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In Reply to: Murphy's Law states that..... posted by chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com on April 4, 2005 at 11:43:19:
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Do audiophiles deserve the "contempt" they get? long story... - NonA. 15:21:49 04/2/05 (118)
- i'll take my lumps - hifitommy 20:46:42 04/4/05 (0)
- Murphy's Law states that..... - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 11:43:19 04/4/05 (2)
- And if that's not enough... - MarkgM 16:35:46 04/4/05 (0)
- You're thinking of the Peter Principle. - driver8 14:22:54 04/4/05 (0)
- I think you quoted the "Peter Principle" (nt) - energyandair 04/4/0514:03:06 04/4/05 (0)
- Re: Here's a little idea... - Dave-A 06:40:41 04/4/05 (1)
- Re: Here's a little idea... - NonA. 08:15:14 04/4/05 (0)
- Re: Why be so intellectual and long-winded about it?? - Matts_ 20:09:41 04/3/05 (1)
- Right on Matt! (nt) - fortysomething 11:25:09 04/4/05 (0)
- we get it hard - scottielee 20:07:58 04/3/05 (0)
- I find it hard to agree with your generalization... - EBerlin 19:33:56 04/3/05 (1)
- Re: I find it hard to agree with your generalization... - NonA. 07:01:09 04/4/05 (0)
- It's hard - MarkgM 16:53:22 04/3/05 (2)
- they have "speaker building at school.."?? - NonA. 06:57:42 04/4/05 (1)
- Re: they have "speaker building at school.."?? - MarkgM 08:56:15 04/4/05 (0)
- Your guest was an inexcusably impolite a-hole - Rob Doorack 16:01:32 04/3/05 (0)
- Simple answer - sam9 15:47:59 04/3/05 (0)
- It's like motorcycles. - notop 15:45:35 04/3/05 (4)
- Re: It's like motorcycles. - RobertB53 17:41:08 04/3/05 (3)
- Re: It's like motorcycles. - notop 11:37:03 04/4/05 (0)
- Alcohol is more dangerous than most illegal drugs - did he ask you about that? - JohnnyLightOn 21:23:00 04/3/05 (1)
- Re: Alcohol is more dangerous than most illegal drugs - did he ask you about that? - RobertB53 07:17:44 04/4/05 (0)
- Excellent thread, thank you for starting it. (nt) - Joe Appierto 14:38:48 04/3/05 (0)
- could it be you have a guilty conscience? - hifi heretic 14:16:23 04/3/05 (5)
- Re: could it be you have a guilty conscience? - NonA. 15:30:40 04/3/05 (4)
- Re: could it be you have a guilty conscience? - hifi heretic 16:21:31 04/3/05 (1)
- Re: could it be you have a guilty conscience? - NonA. 08:10:29 04/4/05 (0)
- From learning... - MarkgM 16:17:27 04/3/05 (0)
- No - Never!!!!!!!!! - three_sox 15:56:46 04/3/05 (0)
- I am surprised you picked comtempt I would choose disinterested - Robert Hamel 14:04:19 04/3/05 (1)
- Re: I am surprised you picked comtempt I would choose disinterested - NonA. 15:14:02 04/3/05 (0)
- Do You Own Wavac? - Pondfish 13:12:13 04/3/05 (2)
- thats the thing, my systems are relatively modest by typical standards around here... - NonA. 15:08:26 04/3/05 (1)
- Re: thats the thing, my systems are relatively modest by typical standards around here... - Pat D 16:18:47 04/3/05 (0)
- There is always someone who wants to poke at - bwkendall 12:41:24 04/3/05 (1)
- Pretty good counsel [nt] - Wellfed 06:11:24 04/4/05 (0)
- A different explanation... - PhilNYC 11:55:30 04/3/05 (2)
- His comment... - NonA. 14:58:05 04/3/05 (1)
- Maybe he lives in a plastic bubble - MarkgM 16:24:25 04/3/05 (0)
- I tell them the system and the music makes me happy and it's good value. - seeburg 09:20:09 04/3/05 (1)
- $40 for spirits. Mea culpa. - RobertB53 18:23:37 04/3/05 (0)
- Interesting comments from a manufacturer - goofytwoshoes 08:26:23 04/3/05 (1)
- Re: Interesting comments from a manufacturer - Alasdair 07:33:05 04/10/05 (0)
- My experience is quite different - E-Stat 08:13:43 04/3/05 (3)
- Another common reaction, since I have a dedicated room... - Steve Parry 23:50:26 04/3/05 (0)
- Exactly... - mkuller 15:20:03 04/3/05 (1)
- Re: Exactly... - NonA. 15:44:20 04/3/05 (0)
- Re: Some People .... - mark smith 08:12:24 04/3/05 (0)
- Not from dipshits like that - but then again using an extreme example like that justify the excess..... - Don T 07:31:45 04/3/05 (4)
- "Yea I'm an audiophile but I find it almost an embarrassment to admit it in public."...yes its getting to be that way... - NonA. 14:51:17 04/3/05 (1)
- Re: "Yea I'm an audiophile but I find it almost an embarrassment to admit it in public."...yes its getting to be that wa - soulfood 08:18:23 04/4/05 (0)
- Being an audiophile doesn't automatically suggest....... - Rick W 08:17:30 04/3/05 (0)
- Audiophiles have an admirable passion. - soulfood 08:08:45 04/3/05 (0)
- Re: Do audiophiles deserve the "contempt" they get? long story... - jimmyjames 07:20:53 04/3/05 (0)
- Re: consider the source - darkstar 07:10:37 04/3/05 (0)
- Re: Do audiophiles deserve the "contempt" they get? long story... - Soundmind 06:19:47 04/3/05 (2)
- Re: Do audiophiles deserve the "contempt" they get? long story... - NonA. 14:41:33 04/3/05 (1)
- Re: Do audiophiles deserve the "contempt" they get? long story... - Soundmind 18:37:13 04/3/05 (0)
- He's an acoustics/mech engineer and he couldn't figure out his receiver was clipping? - BaddaBob 03:08:58 04/3/05 (1)
- Re: He's an acoustics/mech engineer and he couldn't figure out his receiver was clipping? - NonA. 14:36:28 04/3/05 (0)
- Re: Do audiophiles deserve the "contempt" they get? long story... - Todd Krieger 20:25:09 04/2/05 (5)
- Other than that instance, they are very nice people... - NonA. 14:29:08 04/3/05 (1)
- Re: Maybe you should... - Dave-A 06:37:33 04/4/05 (0)
- Until he finds new friends... - soulfood 07:28:46 04/3/05 (0)
- Re: Do audiophiles deserve the "contempt" they get? long story... - KCK 20:51:51 04/2/05 (1)
- Re: Do audiophiles deserve the "contempt" they get? long story... - QuadTodd 16:46:30 04/3/05 (0)
- I think I'd call it attitude - driver 19:40:37 04/2/05 (1)
- Re: I think I'd call it attitude - NonA. 14:26:34 04/3/05 (0)
- "good enough" is simply adequate for most people but they oddly feel threathened if you don't agree.-NT - lancelot 19:36:34 04/2/05 (0)
- Typically, no. - soulfood 19:16:36 04/2/05 (0)
- They have no right to tell you that ,but this is what I say - fortysomething 19:04:17 04/2/05 (4)
- For many, audio reaches perfection as soon as you step out of Circuit City with a Sony box... - NonA. 14:22:17 04/3/05 (1)
- Perhaps every statistical phantom can be found in this world - MarkgM 16:08:31 04/3/05 (0)
- Yes, and going 60mph on the freeway, you won't notice... - Steve Parry 22:29:49 04/2/05 (1)
- Yes indeed everybody has a right to their passion(NT) - fortysomething 09:15:54 04/3/05 (0)
- Pay the piper - Rodney Gold 19:00:09 04/2/05 (0)
- Most people 'think' what they're TOLD to think..... - Marc Bratton 18:09:52 04/2/05 (22)
- And you think this doesn't apply to audiophiles? - Pat D 20:23:12 04/2/05 (21)
- Pat D , I am suprised you would not beleive in speaker brake in.Read on - fortysomething 19:19:14 04/3/05 (2)
- I'm not arguing that here. It's conformist thought. - Pat D 08:23:23 04/4/05 (0)
- Oofda! - subcoolman 21:04:55 04/3/05 (0)
- So you just blindly follow the audiophile "debunkers"... - mkuller 15:36:00 04/3/05 (2)
- So you DO see my point: what's good for the goose is good for the gander. - Pat D 16:28:15 04/3/05 (1)
- Rationality (and conformity) are in the eye of the beholder...(nt) - mkuller 16:36:32 04/3/05 (0)
- Interesting . . . click on "home" from this "debunking" page and . . . - markrohr 10:47:58 04/3/05 (0)
- WOW, what a low end lackey! - hifisavant 10:34:47 04/3/05 (1)
- Are you feeling inferior? - Pat D 16:09:06 04/3/05 (0)
- I agree with "nusteve".... - feet's too big 03:46:53 04/3/05 (7)
- Re: I agree with "nusteve".... - Pat D 05:10:29 04/3/05 (6)
- Why not just...... - feet's too big 11:29:03 04/3/05 (4)
- Re: DBT - MarkgM 15:40:36 04/3/05 (3)
- "To each, their own....."... - feet's too big 16:51:52 04/3/05 (2)
- To each his all - MarkgM 20:05:27 04/3/05 (1)
- This is probably a good point to "pull stumps".... - feet's too big 04:15:17 04/4/05 (0)
- Re: I agree with "nusteve".... - nusteve 07:11:59 04/3/05 (0)
- Re: And you think this doesn't apply to audiophiles? - nusteve 23:47:15 04/2/05 (3)
- What's good for the goose is good for the gander. - Pat D 15:59:05 04/3/05 (2)
- Re: What's good for the goose is good for the gander. - nusteve 08:01:39 04/4/05 (1)
- Re: What's good for the goose is good for the gander. - Pat D 08:31:53 04/4/05 (0)
- I get it all the time - Caymus 17:47:19 04/2/05 (0)
- I know what I would say to ............ - three_sox 17:42:08 04/2/05 (6)
- While I do think they over-stepped... - NonA. 14:16:38 04/3/05 (3)
- Re: While I do think they over-stepped... - three_sox 15:30:16 04/3/05 (2)
- you'd fit right in this country (US) :-) - NonA. 15:36:40 04/3/05 (1)
- Ever figure it to contrast with the US moreso? - MarkgM 15:50:32 04/3/05 (0)
- Excellent! The buck stops here - MarkgM 11:59:16 04/3/05 (0)
- Nicely put!....nt - feet's too big 03:51:01 04/3/05 (0)
- Anything to excess is bad! (nt) - RAB 17:27:38 04/2/05 (2)
- theres a gorgeous saying about excess.. - NonA. 14:10:34 04/3/05 (0)
- Re: Anything to excess is bad! - Norm Strong 21:40:23 04/2/05 (0)
- Well, Shucks... - Silver Eared John 17:13:54 04/2/05 (1)
- hehhehe..in this case, yes, we did indeed..thats what makes it such a sweet story :-) nt - NonA. 14:02:25 04/3/05 (0)
- Don't worry about it. - srdavis2000 16:17:45 04/2/05 (3)
- diminished returns - MarkgM 11:50:25 04/3/05 (0)
- Hehe...But... - Harmonia 17:17:45 04/2/05 (0)
- Re: Don't worry about it. - T&T 16:53:55 04/2/05 (0)
- Re: Do audiophiles deserve the "contempt" they get? long story... - john curl 16:03:29 04/2/05 (1)
- Re: Do audiophiles deserve the "contempt" they get? long story... - NonA. 13:59:47 04/3/05 (0)
- Re: Do audiophiles deserve the "contempt" they get? long story... - kuma 15:43:54 04/2/05 (0)
Follow Ups
- I think you quoted the "Peter Principle" (nt) - energyandair 04/4/0514:03:06 04/4/05 (0)