Vaporware (continued)
05-07-10, 12:57 PM
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05-07-10, 01:01 PM
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05-07-10, 01:18 PM
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Audiophiles invented the unicorn ranch.
05-07-10, 01:32 PM
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Has coddling tendencies.
I'm really looking forward to buying my new TMobile Touch G3 Slide phone. Completely portable, slide out keyboard, net connectable, repels hippies and tweeners...
05-07-10, 01:54 PM
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05-07-10, 02:12 PM
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I eat carbide.
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I want to be put out to pasture at the unicorn ranch some day.
I also want to crap rainbows and bleed awesome.
I also want to crap rainbows and bleed awesome.
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05-07-10, 02:26 PM
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Going back to Metrigear...........
I think most people are rooting for them. The power meter market could use more competition to bring down those ridiculous prices.
The pedal-power measuring does have some potential advantages. I hope they succeed, but like others have posted, I'm not holding my breath.
I think most people are rooting for them. The power meter market could use more competition to bring down those ridiculous prices.
The pedal-power measuring does have some potential advantages. I hope they succeed, but like others have posted, I'm not holding my breath.
05-07-10, 02:30 PM
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05-07-10, 02:34 PM
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Agreed which is why I'm buying a CinQo and am willing to revisit their progress when they actually release something which is not this year. No way.
05-07-10, 05:11 PM
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05-07-10, 05:12 PM
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05-07-10, 05:46 PM
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Why all the iHate, yo?
Oh that's right, the same reason they hate the Yankees.
That'saShame!
Oh that's right, the same reason they hate the Yankees.
That'saShame!
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05-07-10, 05:49 PM
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Actually, most audiophiles listen to test tones and "reference CDs" in a continuous effort to try to improve the sound from their systems. Music falls by the wayside. I know, cos I went through that phase for a short while. As proof, I point to the existence of Reference Recordings, the CD label.
As a general rule of thumb, don't declare yourself to be ANYTHING ending with "-phile" - it's like giving yourself a nick-name - it's just wrong.
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05-07-10, 09:28 PM
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Gimme back my gears!
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I kept my original Playstation for the CD player - that is the extent of my phileness 
05-07-10, 11:23 PM
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Making a kilometer blurry
05-07-10, 11:56 PM
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All of this is funny - I work at one of the highest-end Hi Fi shops in the land, and the term 'audiophile,' is often used in a disparaging manner by those within the industry to describe one who listens to the gear, and not the music. And then, of course, a customer walks in and declares themselves to be an audiophile, which never seems right - kinda like someone walking in to a bike shop and saying, "oh yeah - I'm a poseur, I'm a total poseur!"
As a general rule of thumb, don't declare yourself to be ANYTHING ending with "-phile" - it's like giving yourself a nick-name - it's just wrong.
PS - just for the schwag factor, see me new avatar? It's a meter on my (new to me) Magnum Dynalab tuner - lovin' it!
As a general rule of thumb, don't declare yourself to be ANYTHING ending with "-phile" - it's like giving yourself a nick-name - it's just wrong.
PS - just for the schwag factor, see me new avatar? It's a meter on my (new to me) Magnum Dynalab tuner - lovin' it!
05-08-10, 12:03 AM
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Also Apple's move to Intel chips. That was astonishing.
EDIT: from the time I posted this (I think back on page 2), we talked about power meters, mp3 players, iStuff, audiophiles, and I vaguely saw something about ranches.
EDIT: from the time I posted this (I think back on page 2), we talked about power meters, mp3 players, iStuff, audiophiles, and I vaguely saw something about ranches.
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05-08-10, 04:12 AM
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Unicorns are singularly horny.
05-08-10, 08:51 AM
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All of this is funny - I work at one of the highest-end Hi Fi shops in the land, and the term 'audiophile,' is often used in a disparaging manner by those within the industry to describe one who listens to the gear, and not the music. And then, of course, a customer walks in and declares themselves to be an audiophile, which never seems right - kinda like someone walking in to a bike shop and saying, "oh yeah - I'm a poseur, I'm a total poseur!"
As a general rule of thumb, don't declare yourself to be ANYTHING ending with "-phile" - it's like giving yourself a nick-name - it's just wrong.
PS - just for the schwag factor, see me new avatar? It's a meter on my (new to me) Magnum Dynalab tuner - lovin' it!
As a general rule of thumb, don't declare yourself to be ANYTHING ending with "-phile" - it's like giving yourself a nick-name - it's just wrong.
PS - just for the schwag factor, see me new avatar? It's a meter on my (new to me) Magnum Dynalab tuner - lovin' it!
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05-08-10, 09:09 AM
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Tuners are (obviously) dependent on broadcasts. Yeah, maybe if you're listening to the KQ Morning Show in SE MN (I'm from St Paul) it's not worth it. But in NYC, where you have frequent live broadcasts from Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, etc, etc... yeah, put one in the system and get back to me on that.
05-08-10, 09:16 AM
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Making a kilometer blurry
Anything other than Mothra speaker wire and power cables isn't worth turning on.
"Our goal is to wrap the listener in an intense, passionate and lifelike embrace of sound at a price comparable to the US Navy's Trident Missile Program. "
That's an announcement? It looks like an image to me.
"Our goal is to wrap the listener in an intense, passionate and lifelike embrace of sound at a price comparable to the US Navy's Trident Missile Program. "
That's an announcement? It looks like an image to me.
05-08-10, 09:19 AM
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