could not run away from fast enough.

Amen bro, that's why some go live in the middle of the woods away from everyone. Seems that level of stupidity is a growing topography.

[Deleted User]

OTOH, maybe you could be a voice in the wilderness.

Moose68Bash

Well, if we wanted to have some fun, I suppose we could flock to this site and start a good cable "debate," just to enjoy the spectacle of it all!

Actually, I go with the poet Thomas Gray:

"Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."

specd_out

This post makes me want to join. I enjoy a good laugh from time to time

tonyb

specd_out wrote: »

This post makes me want to join. I enjoy a good laugh from time to time

Yeah well, that laugh wears out quickly. You know the old saying....." Birds of a feather....". FB is full of those "flocks".

DarqueKnight

F1nut wrote: »

Now Ray, you cannot expect someone that thinks that is paint to explain.....well, anything.

But ... he has a lot of test equipment. Doesn't that mean he is smart?

Erik Tracy

markmarc wrote: »

I signed up for them a few weeks ago. For a while it was fun and interesting, but then the cable debate issue came up. I should have known better since it was an AVS sponsored group. The head guy and a couple of his assistants bashed me for suggesting that with a super high end system that there was no way I could have experienced any sonic difference between speaker cables. Funny thing, at the time of my experience I wasn't even comparing cables, all I wanted to hear was one of the all-time great speakers the Sonus Faber Aida's.

They also bashed polkie Raife Smith's measurements post regarding replacement wire for his SDA's.

Ah...thanks for the heads up.

I equate AVS with Camelot (From Monty Python and the Holy Grail).

ken brydson

Erik Tracy wrote: »

markmarc wrote: »

I signed up for them a few weeks ago. For a while it was fun and interesting, but then the cable debate issue came up. I should have known better since it was an AVS sponsored group. The head guy and a couple of his assistants bashed me for suggesting that with a super high end system that there was no way I could have experienced any sonic difference between speaker cables. Funny thing, at the time of my experience I wasn't even comparing cables, all I wanted to hear was one of the all-time great speakers the Sonus Faber Aida's.

They also bashed polkie Raife Smith's measurements post regarding replacement wire for his SDA's.

I equate AVS with Camelot (From Monty Python and the Holy Grail).

It's just a model..

Erik Tracy

ken brydson wrote: »

Erik Tracy wrote: »

markmarc wrote: »

I signed up for them a few weeks ago. For a while it was fun and interesting, but then the cable debate issue came up. I should have known better since it was an AVS sponsored group. The head guy and a couple of his assistants bashed me for suggesting that with a super high end system that there was no way I could have experienced any sonic difference between speaker cables. Funny thing, at the time of my experience I wasn't even comparing cables, all I wanted to hear was one of the all-time great speakers the Sonus Faber Aida's.

They also bashed polkie Raife Smith's measurements post regarding replacement wire for his SDA's.

I equate AVS with Camelot (From Monty Python and the Holy Grail).

It's just a model..

Well - that too, but I was thinking 'tis a silly place....

[Deleted User]

a few years ago I was still using speaker cable I bought at radio shack in the 70's.

tonyb

nbrowser wrote: »

I became enlightened, why can't others?

Because that takes an open mind.....and a willingness to experiment some for yourself.