When I've been in front of the tv over the last few days, I just treat it the same way I did when Princess Di kicked the bucket - I watch only the channels that don't even mention the event, (SciFi, Comedy Central, Cartoon network, Nickelodeon, HBO, etc.).
In fact, my whole attitude towards the death of JFK jr. has been exactly the same as it was towards Di... without even actually consciously thinking about it, I ask myself, "Is this someone I either know or care about? No, it isn't." Then I consciously decide to avoid all the coverage and hype in the media.
Frankly I don't give a rat's ass about the death of either of these people and I have a very hard time understanding why so many people outside of the friends and family of the deceased seem to care.
Guess what - neither John John or Lady Di would give a shit if *you* died...
Now don't get me wrong, I usually enjoy doing a bit of shopping online. And there's little question that, in most cases, you'll get the best prices on stuff from the web. BUT... I've yet to see any online CD store that can consistently come even close to the low CD prices I can find at any smaller, local CD store (NOT Sam Goody, Tower, etc). This becomes especially true once you factor in shipping costs.
There's another $.02 tossed in... don't spend it all in one place!
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Wow, did I just see you make a "Walsh" reference?! Holy crap! You must really be an old audio-geek!
Takes one to know one;)
- STUMBO - It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm really quite busy.
Tube amps, point by point - I couldn't resist::heh heh::
Tube amps are: 1. Heavy - yeah and? Are you in the habit of moving your system around all the time? 2. Produce a lot of heat - so? 3. Energy hogs - the overall power consumption of a modern-day tube amp only slightly greater than that of a high-end solid state amp. 4. Never sound the same from the first turn on - neither do transistor amps, my friend. Though I'll concede you that tube amps change their sound characteristics to a greater degree than solid state amps over a given time period. 5. Replacing tubes each year can cost a lot - can't argue that point. 6. High levels of harmonic distortion - ahh, but the distortion that tubes produce is *even order* harmonic distortion, which is not nearly as harsh-sounding as the odd order distortion that is produced by transistors. In fact, even large amounts of even order distortion (1%-2%), do not add significant dissonance to an audio signal.
Best possible scenario, IMO: a tube preamp used with a high-power transistor power amp driving a nice pair of floor-standing, full range, acoustic-suspension speakers = a little slice of audio nirvana...
Another $0.02 tossed in.
- STUMBO - It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm really quite busy.
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When I've been in front of the tv over the last few days, I just treat it the same way I did when Princess Di kicked the bucket - I watch only the channels that don't even mention the event, (SciFi, Comedy Central, Cartoon network, Nickelodeon, HBO, etc.).
In fact, my whole attitude towards the death of JFK jr. has been exactly the same as it was towards Di... without even actually consciously thinking about it, I ask myself, "Is this someone I either know or care about? No, it isn't." Then I consciously decide to avoid all the coverage and hype in the media.
Frankly I don't give a rat's ass about the death of either of these people and I have a very hard time understanding why so many people outside of the friends and family of the deceased seem to care.
Guess what - neither John John or Lady Di would give a shit if *you* died...
Now don't get me wrong, I usually enjoy doing a bit of shopping online. And there's little question that, in most cases, you'll get the best prices on stuff from the web. BUT... I've yet to see any online CD store that can consistently come even close to the low CD prices I can find at any smaller, local CD store (NOT Sam Goody, Tower, etc). This becomes especially true once you factor in shipping costs.
There's another $.02 tossed in... don't spend it all in one place!
Wow, did I just see you make a "Walsh" reference?! Holy crap! You must really be an old audio-geek!
;)
Takes one to know one
- STUMBO
- It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm really quite busy.
Tube amps, point by point - I couldn't resist ::heh heh::
Tube amps are:
1. Heavy - yeah and? Are you in the habit of moving your system around all the time?
2. Produce a lot of heat - so?
3. Energy hogs - the overall power consumption of a modern-day tube amp only slightly greater than that of a high-end solid state amp.
4. Never sound the same from the first turn on - neither do transistor amps, my friend. Though I'll concede you that tube amps change their sound characteristics to a greater degree than solid state amps over a given time period.
5. Replacing tubes each year can cost a lot - can't argue that point.
6. High levels of harmonic distortion - ahh, but the distortion that tubes produce is *even order* harmonic distortion, which is not nearly as harsh-sounding as the odd order distortion that is produced by transistors. In fact, even large amounts of even order distortion (1%-2%), do not add significant dissonance to an audio signal.
Best possible scenario, IMO: a tube preamp used with a high-power transistor power amp driving a nice pair of floor-standing, full range, acoustic-suspension speakers = a little slice of audio nirvana...
Another $0.02 tossed in.
- STUMBO
- It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm really quite busy.