In Reply to: Re: Yea whatever! posted by 1musiclover on April 24, 2007 at 15:32:40:
If you rec'd so much bad info from the brick and mortar shop, then why are you ripping the OP?Because he's ripping the brick and mortars. Even he claims he rarely visits them. My problem when I was a newbie was to believe what I read in the magazines and then to find a dealer who was pushing the same concepts. This was much easier for newbie back in the days when TAS ruled and Stereophile was it's surrogate.
There was limited information available and it was harder to find dissimilar but equally compelling perspectives.
And why do you "wonder if you are really as good as you say you are or are you pissing into the wind and just don't realize it"?
I don't wonder how good I am - I realize the benefits I get from visiting and maintaining relationship with local dealers. Obviously the benefits of which the OP seems quite willing to blow off.
Good at what, Don? Recoginizing BS when he reads or hears it?
No good at assembling a quality hifi system without hearing what's currently being offered.Remember this is a guy who's comtemplating purchases without having heard the gear he's interested in telling us he rarely uses his local dealers and wanting us to believe his capable of understanding synergistic considerations without ears/hands on experiences. Well anyone can fictionalize and fantasize the sound of audio equipment based on what they've read.
OK great the guy doesn't go listen to stuff he wants to buy before he buys it anymore. Wow I'm impressed - what kind of advice is that to offer other audiophiles. It's just dumb.
Give me rhythm or give me death!
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Follow Ups
- Re: Yea whatever! - Don T 15:50:09 04/24/07 (25)
- Re: Yea whatever! - MGH 18:44:06 04/24/07 (24)
- Re: Yea whatever! - 1musiclover 19:27:10 04/24/07 (23)
- Re: Yea whatever! - MGH 19:41:12 04/24/07 (22)
- Re: Yea whatever! - Don T 23:47:56 04/24/07 (21)
- Re: Yea whatever! - MGH 07:39:04 04/25/07 (20)
- Re: Yea whatever! - Don T 09:07:22 04/25/07 (19)
- Re: Yea whatever! - MGH 10:59:54 04/25/07 (18)
- Big deal I can and do all that too! But I've also had more than 20 home demos in the last year or so thanks to locals! - Don T 19:19:37 04/25/07 (17)
- Don T = Donkey? Oh Don, did you misspell your name? - MGH 20:13:51 04/25/07 (1)
- nt - Don T 08:28:14 04/26/07 (0)
- Goodnight Don T. Need to sleep now. Look forward to your post tomorrow. - MGH 20:10:56 04/25/07 (3)
- As if I or anyone else cares! nt - Don T 08:29:04 04/26/07 (2)
- Did u get a goodnight sleep, Donkey? - MGH 10:55:11 04/26/07 (1)
- nt - Don T 11:57:20 04/26/07 (0)
- WOW - Pheonix must be the audio Mecca of the universe - groove 19:58:25 04/25/07 (6)
- Hey at one time.... (but in hindsight) - Don T 08:26:41 04/26/07 (5)
- 20 CDP's in 12 months sounds like a gearhead to me - groove 18:06:02 04/26/07 (4)
- Hmmm....after closely considering all the facts in this case.. - groove 19:31:28 04/26/07 (0)
- Ok! - Don T 18:57:33 04/26/07 (2)
- Hmm.. After closely considering all the facts in this case.. - groove 19:34:44 04/26/07 (1)
- I agree. The biggest gearhead I've come across. - MGH 20:30:08 04/26/07 (0)
- BTW, my dad could beat up yours! - MGH 19:36:03 04/25/07 (1)
- nt - Don T 08:29:44 04/26/07 (0)
- Re: Big deal I can and do all that too! But I've also had more than 20 home demos in the last year or so thanks to loca - MGH 19:33:38 04/25/07 (1)
- LOL - see the trend????????????????? - Don T 07:53:08 04/26/07 (0)