LSi15 vs LSi9 + PSW1000

PolknPepsi

Outlaws Monoblocks..............Great!

knownalien_

it won't work again today. something must be down with their ordering site. I already have AudioQuest interconnects coming from audioadvisor.com

audiobliss

Wow, you're really putting together a nice system, here. I hope you can manage to order those Outlaws soon. They'll make a world of difference.

knownalien_

I'm gonna phone in the order tommorow. Now I am getting nervous that I should order one now for my center channel. I might do it and not tell the wife!

lol

cfrizz

LOL. Good luck!

soiset

knownalien_ wrote:

i don't want to sound **** or anything, ...

Why are you eager to avoid sounding ****, and why would you be worried about that potential based on what you said?

knownalien_

soiset wrote:

and why would you be worried about that potential based on what you said?

I don't understand this question. could you be more specific?

soiset

knownalien_ wrote:

I don't understand this question. could you be more specific?

Apparently something about the rest of what you said, that is, becoming emotional over finely reproduced music, has you worried that you might be perceived as ****. So one, why would that emotionalism lead one to believe that you were ****, and two, why is that a perception you seek to avoid, so much so that you stated that you did not want to give that appearance?

knownalien_

soiset wrote:

Apparently something about the rest of what you said, that is, becoming emotional over finely reproduced music, has you worried that you might be perceived as ****. So one, why would that emotionalism lead one to believe that you were ****, and two, why is that a perception you seek to avoid, so much so that you stated that you did not want to give that appearance?

#1 you are either a jerk (likely)

or

#2 you have never seen a "figure of speech" you understood

knownalien_

let me make it clear. I could write anything in place of "****."

speaker
rug
carpet
chair
arm
tooth
computer

and you would come back and say "why are you afraid of being construed as a [insert word here]?"

get it?

get a clue.

soiset

Well, would anyone else care to volunteer anything? Or shall I take this as generally indicative of the nature of Club Polk?

knownalien_

^^ it's simple dude. were're talking audio, not lifestyle. go to some other site to talk about that crap and stop trying to recuit others who share your idiocy.

knownalien_

you think you sound real clever, but you sound like an accusative ****.

cfrizz

Just chalk it up to a non politically correct figure of speech and leave it at that.

By the way even though you have been registered a long time, welcome to Club Polk!!!

knownalien_

no. what does "****" have to do with audio? I don't need some red neck "****" killer flooding this forum with their morals.

soiset

cfrizz wrote:

Just chalk it up to a non politically correct figure of speech and leave it at that.

By the way even though you have been registered a long time, welcome to Club Polk!!!

Thanks for the welcome, cfrizz, but I'm sure you could imagine several other "non-politically correct figures of speech" that might not be so readily tolerated.

knownalien_

cfrizz,

this **** doesn't want to talk audio. he wants to talk lifestyle. is condemnation of that allowed here?

knownalien_

soiset wrote:

Thanks for the welcome, cfrizz, but I'm sure you could imagine several other "non-politically correct figures of speech" that might not be so readily tolerated.

if you are offended, say it. otherwise, don't play word games.

lastly, if my words offend you then you are the most sensitive person I have seen on the net and likely not very compatible with the internet.

cfrizz

Yes I could however, they are words that are warnable offenses. This was not, it was simply something said in jest. I simply chalk it up to it being a guy thing and just let it pass.

Like I said, it's not PC but then we don't discuss politics here.

audiobliss

Hmm. This is real interesting. It seems as though knownalien was using that purely as a phrase, albeit not a politically correct one. However, I'm not fond of being politically correct.

And in line with that thought, if I ever use the phrase "not to sound ****", you can take it to its full implications: I'm not ****, I don't wanna be ****, and I don't want you to think I am.

And to answer the first part of your question, one could argue that emotional stuff is more commonly considered feminine than masculine. Thus, a guy admitting to being emotionally moved, could be perceived as being (or having a) feminine (side). And could thus perhaps be construed as being ****.

But obviously none of that was intended in this instance. It seems as though knownalien was just using it as a figure of speech.

Oh, and welcome to the forum!!

audiobliss

knownalien_ wrote:

is condemnation of that allowed here?

Hmm. Condemnation. I personally condemn the practice. But I tolerate it. And I love those who are so inclined. But I still condemn the practice. As far as condemning it (and other lifestyles) on this forum, I'd be cautious about such things. (I wonder if this post will be seen as being cautious..)

But, to be honest, as offensive, vulgar, rude, and everything else so many of the conversations can get here, it does seem rather odd to say, "Oh, you can't do that. Sure, you can do this and this and that, but not that."

Anyhoo.

knownalien_

I'm sorry. i thought this was a forum about audio, not political correctness. Let's start looking at eachothers' usernames and see what offends us!

:rolleyes

soiset

Just sounds like plain old bigotry to me. I guess I should just be quiet, though.

cfrizz

Knownalien, just keep in mind that this is a PUBLIC forum & people from ALL walks of life are interested in audio. I always try to think twice before I write once. It doesn't always work but I try.

We all know that certain words, phrases, ect. have more than one meaning & some are used as insults. It behooves all of us to keep this in mind when we post, since it's hard to tell when someone is joking or not.

Cathy

wingnut4772

Soiset,
I also thought it was somewhat offensive. As one of the few women on these forums I read so many comments that -if I took personal offense to them - I would never enjoy what these forums really have to offer. Different strokes. I am here to talk about audio. Usually the people who are really offensive get weeded out. I don't think knownalien was being malicious or intentionally insensitive....he just used an unfortunate figure of speech.

wingnut4772

Well said Cathy.


-Darla

shack

I just love it when someone makes SOMETHING out of absolutely NOTHING....

knownalien_

I guess Polk encourages the fidelity of sound as well and the unfettered interpretation of any word(s) in this forum.

let me go off on a tangent then if this is the apparent trend: in this nation, your freedom of speech is being REDUCED, not maintained or increased. Thank god the gov't will not, as of yet, tell Polk what speaker specs are allowable. Let people get offended at the use of a period or comma and you give cause for the gov't to come in a regulate a thing.

soiset

wingnut4772 wrote:

Soiset,
I also thought it was somewhat offensive. As one of the few women on these forums I read so many comments that -if I took personal offense to them - I would never enjoy what these forums really have to offer. Different strokes. I am here to talk about audio. Usually the people who are really offensive get weeded out. I don't think knownalien was being malicious or intentionally insensitive....he just used an unfortunate figure of speech.

Well, while we are utterly and completely derailed:
I can both be offended by someone's comments and enjoy what these otherwise execllent fora have to offer. But by not saying anything, I would simply be allowing reinforcement of an unjust status quo when it would be so dang easy to call it out.

Social problems exist, and at the risk of tweaking the well-entrenched (see comments of Audiobliss above) I'd prefer to make some small effort to see them resolved. My social conscience does not disappear when I'm reading an audio forum.

soiset

shack wrote:

I just love it when someone makes SOMETHING out of absolutely NOTHING....

Shack, I encourage you to take the posts of Knownalien, and perhaps some others, and insert, in your mind, another word that classifies an entire group of people, particularly one that has suffered substantial oppression in recent history. How does it read?