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Posted by Bruce Kendall (D) on May 09, 2007 at 11:19:49

Fire up the system in your head and let it warm up for a minute.
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Now play one of your favorite tracks.
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Do it, damnit! Don't read ahead! (You cheaters!)
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Did you hear it in stereo?

• Sounds like headphones, and Graham Parker keeps forgetting the lyrics. He must be getting old. - Enophile 08:22:05 05/12/07 (1)
  In Reply to: A thought spawned from Critic's Corner..... posted by Bruce Kendall on May 9, 2007 at 11:19:49:

  Cheers, amigo.

  
  
  
  

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  • 'Hit me with your rhythm stick'!!! - Timbo in Oz 01:23:54 05/13/07 (0)
    In Reply to: Sounds like headphones, and Graham Parker keeps forgetting the lyrics. He must be getting old. posted by Enophile on May 12, 2007 at 08:22:05:

    or was that someone else!?

    
    Warmest

    Timbo in Oz
    The Skyptical Mensurer and Audio Scrounger

    And gladly would he learn and gladly teach - Chaucer. ;-)!

    'Still not saluting.'

    
    
    

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• I was really having trouble with my erector set, - Muzikmike 10:16:49 05/10/07 (0)
  In Reply to: A thought spawned from Critic's Corner..... posted by Bruce Kendall on May 9, 2007 at 11:19:49:

  but as always, music soothed me and I was able to put in that final screw.

  Thanks for the idea.
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  If I had more money I'd soon be broke...but I'd have more LPs!
  
  

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• Viscerally in stereo but pragmatically in perfect mono ~t - three_sox 16:38:26 05/09/07 (0)
  In Reply to: A thought spawned from Critic's Corner..... posted by Bruce Kendall on May 9, 2007 at 11:19:49:

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• I have bipolar speakers, hopefully these would not makes me a reprobate …nt - millen 16:16:05 05/09/07 (1)
  In Reply to: A thought spawned from Critic's Corner..... posted by Bruce Kendall on May 9, 2007 at 11:19:49:

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  • No, millen... your bi-polar speakers would not make you a reprobate... - feet's too big 01:29:24 05/10/07 (0)
    In Reply to: I have bipolar speakers, hopefully these would not makes me a reprobate …nt posted by millen on May 9, 2007 at 16:16:05:

    Your other individual qualities and actions, however.......... :o)
    
    

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• Re: Did you hear it in stereo? - Ed McM 14:35:31 05/09/07 (6)
  In Reply to: A thought spawned from Critic's Corner..... posted by Bruce Kendall on May 9, 2007 at 11:19:49:

  Nope. More like surround.
  
  

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  • Hey! what are you doing here eh?..... - millen 16:19:16 05/09/07 (2)
    In Reply to: Re: Did you hear it in stereo? posted by Ed McM on May 9, 2007 at 14:35:31:

    I thought you’d be busy sandbagging the shorelines on the Lake Winnipegosis. I’ve heard some of the watersheds in your area have reached the crescent.

    
    
    

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    • Re: Hey! what are you doing here eh?..... - Ed McM 18:05:24 05/09/07 (1)
      In Reply to: Hey! what are you doing here eh?..... posted by millen on May 9, 2007 at 16:19:16:

      Hi Millen. You know more about what's happening in Manitoba than I do. It's extremely dry in this area.

      
      
      

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      • I should have known…. - millen 21:15:23 05/09/07 (0)
        In Reply to: Re: Hey! what are you doing here eh?..... posted by Ed McM on May 9, 2007 at 18:05:24:

        

        that someone in Saskatchewan must have forgotten to turn the lights on again. My bad I have heard wrong. This reminds me a guy I know who used to live in Saskatchewan still remembers how flat the area is after all this years. He says the area still leaves a painful memory ever since the day his wife walks out on him as he watched her walk for 5 miles.

        My feeling is he forgot tell her to "stay where your at and I'll come where your to".

        
        
        

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  • "Surround" surround, or more like in the middle of the instruments? - Bruce Kendall 14:46:44 05/09/07 (2)
    In Reply to: Re: Did you hear it in stereo? posted by Ed McM on May 9, 2007 at 14:35:31:

    I interpreted that as being the "there" mix.
    

    
    
    
    

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    • in my dreams I am there, but strangely I can't hear music like that! when I'm conscious! - Timbo in Oz 18:29:51 05/11/07 (0)
      In Reply to: "Surround" surround, or more like in the middle of the instruments? posted by Bruce Kendall on May 9, 2007 at 14:46:44:

      I'll give it a try towards the end of my next meditation session and report back.

      
      Warmest

      Timbo in Oz
      The Skyptical Mensurer and Audio Scrounger

      And gladly would he learn and gladly teach - Chaucer. ;-)!

      'Still not saluting.'

      
      
      

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    • Re: "Surround" surround, or more like in the middle of the instruments? - Ed McM 18:00:28 05/09/07 (0)
      In Reply to: "Surround" surround, or more like in the middle of the instruments? posted by Bruce Kendall on May 9, 2007 at 14:46:44:

      I should have elaborated a little more. You would have been more correct to have interpreted what I said as the "everywhere" mix. That's what can happen when you try to listen to music in your head while you're cutting grass.

      Having tried the experiment again in a more relaxed environment, my answer is "mono". For some reason, I'm grateful for that.
      
      
      

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• "Life's the same, I'm moving in Stereo, life's the same, - Sordidman 14:13:31 05/09/07 (7)
  In Reply to: A thought spawned from Critic's Corner..... posted by Bruce Kendall on May 9, 2007 at 11:19:49:

  except for my shoes...."

  :-)

  Name that band, - go fish!!

  Hi Bruce!

  Look out for Sordidman and his two wheels, no wait, 4 wheels, - I need spares!! I'm coming down there to get warm, to eat raw fish, and go to the Dairy Queen!!! I know that you're wired, and have GOOGLE-MAPPED all of the Dairy Queens: but, will it make a good bike route??

  No freeways now, you know how I hate violence on the roadways...
  

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  The problem of leisure, what to do for pleasure. Ideal love a new purchase, a market of the senses. Dream of the perfect life.
  
  

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  • The Cars... I quite like that song - mhardy6647 14:26:02 05/09/07 (1)
    In Reply to: "Life's the same, I'm moving in Stereo, life's the same, posted by Sordidman on May 9, 2007 at 14:13:31:

    I like all the weird(er) songs on their debut.

    
    all the best,
    mrh
    
    

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    • Yep! When Sordidman was just a tyke.... - Sordidman 14:43:14 05/09/07 (0)
      In Reply to: The Cars... I quite like that song posted by mhardy6647 on May 9, 2007 at 14:26:02:

      we used to shoot pool to that vinyl record and chat about all kinds of things that much younger men chatted about: along with Echo and the Bunnymen, The Clash, The Talking Heads, and of course, - the Pistols....

      Ahhh, - to get just one of those evenings back again......
      

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      The problem of leisure, what to do for pleasure. Ideal love a new purchase, a market of the senses. Dream of the perfect life.
      
      

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  • You know you're welcome any time, - Bruce Kendall 14:23:11 05/09/07 (4)
    In Reply to: "Life's the same, I'm moving in Stereo, life's the same, posted by Sordidman on May 9, 2007 at 14:13:31:

    but do we have to eat at Dairy Queen? ;~)

    If you're serious let me know. My "big" doctor's appointment is on again and off again almost by the hour lately.
    

    
    
    
    

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    • CHOMP, CHOMP!!! What if I buy?? C'mon B!! - Sordidman 14:40:49 05/09/07 (3)
      In Reply to: You know you're welcome any time, posted by Bruce Kendall on May 9, 2007 at 14:23:11:

      I got a hankering for Dilly Bars!!

      No, maybe just chocolate dipped soft vanilla ice cream from a machine: Yeah Baby!!

      Looks like June, - I'll be riding down Hwy 1 from SF, - then I'll turn east to ride in the EAST and get hot!!

      Weehhheeee.....

      I'll be in touch soon, yo!!
      

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      The problem of leisure, what to do for pleasure. Ideal love a new purchase, a market of the senses. Dream of the perfect life.
      
      

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      • Okay, since you're coming in June. - Bruce Kendall 14:43:18 05/09/07 (2)
        In Reply to: CHOMP, CHOMP!!! What if I buy?? C'mon B!! posted by Sordidman on May 9, 2007 at 14:40:49:

        Because it will be hot, my friend.
        

        
        
        
        

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        • I am really wound up to breathe some desert air, then get some dessert -t - Sordidman 14:51:06 05/09/07 (1)
          In Reply to: Okay, since you're coming in June. posted by Bruce Kendall on May 9, 2007 at 14:43:18:

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          The problem of leisure, what to do for pleasure. Ideal love a new purchase, a market of the senses. Dream of the perfect life.
          
          

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          • And get your just desserts?... - feet's too big 15:23:40 05/09/07 (0)
            In Reply to: I am really wound up to breathe some desert air, then get some dessert -t posted by Sordidman on May 9, 2007 at 14:51:06:

            There may be quite a few who hope that they do not share such a fate!... :o)
            
            

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• A corollary... - mkuller 13:26:09 05/09/07 (3)
  In Reply to: A thought spawned from Critic's Corner..... posted by Bruce Kendall on May 9, 2007 at 11:19:49:

  ...are your dreams in color - or black and white?
  
  

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  • Generally in color. - Bruce Kendall 13:33:35 05/09/07 (2)
    In Reply to: A corollary... posted by mkuller on May 9, 2007 at 13:26:09:

    Funny that I am more self aware in that area. Just don't ask me to disclose the contents of many dreams. ;~)
    

    
    
    
    

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    • Don't sell yourself short, Bruce... - feet's too big 15:18:24 05/09/07 (1)
      In Reply to: Generally in color. posted by Bruce Kendall on May 9, 2007 at 13:33:35:

      I seem to remember you admitting that you too had distinct sensory impressions (feeling the wind on the side of your cheek, smelling the grasses of the moors, both feeling and hearing the crunch of gravel under your shoes, etc) during your dreams...

      I shall not press you about how you might have felt a crackle of electricity at your fingertips when in certain company during those dreams!... :o)

      
      Bill.

      
      
      

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      • Yes, we did have that conversation. - Bruce Kendall 15:32:02 05/09/07 (0)
        In Reply to: Don't sell yourself short, Bruce... posted by feet's too big on May 9, 2007 at 15:18:24:

        It was great to hear someone else is similarly afflicted.
        

        
        
        
        

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• Hang on let me stop the gerbil on the wheeel and I will tell you.... - *Michael Z* 12:35:42 05/09/07 (0)
  In Reply to: A thought spawned from Critic's Corner..... posted by Bruce Kendall on May 9, 2007 at 11:19:49:

  Hang on.....

  
  SloWWinng Dooon....

  
  DUUUUHHHHHHHHH....

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  I guess there is nothing there when I stop him.
  Mike "use your ears" Z
  
  

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• Re: A thought spawned from Critic's Corner..... - LousyTourist 12:05:58 05/09/07 (0)
  In Reply to: A thought spawned from Critic's Corner..... posted by Bruce Kendall on May 9, 2007 at 11:19:49:

  no, it was MONO!(!!)

  and pretty poor fidelity mono at that.

  Gotta get my brain tweaked up I guess.
  

  The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
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• Hang on, you're making a lot of assumptions here... - ElbowGeek 11:48:10 05/09/07 (2)
  In Reply to: A thought spawned from Critic's Corner..... posted by Bruce Kendall on May 9, 2007 at 11:19:49:

  First, that a thought went into a post over at Critic's Corner ;-)

  Seriously... up in my noggin we got 9.2 surround! (The extra .1 is the Macarena song which refuses to leave after six years...)
  
  

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  • I can't take all of the credit for it. - Bruce Kendall 11:52:46 05/09/07 (1)
    In Reply to: Hang on, you're making a lot of assumptions here... posted by ElbowGeek on May 9, 2007 at 11:48:10:

    But I did have to give it some thought.
    

    
    
    

    • http://www.audioasylum.com/forums/critics/messages/31741.html   (Open in New Window)

    
    

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    • A bit of an apology here... - ElbowGeek 12:03:15 05/09/07 (0)
      In Reply to: I can't take all of the credit for it. posted by Bruce Kendall on May 9, 2007 at 11:52:46:

      My reply came out implying that no thought went into your post - Doh! Really stupid on my part as I regard you as being one of the most thought-*ful* people on this board.

      It's just that the last time I set foot in there it abounded with one of two types of post: arguments about improper compensation for Stereophile reviewers and arguments over the various other "hot button" issues, which shall remain nameless, but you know what they are ;-)

      As for the post itself, in honesty, as a recording engineer, I do actually think in *terms of* stereo and can hear a stereo mix in my head, but you're right, when just idly "listening" one does tend to fold down to a mono mix. Quite interesting actually.

      Cheers
      
      

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