MakeMineVinyl
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And what about that pepperoni shortage????Please keep on topic , pizza , pineapple, cultural abandonment and insecurity expressed by national cuisine.. oh and pizza ..
And what about that pepperoni shortage????Please keep on topic , pizza , pineapple, cultural abandonment and insecurity expressed by national cuisine.. oh and pizza ..
In my experience high end audio people have all levels of education, but I've seen an over representation of persons who were previously stereo salesmen.It would be interesting to collect the education level for Paul and the others like him, to see if there is a clear pattern that can be shown, i.e., to see whether it can be shown that the people who push audiophile snake oil generally have little or no quantitative education.
There are parallels with charismatic televangelists who take peoples' money. But there are important differences. Peddlers of audiophile snake oil generally take money from young adults who have disposable income and who are not spending their retirement. Charismatic televangelists prey on old ladies living on welfare and food stamps.
that pepperoni looks so gooooooodBeing from Buffalo, I prefer Buffalo style pizza, kind of half way between NY thin and Chicago deep dish.
It would be interesting to collect the education level for Paul and the others like him, to see if there is a clear pattern that can be shown, i.e., to see whether it can be shown that the people who push audiophile snake oil generally have little or no quantitative education.
There are parallels with charismatic televangelists who take peoples' money. But there are important differences. Peddlers of audiophile snake oil generally take money from young adults who have disposable income and who are not spending their retirement. Charismatic televangelists prey on old ladies living on welfare and food stamps.
Yep. Jason over at Schiit made his own kind of damage control move with his "blind listening" write up last February
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sch...bable-start-up.701900/page-3798#post-15486474
Both of them are responding to the shift in the market over the last few years where consumers now have access to independent measurements for some of their equipment, and some consumers are using them to make purchase decisions.
And I have noticed that there's a new generation of audio equipment owners coming out of video games and PC building very much interested in real world performance. Instead of merely relying on manufacturer specs.
never heard of the taco or hamburger pizzas. Here in New England we have white clam pizzas, which are great.Well, as an American, I shouldn't really poke fun.
In addition to the actually delicious Hawaiian pizza, we have the mixed-bag of Taco Pizza and Hamburger Pizza.
If PS wants to rely on subjective measurements, they are catering to a dwindling market in the long run.
never heard of the taco or hamburger pizzas. Here in New England we have white clam pizzas, which are great.
Lots of wood fire oven pizzerias here. It is very cold here in the winter and winters are long. I expect frost in the next couple of weeks. Summer is short here. People that come here anew are very shocked at what it feels like and they usually don't have a proper parka or down hoody jacket. I see it every winter, peeps walking about in jean jackets or leather with a cotton hoody underneath in burning cold temps. It gets so cold and dry that going outside takes your breath away for the first 20 seconds or so. We have had very little snow for the past few years.
Sure its the pizza thread! Isnt it?
It does pump the brand. I'm surprised a admin at Wikipedia never came down on that page for that.
lol... Amazingly I see lots of cyclists out there scooting around when it's freakishly cold. The snow gets really hard, dry and squeeks when walking on it so the cyclists have a good surface to ride on. I don't know if they have to use special lube but at those temps regular oils and lube goes stiff.And if you play hockey outside ... tough lock, in particular for the goalie, the spare one sitting on the bench ...
I think the younger market is more tuned in to the objective technological merits in audio and other fields. The rich old farts want bling because they generally have more disposable income, kids have left the house.
https://dandagostino.com/products/momentum-mono.php
Ironically, in the "golden years" of HiFi - the 1950s / early 1960s - hobbyists were pretty objective / spec driven. The hobby went off the rails in the 1970s.
never heard of the taco or hamburger pizzas. Here in New England we have white clam pizzas, which are great.
100% agree. The train has left the station. If PS wants to rely on subjective measurements, they are catering to a dwindling market in the long run.
They would be better served by either publishing their data or explaining what they think a specific measurement means, rather than rejecting empirical data.
lol... Amazingly I see lots of cyclists out there scooting around when it's freakishly cold. The snow gets really hard, dry and squeeks when walking on it so the cyclists have a good surface to ride on. I don't know if they have to use special lube but at those temps regular oils and lube goes stiff.
In my experience high end audio people have all levels of education, but I've seen an over representation of persons who were previously stereo salesmen.
To be fair, Paul is just doing what he needs to do to sell his product (aside from the personal attacks). I don't think he is being dishonest, and they do make a solid product, but I (and people here generally) have philosophical differences over the subjective vs objective debate. There are far, far, far more glaring specimens of snake oil in audio!!!!!