We need a "High END" thread for audio nut heads.
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Hey you guys and gal......... I'M NOT ME!!!!!!!
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George, that's a pretty elaborate ruse you've constructed there. How did you get the cardboard cutouts to look so lifelike??
Sounds like someone didn't take thier medication today.
BDTI plan for the future. - F1Nut -
By making sure the cardboard cut-outs didn't drink beer either. And a lot of head grease.
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WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!:D
Well you better go find him, cause I'm rather partial to him!!! PRONTO!:p
George Grand wrote:Hey you guys and gal......... I'M NOT ME!!!!!!!Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2 -
Wow, I thought Hi-Fi was what you called your stereo in the 60's if you were lucky enough to have one.
If you asked someone who wasn't into audio what "Hi-Fi" was, they would answer either the ubiquitous "High Fidelity", or "it's a stereo".
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Another definition of hi-fi. Hi-fi is what you own, mid-fi is what all your friends own.
PTP seems to have issues, none of which can be solved by us. Bye!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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F1nut wrote:Another definition of hi-fi. Hi-fi is what you own, mid-fi is what all your friends own.
PTP seems to have issues, none of which can be solved by us. Bye!
In that case... I'm hifi and you're all midfi! Yessss..... ownage. :cool:Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R -
The only problem there Joey is that we're not friends.
OWNED!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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My impression of Joey's good taste, just doubled.F1nut wrote:The only problem there Joey is that we're not friends. Win7 Media Center -> Onkyo TXSR702 -> Polk Rti70 -
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I made it clear via PM to Joey, it was only a joke. We're good.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 am rather new to these forums, but I have been a mod and a heavy poster on a film site for a few years, so i wanted to comment a bit on the forum thing.
First of all, to exist on any forum, one should grow somewhat thick skin. As someone stated above, all sorts of folk come to these places for all different reasons, and , as the old saying goes, put any seven people together, two are bound to hate one another. I think you folks have more than seven members. Forums require a certain mindset, as well as a certain amount of distance if one is to co-exist with a vast userbase of nameless, faceless people from all over the globe.
That said, I think it's also up to each person to remember that they ARE using a medium in which it is easy to slip into vituperative language, because the people are really nameless and faceless. Sometimes it just doesn't seem like your talking to people at all, but more venting to yourself in your head. I find it takes about 10 seconds to relax, think about what is going on, and get back to valid discussion.
nuff said
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Those Boston people are like wicked smahrt.-Ignorance is strength -
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Nice post Mike.Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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What the f#ck does vituperative mean???:D
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AbusivePolitical 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 have always found it profitable, figuratively and literally, to distinguish between true "high end" products and those that are manufactured for the "carriage trade" (i.e. wealthy consumers). Carriage trade goods may or may not have a level of quality that justifies their high price.
For me, high end is not a matter of price, but of performance. The standard I use to categorize gear into low, medium, or high end, is how closely it simulates a real, live musical performance. No audio gear is going to get you completely "there", but you can come very, very, close without spending $100,000.
A consumer who can really afford a $100,000 audio system is probably accoustomed to spending large amounts of money for everything else he or she purchases (cars, homes, clothes, etc.). That is just the world they live in. Some people think that price always equates to quality. Some people do not want to own anything that is accessible to "the masses". Marketing hype, and the uninformed consumers it is aimed at, exists at all levels of any particular market.
With audio, as with anything else, I think it is good to set some performance objectives and find the gear that satisfies, or comes as close as possible to satisfying, those objectives. Of course, for an aggressive audio hobbiest, performance objectives may be a "moving target" and a level of satisfaction may never be reached no matter how much money is spent. That is part of the fun of it for some people.Proud and loyal citizen of the Digital Domain and Solid State Country! -
Sorry to weigh in this as of late but I really think the guy is nuts. He's the one bring up how much he paid and the saying things like "I spent $2,400 on speakers and $500 on a receiver, how is that not hi-fi?" It appears that he was the one who brough the class warfare in. Hmm, my recent sub $2,900 HT:
6 LSi7,s $600 (with tax)
Kenwood 7070 ($320)
HK PA5800 (5X135W amp) $220
SVS PB12+2 ($1,300)
Total: $2,440
This is what happens when you do your research, talk to the old guys here, listen to their advice and wait for the deals to come. This is the type of knowledge that people were trying to give the goober and he freaked out.
Right now I still have my LSI signature editions and maggies on dedicated hybrid and tube amps. Does that mean my experience with the RTi series that I had for 4+ years is no longer valid? I'd sure hope not. I can speak as to what changes gave me the best bang for the buck and hopefully help someone else from wasting their money on an upgrade that won't help.
In th CD request thread, that is EXACTLY what the "audio snobs" were trying to do. Help this guy to not waste his money on an upgrade that won't give him results yet.There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
