More Ramblings from a Fellow 'Phoole

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  • Yashu
    Yashu Posts: 772
    edited May 2007
    I agree that most younger people don't give a crap about quality, hell I am not even that young and most of my friends laugh at me when they find out my system is "only stereo".
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited May 2007
    That was said when we were kids.
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited May 2007
    schwarcw wrote: »
    Great discussion guys! I need more popcorn:D


    Fine, you can have more popcorn but PLEASE use one of those older microwaves with the simple analog knob timers to make it in. You know, the ones with the bell that dings when its done. No need to get into digital algorithms with the new fangled microwaves that listen to how many pops in a given time period and check moisture in the air to determine when it is all popped. That is just too much technology and doesn't work as well as listening for yourself. :)
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited May 2007
    :D I don't like popcorn, but I'll take a glass of wine & pull up a chair.

    Max...WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!:D :D:D
    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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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited May 2007
    These kids today. What with their hippity and a'hoppin. And their beepin' and a'boppin'. I remember back in aught'4 walking twenty miles uphill through a blizzard just to change the volume on my rig.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited May 2007
    zombie boy 2000 wrote: »
    These kids today. What with their hippity and a'hoppin. And their beepin' and a'boppin'. I remember back in aught'4 walking twenty miles uphill through a blizzard just to change the volume on my rig.

    I had to do that with mine but I had to walk uphill through the blizzard both ways.:D
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited May 2007
    cfrizz wrote: »
    :D I don't like popcorn, but I'll take a glass of wine & pull up a chair.

    I prefer Sangria as my wine of choice.
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited May 2007
    Yashu has some good points. I believe the top few geeky pc enthusiasts (who just happen to be audiophiles and understand electrical noise considerations as well) could put together a pc system that would satisfy a lot of our needs. I think its a lot further away than he would like to think though.

    One day when I have more cash on hand I'm going to put together a high quality pc sound system. Some nice external dacs, modified power supplies, separate linear supplies for the analog stuff, separated grounding, lots of shielding, dedicated software etc.

    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited May 2007
    Well, as far as the young ones coming up my best analogy are my two sons, in their teens and early twenties all they cared about was how loud their car systems could play, you know hear it from two blocks away, boom boom boom, sony transport was not bad, but sounded like ****. I let them be, after a while of this, suddenly it was not about the loudness, but the sound, oh, now the type of amp, speaker, soundproofing yada yada, I feel this is a typical progression.

    Viva Digital, Viva Vinyl, the more folks doing audio in any form the better. Whether mass or niche market there is something for everyone in this hobby, man has been making music since Adam opened his eyes and saw Eve.

    He wrote the first love song, I believe BMG/Sony has the copyrights.

    RT1
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  • Yashu
    Yashu Posts: 772
    edited May 2007
    I am a geek for sure... I was an audiophile and a computer geek seperately for years... and linking the two together came pretty naturally once companies started to take PC audio seriously. It has only been in the last couple years that it has become competitive; it is still a new idea with many different approaches.

    With any luck, the greedy corporate payola-driven RIAA will continue to piss the kids off that crap and into our world where they can discover real music as it was meant to be heard...
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