Another of my faves is this fellow.
http://redwing.hutma...m/evilclown.htm
Oh, that'd be me then.
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Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
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Learn from the mistakes of others - you'll not live long enough to make them all yourself!
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 11:04 AM
Painting people/groups as X or Y is a recipe for another arc up.... it might be humourous until one person doesn't find it so and then the slippery slope prevails.
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The GFC was nothing compared to what we will see in the next 1-2 years....
Eliminate debt, Cash up, maybe even gold/silver-up and hunker down.
Sell high, buy low.
Evidence and knowledge is out there.... Let discovery be your reward
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Eliminate debt, Cash up, maybe even gold/silver-up and hunker down.
Sell high, buy low.
Evidence and knowledge is out there.... Let discovery be your reward
Have Fun
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 11:21 AM
Painting people/groups as X or Y is a recipe for another arc up.... it might be humourous until one person doesn't find it so and then the slippery slope prevails.
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Fair point JA.
Learn from the mistakes of others - you'll not live long enough to make them all yourself!
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 11:25 AM
I was only posting things about myself..................I didn't point the finger at anyone...........but if they put themselves in the frame..........?
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 11:48 AM
This polooka is retiring to lurking and asking only audio related questions. http://redwing.hutma...htm/palooka.htm
Edited by MC240, 02 January 2012 - 11:53 AM.
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 11:52 AM
Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 01:50 PM
I sometimes think we (yep, me included) take this hobby / obscession way too seriously. For crying out loud anyone would think we were playing for cattle stations!
The problem with humour is some people just don't appreciate the funny side of it. Like beauty, it's in the eye of the beholder.
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The problem with humour is some people just don't appreciate the funny side of it. Like beauty, it's in the eye of the beholder.
Cheers,
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Edited by Alan Rutlidge, 02 January 2012 - 02:23 PM.
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 04:52 PM
Yeah, Alan.
It really cheeses me off when I blow things up, or they just go by themselves but I still manage to laugh about it later!
It really cheeses me off when I blow things up, or they just go by themselves but I still manage to laugh about it later!
Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
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Yeah, Alan.
It really cheeses me off when I blow things up, or they just go by themselves but I still manage to laugh about it later!
Cheers! to that.
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 07:13 PM
Like the beer into the top of the Marshall head.
It's your own fault for putting it there.............but geeze!
Having a vent on top is just asking for it!
It's your own fault for putting it there.............but geeze!
Having a vent on top is just asking for it!
Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 09:11 PM
Like the beer into the top of the Marshall head.
It's your own fault for putting it there.............but geeze!
Having a vent on top is just asking for it!
May all your heads be 'top hangers'.
May all your beers be stable.
;-)
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 09:27 PM
Some people dangle CD's from their rear vision mirrors in a futile attempt to bamboozle Radar Speed Detectors. http://www.snopes.co...law/tinfoil.aspCDs make excellent drink coasters and baby mobiles.
It does not work so I happily play them in my CD player!
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 09:34 PM
May all your heads be 'top hangers'.
May all your beers be stable.
;-)
Got a combo now...........it sits on a stand at an angle so it's impossible!
Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 09:47 PM
Like the beer into the top of the Marshall head.
It's your own fault for putting it there.............but geeze!
Having a vent on top is just asking for it!
Get a 50 watter
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 09:47 PM
Oh just read that you got a combo.
Problem solvered.
Problem solvered.
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 09:52 PM
Oh just read that you got a combo.
Problem solvered.
It's 120watts.
4 x 6550's...............it weighs a ton!
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 09:56 PM
Mesa Boogie?
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 10:03 PM
Why did the crossover the road ?
If the US govt can force Coca Cola off the market until they removed cocaine from their product,
then govts can do the same to cigarette companies who add nicotine to their product.
Raising revenue is not an excuse for allowing manufacturers to use addiction to sell product.
Imagine the public outrage if supermarkets put addictive chemicals in meat or vegetables.
then govts can do the same to cigarette companies who add nicotine to their product.
Raising revenue is not an excuse for allowing manufacturers to use addiction to sell product.
Imagine the public outrage if supermarkets put addictive chemicals in meat or vegetables.
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Mesa Boogie?
Similar..........
http://acoustic.home...eCombo164and165
Switchable 120w - 60w
Switchable FET or valve preamp are the main things.
You can see the rest in the pics.
Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
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Posted 03 January 2012 - 07:21 AM
Why did the crossover the road ?
I don't know, why did the crossover the road?
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Posted 03 January 2012 - 07:56 AM
Some people dangle CD's from their rear vision mirrors in a futile attempt to bamboozle Radar Speed Detectors. http://www.snopes.co...law/tinfoil.asp
It does not work so I happily play them in my CD player!
If you come to my place, you would question like everyone does why I have dangled a CD below the apex of my verranda. To keep birds out. It even has an outline of a cat drawn into it. This was a pest control on a web site!!! Man what was I thinking? It somehow attracted more birds! that wasn't funny!!! I hate bird poo all over my covered out door living area! lol HEHEHE
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Posted 03 January 2012 - 08:47 AM
I think for the most part, its very difficult to get a sense of tone and meaning when reading words on a screen VS hearing them spoken to you, and things can be misinterpreted very easily.
Yes agreed a bit like owning a 'decent' system with lovely glowing tubey things, to hear real tone and sense of meaning... Or, humurously buying solid state and misinterpreting it all.
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Posted 03 January 2012 - 09:04 AM
Yes agreed a bit like owning a 'decent' system with lovely glowing tubey things, to hear real tone and sense of meaning...
Well Graywulf, that proves that there is certainly humour in Hi Fi...................very funny! LOL!
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Posted 03 January 2012 - 10:23 AM
I sometimes listen to a transistor radio to desensitised my ears so when I listed to my main rig, I praised on just how good it really is! TRUE! hehehe LOL
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Posted 03 January 2012 - 10:39 AM
I find my system sounds a whole lot better after a period of abstinence.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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Posted 03 January 2012 - 07:21 PM
I sometimes listen to a transistor radio to desensitised my ears so when I listed to my main rig, I praised on just how good it really is! TRUE! hehehe LOL
That's what my car system is for!
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Posted 03 January 2012 - 07:30 PM
Hell yes!!!
If anyone ever becomes dis-satisfied with their home system, just drive around in your car for a week with a few of discs and I bet you will come home and hug your amp and speakers:)
ALL standard car audio systems sound like crap and even highly modded ones sound like Bose
If anyone ever becomes dis-satisfied with their home system, just drive around in your car for a week with a few of discs and I bet you will come home and hug your amp and speakers:)
ALL standard car audio systems sound like crap and even highly modded ones sound like Bose
That's what my car system is for!
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Posted 03 January 2012 - 07:55 PM
still cant get the TT to work in the back seat of my car!!! Any suggestions!!!! hehehe
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Posted 03 January 2012 - 07:57 PM
still cant get the TT to work in the back set of my car!!! Any suggestions!!!! hehehe
Get a girlfriend!
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Posted 03 January 2012 - 08:01 PM
Originally Posted by pchan
still cant get the TT to work in the back set of my car!!! Any suggestions!!!! hehehe
Get a girlfriend!
..........and a seat!
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Posted 03 January 2012 - 08:24 PM
..........and a seat!
I didn't know that girlfriends can make a TT work in the back seat of a car>>>I'll have to go and get a g'friend so let it be our secret and not tell the better 1/2, deal???
hehehe lol
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Like the beer into the top of the Marshall head.
It's your own fault for putting it there.............but geeze!
Having a vent on top is just asking for it!
Gotta remember to secure it to your cabinet too, bad feeling watching it bounce from chest height
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Posted 04 January 2012 - 08:14 PM
Gotta remember to secure it to your cabinet too, bad feeling watching it bounce from chest height
Pogoing is bad on stage.
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Posted 05 January 2012 - 07:02 PM
Similar..........
http://acoustic.home...eCombo164and165
Switchable 120w - 60w
Switchable FET or valve preamp are the main things.
You can see the rest in the pics.
The EVM12L speaker in it isn't light either.
I have a Mesa 2 x 12" cab with two EVs in it. It's a backbreaker. Sounds fkn good though.
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The EVM12L speaker in it isn't light either.
I have a Mesa 2 x 12" cab with two EVs in it. It's a backbreaker. Sounds fkn good though.
I blew the coil in the speaker, so it's in for a recoil.
It's great without it weight wise!
Using a 15" greenback Celestion until it comes back...............only 30 watts though........have to be careful.
Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
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Posted 05 January 2012 - 08:31 PM
It's a 15"? Jeebuz!
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It's a 15"? Jeebuz!
I pulled two of them out of a really old PA bin............they might be 50watts each..........but I'm scared of blowing them because they sound great!
Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
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Posted 04 April 2012 - 02:48 PM
Hell yes!!!
If anyone ever becomes dis-satisfied with their home system, just drive around in your car for a week with a few of discs and I bet you will come home and hug your amp and speakers:)
ALL standard car audio systems sound like crap and even highly modded ones sound like Bose
Christine's car stereo is a Bose
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Humour and Hifi - often the two don't go together and I'm quite often amazed at the blowups that occur here, and how long they drag on for.....................................................................
I'm a Mod on a photography forum, and you'd expect the old Canon vs Nikon debate to be a hot subject at times, but if well managed, it can generate some brilliant humour without any angst.
Photography forums are notorious for attracting 'full of their own importance wankers', and people who post just so other people can go 'ooooh, ahhhh, how wonderful are you'.
There's one forum rule on our little place - you must possess a sense of humour - if you don't you are not welcome. This is made very clear at the outset.
We are lucky if we see one reported post a week now.
We manage it by simply erasing any contentious post without entering into debate or discussion outside the Mod Group. If the poster complains we simply ignore them.
It doesn't take long for them to figure out for themselves where the line is, and they either behave appropriately or leave quietly and look for more fertile hunting grounds.
Win Win for everyone.
I'm a Mod on a photography forum, and you'd expect the old Canon vs Nikon debate to be a hot subject at times, but if well managed, it can generate some brilliant humour without any angst.
Photography forums are notorious for attracting 'full of their own importance wankers', and people who post just so other people can go 'ooooh, ahhhh, how wonderful are you'.
There's one forum rule on our little place - you must possess a sense of humour - if you don't you are not welcome. This is made very clear at the outset.
We are lucky if we see one reported post a week now.
We manage it by simply erasing any contentious post without entering into debate or discussion outside the Mod Group. If the poster complains we simply ignore them.
It doesn't take long for them to figure out for themselves where the line is, and they either behave appropriately or leave quietly and look for more fertile hunting grounds.
Win Win for everyone.
Cheers, Andrew
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Wow, I had forgotten how old this thread is.
While things can get a bit serious here, thank goodness there are some members who realise the value of good humour and sometimes outrageous silliness.
As a result I still manage to laugh out loud at some posts.
May there be all the more humour on SNA.
While things can get a bit serious here, thank goodness there are some members who realise the value of good humour and sometimes outrageous silliness.
As a result I still manage to laugh out loud at some posts.
May there be all the more humour on SNA.
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Hell yes!!!
If anyone ever becomes dis-satisfied with their home system, just drive around in your car for a week with a few of discs and I bet you will come home and hug your amp and speakers:)
ALL standard car audio systems sound like crap and even highly modded ones sound like Bose
Yeah mines a BOSE too - can only listen for so long before I've had enough!!
Listening to stereo & stuff............. and back in the rat race
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Here is a link to one of the funniest forum take's offs I've ever read.
Yes, it applies to most of us here.....................read and giggle..........................and then decide which one you are:
http://www.lensrenta...hammerforum-com
Yes, it applies to most of us here.....................read and giggle..........................and then decide which one you are:
http://www.lensrenta...hammerforum-com
Cheers, Andrew
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Only just on-topic, but...
A few year ago a friend of mine who (like me at the time) had a passing interest in audio emailed a link to me to a review in an online audio zine. The review was of a $$$many-thousand$$$ digital cable. The reviewer explained how this SPDIF cable did all sorts of wonderful things for his system - the quote I remember was, "It got me tapping my feet like no other digital cable I've had in my system before."
Anyway, this review was emailed to me purely so my friend and I could laugh at the idea that a $6k cable could have all these magical qualities (and we did laugh).
A couple of years later, I'm scouring stereo.net (and the rest of the net) for user reviews of not only digital cables, but USB/SPDIF converters, RF attenuators, even USB connectors for ****'s sake. I even had a go at explaining to that old friend of mine why jitter exists and how it affects digital audio...
The only way to interpret this (IME) is to conclude that I've become the butt of my own joke. So yes, in this case at least, humour and hifi are coexisting.
A few year ago a friend of mine who (like me at the time) had a passing interest in audio emailed a link to me to a review in an online audio zine. The review was of a $$$many-thousand$$$ digital cable. The reviewer explained how this SPDIF cable did all sorts of wonderful things for his system - the quote I remember was, "It got me tapping my feet like no other digital cable I've had in my system before."
Anyway, this review was emailed to me purely so my friend and I could laugh at the idea that a $6k cable could have all these magical qualities (and we did laugh).
A couple of years later, I'm scouring stereo.net (and the rest of the net) for user reviews of not only digital cables, but USB/SPDIF converters, RF attenuators, even USB connectors for ****'s sake. I even had a go at explaining to that old friend of mine why jitter exists and how it affects digital audio...
The only way to interpret this (IME) is to conclude that I've become the butt of my own joke. So yes, in this case at least, humour and hifi are coexisting.
