is this not absurd?

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LP2006 said:
[why? does anyone actually buy these? Maybe I'm just being arrogant, but you could get some bitch'n actives at that price.
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For the person who alredy has everything else.

For the person for whom active monitors whould get them kicked out of their condo.

For the person who, while reading that ad kicks their feet up onto a paid manservant down on all fours acting as a human ottoman, and lights up their Cohiba with a flaming $20 bill.

:)

That last one is really buckfuggg...er..fugbuk...ummm...guffcubb....DAMN!!
Yet one more thing that Tom is better at than I :(

G.
 
G.

You said it better than I!

If you're interested in this amp, I've heard of a place where you can but $50 clothspins that lift your cables off of the floor to avoid issues with static electricity, or a demagnetizer for your CDs.


SouthSIDE Glen said:
For the person who alredy has everything else.

For the person for whom active monitors whould get them kicked out of their condo.

For the person who, while reading that ad kicks their feet up onto a paid manservant down on all fours acting as a human ottoman and lights up their Cohiba with a flaming $20 bill.

:)

That last one is really buckfuggg...er..fugbuk...ummm...guffcubb....DAMN!!
Yet one more thing that Tom is better at than I :(

G.
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masteringhouse said:
a demagnetizer for your CDs.
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HAHAhahaha...I gotta put that on my Christmas list.

...right next to the gasoline-powered turtleneck.

G.
 
yeah...i'd rather have the genies. actually, plan on getting them, once I actually have a decent console to even make them worth it.
 
There are two types of people in this world. Those who are true fans of music, and freakish obsessive audiophiles.

Seriously, I'm not gonna listen to only Steely Dan for the rest of my life.
 
peopleperson said:
There are two types of people in this world. Those who are true fans of music, and freakish obsessive audiophiles.
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That's weird, I always thought it was, "There are two kinds of people in this world. Those with guns, and those who dig."

:D

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How'bout some $29.95 RadioShack specials and a gram of templeball?
 
I, for one, will buy several. I was so delighted reading that ad copy, that my top hat flew off and my monacle popped out.
 
Umm, great amps are expensive, whether they are designed to drive speakers or headphones. Just because this one is pricey doesn't mean it's not worth it.

This is not the same thing as tweako cables or power cords...
 
bblackwood said:
Umm, great amps are expensive, whether they are designed to drive speakers or headphones. Just because this one is pricey doesn't mean it's not worth it.

This is not the same thing as tweako cables or power cords...
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True, it's not "snake oil" however it's the first paragraph that turned me off.

B, do you subscribe to the idea that headphones are a better way to listen to music than a full system even those costing an equal amount?

Personally I find listening to music this way is like sex with a condom.
 
Two Worlds Collide

Not sure how familiar you are with Headroom, but it is one of many sites devoted to audiofile personal listening. You buy that headphone amp to drive your hi end headphones/earphones for listening to music. Not for recording/production of music.

For example, the first line of Headroom's mission statement

"HeadRoom is a about a sanctuary for personal listening. We do a variety of things to provide a safe haven for people involved in getting great sound in your head"

If you really want to dive into this society, check out Head-Fi, the all things headphone/earphone audiofile userforum.
 
Audiophile Shmaudiophile.....

Does anyone else remember the experiment undertaken circa 1999 by one of the techie mag's comparing various types of speaker wire???
The contestants:
24 gauge zip cord
16 ga zip cord
12-2 romex, the kind you would use to wire your house
12 ga O2 free fine stranded Monster cable

The judging panel was made up of Audio Engineers, golden eared audiophiles,
musicians and regular guys.

After hours of blindfolded A/B testing, they were not able to determine which was which.

Opinions?????
 
cables are one thing, headphones/earphones are another.

I'm not at all surprised by that result.

Here's another question though. I understand they couldn't tell which was which, but does that also mean they couldn't tell any differences at all among the cables?
 
Yeah, pretty much couldn't tell the differencs. One GoldenEar actually preferred the 24ga zip. Go figure

chazba

By the way, the test also included RG-59 coax, like your Cable TV.

The fact is that the so-called "skin effect" which is blamed for the "crappy sound of lesser speaker wire does not kick in till you get to the upper VHF range (100MHz and above)
I've got to admit that it is a genius marketing device though lol
 
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