And in other (probably) bad hifi news: Ken Ishiwata and Marantz have parted ways
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That'll leave a mark.....
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Very bad news, but not surprising since Sound United is pulling the strings now.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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I read that he's going to Monoprice.
They got involved in a bidding war with Emotiva for his services, no doubt.
Here are some other fun speculations I'd offer up for... umm... speculation.
* Ken's goin' solo. He's retained the services of @FMalitz in his quest for world domination.
* The Boyz from Schiit are bringin' Ken on for their next generation of products.
* Ken's goin' into designer jackets with Kylie Jenner and/or Kim Kardashian.
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Is it possible that he is just retiring?
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Is it possible that he is just retiring?
Not when he says, "It must be [a] big surprise that I’m not part of Marantz organization... I thought I’d be forever a part of Marantz. Unfortunately that’s not the case."Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Well, in that case it's too bad that he couldn't have stayed with them until a graceful retirement.
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Well, in that case it's too bad that he couldn't have stayed with them until a graceful retirement.
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From the AA interview linked above, Mr. Ishiwata's words....
"What’s the product development process?
Product development has changed a lot over time, especially from my early years at Marantz Japan. At that time we assigned each product to a specific engineer and I followed up with those engineers in every detail. Such meetings took up to two or three weeks, every visit we made to Japan (which was three or four times a year, depending on the number of products we were developing).
Today at Sound United (Marantz’s parent company), they do things quite differently since they have got both Marantz and Denon products to develop."
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Your piece may just appreciate a little as there will be no more coming out.
Any monetary appreciation will be offset by the fact that I've posted photographic evidence of it being used to play 320kbps MP3 files. It's now tainted, forever haunted by my grotesque and sacrilegious defilement.
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Your piece may just appreciate a little as there will be no more coming out.
Any monetary appreciation will be offset by the fact that I've posted photographic evidence of it being used to play 320kbps MP3 files. It's now tainted, forever haunted by my grotesque and sacrilegious defilement.
Oooooo I'd forgot about that.... look at the bright side at least you didn't rub your dingus on it..... -
Oooooo I'd forgot about that.... look at the bright side at least you didn't rub your dingus on it.....
Haha! True. Although the top of it is extremely smooth, so it would probably be quite pleasurable to do so.
Seriously, I can't adequately describe how smooth it is. I admit to touching it repeatedly just to feel how incredibly smooth the metal is.
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Maybe start with "Silky"
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It's smoother than that.
It's somehow even smoother than that feeling you get after claying and waxing your car and running your fingers over it. -
Oooooo I'd forgot about that.... look at the bright side at least you didn't rub your dingus on it.....
Russ hooked him up on that already... He got drunk one night and waxed it for him.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
Oh dear God, John, now I have to listen to manscaping stories?
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well, I have to say, took the night off yesterday to see Richard Thompson play -- I wasn't expecting to come back to this kind of thread-scope-creep!
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We were bored......
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Oh, it's OK
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As I read more of John's posts I'm getting the sense of "frustration." Let me piece this story together...John, unaware of the "love that dare not speak its name" that lay dormant within, met Russ and was immediately overwhelmed by these unfamiliar urges. That primal cave man appearance coupled with the heady aroma of Russ' barnyard essence proved to be an intoxicating elixir for John. He invited Russ back to his man cave to "check out his kit" as the Brits would say, and, emboldened by the Milli Vanilli playing through the Pass gear, John professed his desire to look inside Russ' system. Russ, just looking for free beer, made a hasty exit to the liquor store and never returned. John has never been the same.
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Stop trying to push your fantasies off on me Kerry. They have meds to help for that.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
Youse guyses are all just gettin' all twitterpated lookin' a pictures of Ken's cool Nehru jackets.
Here -- I'll distract you with a photo displaying the sartorial elegance - the je n'ais se quoi - of the late, great James "Bongo" Bongiorno (he of Dynaco, SAE, GAS, SUMO and Ampzilla 2000 fame).
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^ that's a nice photo (in all seriousness).
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I agree. I think he was very excited and proud of his latest Ruby pieces.
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Hopefully this isn't thr end for him, would like to see him in a situation that allowed him to push to whatever level he wanted.