Gordon Holt telling it like it is.

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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited December 2007
    "We speak in hushed and reverent tones about reproducing the ineffable beauty of music, when in fact much real music is harsh and vulgar and ugly. "

    I love this statement! A hard truth to accept.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2007
    TroyD wrote: »
    BTW, anyone that does want a transcript of the PM's...I'll be happy to send them to you. If you send a SASE, I'll send you an autographed copy.

    BDT

    I'm interested but only if you sign it with a paintbrush stuffed in your arse.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited December 2007
    Silly boy, How else would I sign them?

    BDT
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited December 2007
    madmax wrote: »
    "We speak in hushed and reverent tones about reproducing the ineffable beauty of music, when in fact much real music is harsh and vulgar and ugly. "

    I love this statement! A hard truth to accept.
    madmax

    I agree, but it makes for lousy sales.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited December 2007
    TroyD wrote: »
    I agree, but it makes for lousy sales.

    BDT

    WTF do I care about sales.

    On another note, you know what makes up the real high fidelity market? Its those select models here and there that just happen to be right. High priced, low priced, it doesn't matter. Sure enough, if you set out to build the ultimate Hi Fi product it will look cool, weigh a ton and sound like crap next to something that just worked out well.

    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited December 2007
    You should, it's the trickle down effects from the true high end products that makes the products that schmucks like me can afford even better.

    BDT
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited December 2007
    In a few years you will be able to download some insanely great sounding songs from the major record companies (and everyone else into recording), play it on a cheap (but sophisticated) PC and enjoy music like never before. Vinyl is only making a comeback today because it is different and offers quality. When high rez files start becoming available they will be the new thing AND still offer quality. We will be set !
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited December 2007
    Lay down the crack pipe!!

    BDT
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited December 2007
    TroyD wrote: »
    Lay down the crack pipe!!

    BDT

    Hey, this is the 21'st century! Just this evening I've talked to several of the greats (Doro, Beardog, BDT etc.)concerning audio equipment without leaving my desk or picking up the phone. This internet stuff might catch on in a few years.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,029
    edited December 2007
    Madmax, talking about audio equipment over the internet and playing back audio over the internet are two different animals. The latter I don't see becoming mainstream for high rez setups.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited December 2007
    treitz3 wrote: »
    I'd like to point out that this is a thread about Gordon Holt and not your issues with Troy. Please respect that.

    Swerving back to the original topic again......;)


    Me? I thought these were some of the issues in the article??
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,029
    edited December 2007
    No, sorry. I was referring to Yashu and the issues he has with Troy. I had read down to a certain post and then didn't look to see that there was another page written and all was back to the topic. My bad. :o
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited December 2007
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Madmax, talking about audio equipment over the internet and playing back audio over the internet are two different animals.

    They are different? Oh well, time to go home anyway.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,029
    edited December 2007
    madmax wrote: »
    They are different?
    To my ears, yup.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited December 2007
    Understood DK. Thanks.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited December 2007
    See, you make my point, Chuck.

    I'm much nicer and better looking in person than beamed on via the internet.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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