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Uh, thanks...I think..

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Posted by Phil Sieg on December 2, 1999 at 09:29:16

In Reply to: What we choose to believe.... posted by Broman on December 2, 1999 at 08:58:57:

First, whether you choose to excoriate me or praise me, the name is "Sieg". ;-)

Elitist? Snob? Well, I guess you could say that from a certain perspective. After all, at my last office I was called the "Coffee Snob" because I would bring a carafe of freshly ground and brewed coffee each day rather than drink the brown acid that cooked on those burners all day long. Funny thing is, we started grinding our own beans daily in 1977, long before Starbucks and the coffee fad.

So maybe my choice of speakers is elitist, too, because they are made by a craftsman who refuses to turn the business into a chain operation. But anyone who wishes to take the trouble can do what I did. In fact, Frank P, georgeh and Mike who post here have already done so.

1W vs 3W? It's not a contest. There are so many little known triodes that can make great amps with the right speakers and it's really fun to experiment. Sort of like a wine tasting. Same grape, but all those different flavors. The poineering wine importer Kermit Lynch, when asked what was the greatest wine in the world, responded, "For what?". just a one wine is faboulous sitting on your deck on a warm spring afternoon while reflecting on the resuurected beauty around you, another is great on a cold winter's night with a hearty cassoulet.

So too with the triodes. One may be tremendous with the female voice; another in giving the rhythm and slam of a Mighty Sam McClain, a third with Heifitz' violin.

Super-audiophile? I loathe the term audiophile and consider it a perjorative. I am a hi-fi nut and music lover. I was an audiophile at one time. Actually, two times. I was such a slow learner I had to make the same mistakes twice to learn. So that makes me a super dense audiophile reformed.

With respect to the "bickering". All who post here are cursed with being human. Which means that all of us will at one time or another react heatedly to what someone else says or does. It's a matter of perception, and on that score we all differ. My view is that a good "dust-up" is healthy and that it clears the air. Bryan and I at least know what the other thinks now. Whether that will change either of our positions is debatable. But knowing is far better than ignorance.

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