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1: Computer Audio Asylum, Arrogant, clueless, obnoxious as always. You've no idea what you're talking about. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2021-06-01, 20:06:33 (71.168.164.135)
Can anyone this old really be so freakin' stupid? .......
2: Computer Audio Asylum, Thank God it's not a video this time. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2020-09-29, 19:56:09 (73.112.146.210)
Watching paint dry would seem like top-notch entertainment, compared to your last video update. Oh, and "sounds surprisingly nice" - give it a few more years, and AM radio will sound surprisingly nice .......
3: General Asylum, OK, I see now. That's a very rare exception to the rule. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2020-03-06, 10:23:16 (208.47.202.254)
99.9% of time it's indeed "objectivist"/"frugal"/hard of hearing idiots stirring the s...tpot. Reading some of the responses here, in this thread, it's quite clear why rules in that forum must remain .......
4: Computer Audio Asylum, This won't necessarily solve the Kindle issues, but very useful thing to do anyway: (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2020-03-06, 09:18:35 (208.47.202.254)
Ignore the below if you've already done this. Following the instructions below will give you the ability to download and install ANY app available in Google Play store, as opposed to the handicapped o .......
5: General Asylum, Not sure what the problem is. The forum in question is intended for discussing cables, right? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2020-03-03, 12:26:30 (8.37.179.254)
If someone tries to interpret that as "forum where stupid f...ks, who have no first hand experience with cables, and/or can't hear their effect in an audio system, come to put down people who wish to .......
6: Computer Audio Asylum, According to the link, it should be as simple as locating and manually deleting relevant files (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2020-02-14, 10:09:04 (8.37.179.254)
Link below - note that there's no uninstall procedure per se, just manually deleting relevant files. Read first two pages - suggestions are all the same, the trick is to find those files, which is not .......
7: Critic's Corner, "his/her" is not inclusive enough? I can certainly relate to that. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2020-02-13, 17:36:13 (73.112.146.210)
"Trannie Grannie Dwarf Fetish" comes to mind. That's a name of a song, by the way. .......
8: General Asylum, Kind of - at least this is the only, although conditional, "yes". (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2020-02-13, 10:27:39 (208.47.202.254)
I myself probably would, if I liked the genre, but I don't (non-conditionally), however find visual imagery amusing. It wouldn't sound right on my system for sure, even if I tried. .......
9: General Asylum, Not sure if that's true, we would have to ask someone who likes it. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2020-02-13, 09:43:51 (208.47.202.254)
Visual component, with all the degenerates in that video, and German language are two things going for it, but the "music", on the other hand... .......
10: Digital Drive, "Brilliant Pebbles" are just crystals, as far as I know, and those certainly work. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2020-02-13, 09:36:50 (208.47.202.254)
But there's absolutely no way someone like Cornhollins could pull his head out of his you know what, to have a chance to experience that. It's amazing, actually, that he continues to swing quite feroc .......
11: Digital Drive, "What is your motive?" - I thought that's rather obvious. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2020-02-12, 13:27:36 (208.47.202.254)
A notoriously toxic and nasty a-hole is trying to make some new friends :-) Not just here - look at the top of the page in PC Audio forum, topic about an Apple machine rendered useless by updates. ::: .......
12: Computer Audio Asylum, Important distinction: Network vs. Internet - former is possible without the latter. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2020-02-11, 12:14:04 (208.47.202.254)
Simplest would be dedicated router and its own network, with playback machine hard-wired or on WiFi, and control device (iPad) on WiFi. Inconvenience here, of course, is that if iPad is used for anyth .......
13: Computer Audio Asylum, Unless using streaming services, why is dedicated audio machine connected to Internet in the first place? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2020-02-11, 10:05:59 (208.47.202.254)
Regardless of whether system updates, security updates etc. break anything - why do you need them on properly functioning computer, dedicated to audio? I know that Apple-mongers here wouldn't be able .......
14: General Asylum, A little audiophile test. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2020-02-10, 13:27:40 (208.47.202.254)
Watch the video below, paying close attention to the musical aspect of it (may not be that simple), and ask yourself - would I play this on my system, and how would it sound if I did? V .......
15: Computer Audio Asylum, Some (many?) scanners allow saving the scanned pages as single multi-page PDF. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2019-10-01, 15:00:32 (208.47.202.254)
See the link below for Canon, for instance, and I've seen the same for Brother - I'm sure there are others. .......
16: Tweakers' Asylum, Doesn't surprise me one bit. I'm using a crystal taped to the surface of the breaker ... (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2019-09-09, 11:12:50 (208.47.202.254)
... that feeds audio system, and another, quite large one, just laying on the top of main breaker. Not a night and day improvement, but certainly noticeable. As with all crystal application, they are .......
17: Computer Audio Asylum, If your friend's player has AUX input (most do), some other opportunities open up. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2019-08-26, 14:28:06 (208.47.202.254)
For instance, a cheap unlocked smartphone like ZTE or Alcatel, only used as a player, or Amazon Fire 7 tablet - either for roughly $50. Of course, requires fiddling with it while driving, which is not .......
18: Computer Audio Asylum, Comment directly below is correct. Simple test: (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2019-08-21, 10:30:30 (208.47.202.254)
Using any music management software that allows to convert format, try to convert one of your MP3's to WAV - which is what your software is doing, if you're creating music CD. You can gauge the total .......
19: Critic's Corner, "good for the car or around the house, but NOT through a high-end system"? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2019-08-20, 13:41:52 (73.112.146.210)
Where are you getting these ideas? The only place I can think of is this very forum, where a handful of senile pseudo-audiophiles perpetuates this nonsense, post after post after post .......
20: Digital Drive, Wireless access point could be a viable alternative to "properly wired for LAN". (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2019-08-06, 14:41:10 (208.47.202.254)
NAS sitting somewhere near wireless router, plugged into it, and your playback device several rooms away, hardwired to wireless AP. These devices are not expensive, of course needs to have a good rang .......
21: Hi-Rez Highway, "Is there any such creature" - it would only be useful for you, if you yourself is said creature. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2019-07-30, 20:55:47 (73.112.146.210)
Otherwise, it's the same as arguing about merits of power cords or speaker cables - those who hear the difference, have no chance of convincing those who don't. If you have a component which can accep .......
22: Computer Audio Asylum, What about this nice long thread here, one of a hundred probably? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2019-07-22, 12:04:37 (208.47.202.254)
If you were able to hear the difference between WAV and FLAC, would you still trade ultimate sound quality for better tagging capabilities? And I'm not even talking WAV --> FLAC --> WAV conversion tha .......
23: Digital Drive, One thing to try, to see if it makes difference. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2019-07-20, 07:52:00 (73.112.146.210)
Disconnect the coax from the box to preamp, and connect TV audio out to preamp instead. TV most likely has analog (stereo RCA) and digital (Toslink) outs. .......
24: General Asylum, Thinking is strictly optional with this crowd - and listening is strongly discouraged. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2019-07-18, 15:12:32 (208.47.202.254)
For instance, I've seen no evidence of either on the part of OP in this thread, as well as all the eagerly supporting respondents. .......
25: General Asylum, Crystals do, too - not a secret to those in Tweakers. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2019-07-18, 15:05:52 (208.47.202.254)
The side show here in this thread, on the other hand, is truly embarrassing. .......
26: General Asylum, How dare you sharing actual experience with the product in a thread like this! (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2019-07-18, 15:01:20 (208.47.202.254)
What's next - questioning whether the OP in this thread is really an audiophile guru he, and the brain-dead (ear-dead, too) cattle supporting him, is convinced he is? BTW, I use crystals on tubes for .......
27: General Asylum, "useful information and thoughtful responses"? Quite possible - if some specific conditions are met. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2019-07-17, 20:22:24 (73.112.146.210)
Namely: 1. You are a beginner, having no idea whatsoever what high end audio, or even just good sound, is about 2. You have no experience with decent gear 3. You are freaking deaf 4. You like to witne .......
28: General Asylum, His favorite toy, obviously. Too bad he didn't post a picture of ... (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2019-07-17, 20:07:03 (73.112.146.210)
... the lubricant he uses on that, when stimulating himself, before exploding with the output - like on these pages, for instance. .......
29: General Asylum, Obvious example of more not necessarily being better. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2019-07-17, 14:16:14 (208.47.202.254)
In fact, from what I've seen on this page, for instance, it's mostly clueless, condescending, annoying garbage. If we're lucky, 0.1% of his posts do not fall into this category. Yes, 33 sounds about r .......
30: General Asylum, Dispelling audiophile myth and misinformation - I'll play. Here's one: "Abe Collins is an audiophile". (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2019-07-17, 14:02:12 (208.47.202.254)
Unless it has suddenly changed while I wasn't looking, hard of hearing equipment junkie and prolific, if mostly useless and irritating, forum dweller is not the definition of "audiophile". ::: TOPIC:: .......
31: General Asylum, But can you measure the effect of Shun Mook Resonators or PS Audio Noise Harvester with your iPhone? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2019-07-17, 13:03:31 (208.47.202.254)
You obviously can't - and/or won't - use your ears, so measurements taken with your iPhone must be the only alternative that can be provided, to back up your omnipresent, clueless, condescending blath .......
32: Critic's Corner, It's well known who Archimago is, and what agenda he pursues. It doesn't look good for Chris C. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2018-10-15, 13:59:11 (208.47.202.254)
I'm sure Archimago is right about MQA. Unfortunately, you can't erase his body of work right up to that point, which, in short, is Hydrogen Audio-type propaganda (not as retarded, of course) against .......
33: Tweakers' Asylum, "We are a bit more tolerant ... over at Computer Audio" - you mean, the clique you're part of? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-12-15, 08:51:36 (80.169.36.118)
The one that took over that forum, and chased away everyone who dared to contribute on the subject of actually improving the sound of Computer Audio? I will eagerly believe whatever you say about the .......
34: Computer Audio Asylum, Please forgive Abe Cornhollins. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-12-14, 20:36:32 (80.169.36.118)
He's freaking dense. .......
35: Tweakers' Asylum, Very reasonable - however, only 2 subforums free of audiophile bashing is not good enough, IMHO. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-12-14, 08:44:40 (80.169.36.118)
These idiots already turned PC Audio forum into a useless cesspool, where no one worth their salt would post, unless he enjoys being subjected to humiliation and ridicule. Would you please talk to mod .......
36: Tweakers' Asylum, Shouldn't be really that surprising. I use Shunyata elevators under speaker cables. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-12-07, 08:27:21 (80.169.36.118)
Clearly, different materials those risers are made of affect the sound. I didn't do any comparisons with other brands of elevators, but the old "milk carton" tweak didn't make nearly as much differ .......
37: Computer Audio Asylum, Except your analogy doesn't work. You did NOT buy a sandwich, and did NOT notice any strange aroma. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-12-04, 08:40:12 (80.169.36.118)
You are just standing outside the shop, badmouthing the owner, and the sandwiches he's selling - without any obvious reason. Except probably the fact that they're too expensive for you, and also that .......
38: Tweakers' Asylum, The ones on flat-top tubes are held with a small amount of silicone.. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-12-01, 14:33:20 (80.169.36.118)
Those that rest between "pimples" on 6C33C can fall, theoretically, but I don't head-bang around there all that much :-). .......
39: Computer Audio Asylum, That's not the image that comes to my mind - way too artistic, way too much credit. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-12-01, 12:01:12 (80.169.36.118)
Rabid, drooling junkyard dog would be more like it. .......
40: General Asylum, Fully agree... but look below - you're casting pearls before swine. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-12-01, 10:10:19 (80.169.36.118)
They don't get it, never have, never will. .......
41: Computer Audio Asylum, It's posts like this, and posters like you and Cornhollins, are the reason this place is a useless dump. n/t (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-12-01, 09:16:32 (80.169.36.118)
n/t .......
42: Tweakers' Asylum, Just trial and error, to be frank. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-11-30, 09:26:20 (80.169.36.118)
I have about 20-25 different kinds of rocks, bought cheap on eBay, and the "science" is to try them in various locations, to hear what sounds best. After a number of experiments, I eliminated some of .......
43: Tweakers' Asylum, Fellow tweakers... what say you? (pic inside) (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-11-30, 08:44:50 (80.169.36.118)
Random thoughts are welcome. .......
44: General Asylum, Here's important difference: people incapable of something, don't usually brag about it. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-11-30, 08:27:00 (80.169.36.118)
They also don't preach to others on that same subject - nor they try to ridicule other people, who do not share their shortcomings. But that, of course, provided we're talking about intelligent people .......
45: General Asylum, Fully, 100% agree - the whole premise of the OP is insulting, and clearly meant to be. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-11-29, 12:04:57 (80.169.36.118)
Basically, manifestation of inferiority complex - those who can't, try to disparage those who can, simply dragging them to their own level. The funny thing is that they "won't" before they "can't", so .......
46: Critic's Corner, De-legitimization efforts were well underway before this OP, helped greatly.... (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-11-15, 11:34:23 (80.169.36.118)
... by your own participation. At this point, I don't think any amount of legitimization will help to revive this moribund project - short of you publicly acknowledging some resemblance of neutrality, .......
47: Critic's Corner, Look on the bright side - mods did find time (more than once) to delete YOUR incoherent, offensive blathering. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-11-11, 15:40:45 (80.169.36.118)
They are doing pretty good job, IMO, ever since overreacting with Isaac P. Garvey. Are they doing a perfect job? No, of course not - if they were, you with your persistent nasty bullshit would've been .......
48: Critic's Corner, People get testy when a blatant scam is pushed down their throats ... go figure! (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-11-11, 15:34:39 (80.169.36.118)
You wrote: "Some folks like it". Some folks - hopefully, very small percentage of population - like to eat feces. And that's totally cool, unless and until feces are declared Haute Cuisine by couple o .......
49: Critic's Corner, Let's hope the same people who "approached" Robert Harley, didn't do the same... (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-11-09, 11:23:27 (80.169.36.118)
... (successfully) with McGill University. Universities are notoriously not picky about any revenue sources they can get their hands on - just saying. .......
50: Critic's Corner, Sorry if this was posted earlier (didn't find it) - "Schiitting on MQA". (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-11-09, 10:03:34 (80.169.36.118)
As the name implies, Schiit Audio's position on the subject. .......
51: Critic's Corner, "JA is smart enough to keep his name at the top of the page every day" - so that's the manifestation... (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-11-09, 08:51:45 (80.169.36.118)
... of being "highly intelligent", that Aczel was talking about. Gotcha. I would still probably prefer said intelligence manifested in different ways. For instance, in ability to stop digging when in .......
52: Critic's Corner, Could've been a Ph.D in Judaic Studies, for all I care - would still be as irrelevant. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-11-09, 08:46:55 (80.169.36.118)
Why? Because there was no attack, and no subsequent takedown, except may be in your imagination. Does stating the obvious constitute an attack? Not in my opinion. Obvious to Aczel years ago, obvious t .......
53: Critic's Corner, You do understand though that it's precisely what irritates those who interact with you here, right? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-11-08, 14:59:31 (80.169.36.118)
If you were "highly unintelligent, extremely incompetent", then being "transparently insincere" wouldn't be such a big problem. As is though, applying your intelligence and competence, there's no way .......
54: Critic's Corner, Reading with amusement the last few weeks' worth of threads, some observations - and a question: (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-11-08, 11:12:12 (80.169.36.118)
- I can't help but think of Peter Aczel. I always thought that recently deceased bitter old man was wrong about pretty much everything he spewed on his pages and later on the web. I still think so, ex .......
55: Whiner's Woad, Since you apparently do not get "hints", let me explain this to you - slowly. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-09-22, 11:52:59 (80.169.36.118)
You regularly post in Computer Audio assorted garbage that doesn't belong there (here's that "hint" thing again that you struggle with - it's supposed to be about AUDIO). Not just that - the garbage .......
56: Computer Audio Asylum, Without knowing anything about your relationship - are you his father? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-06-28, 09:49:26 (80.169.36.118)
Or his girlfriend or something? I mean, why else would you come to the defense of indefensible? You're only looking silly in the process, and are getting on you some of that sticky stinky substance he .......
57: Computer Audio Asylum, Looking down the page - it's not even 3 weeks since...... (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-06-27, 12:09:07 (80.169.36.118)
.... you had your face forcefully smeared with your own poop by moderator. With the idea, I would guess, that you would stop leaving your stinking steaming piles where you shouldn't. Looks like it did .......
58: Computer Audio Asylum, Your measurements are NOT objective - and you can't be as dense as you pretend to be. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-01-17, 11:50:43 (80.169.36.118)
You are measuring with a ruler, where micron tolerances are required - not to mention that you can't figure out what to measure, to correlate with what's perceived by human hearing. But then, you've b .......
59: Computer Audio Asylum, And, hopefully, his readers are immune to his conclusions, too. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-01-11, 11:38:40 (80.169.36.118)
Those who are not, have only themselves to blame. His measurements are suitable, to determine whether a piece of equipment is broken, or grossly misrepresented by manufacturer - that's it. NOTHING bey .......
60: Computer Audio Asylum, Two parts of your article seem to contradict each other. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-01-09, 12:03:01 (80.169.36.118)
Either your measurements represent what you insist they represent (and clearly, you're pretty serious about that) - and therefore those tweaks are pure nonsense OR Those tweaks actually cause audible .......
61: Computer Audio Asylum, Why would Windows Audio related services be running at all.... (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2017-01-04, 12:35:35 (80.169.36.118)
on a machine dedicated to quality audio playback? Both mentioned registry keys pertain to Multimedia Class Scheduler Service, which is only needed, if one of the following output methods is used: - Di .......
62: Computer Audio Asylum, Where does Android smartphone fit? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2016-12-19, 14:23:47 (80.169.36.118)
By the same logic - or rather lack thereof - we need to hear about manufacturing problems at a Lay-Z-Boy plant, since an armchair is certainly no less important part of listening experience than a rem .......
63: Computer Audio Asylum, With all that condescension, I guess you forgot to read the post you're responding to. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2016-07-12, 09:32:35 (80.169.36.118)
Either that, or you're pretending to not understand what's written. Since my experience mirrors that of OP, I'll try again, in shorter and simpler (generalized) form, assuming we're not talking commer .......
64: Computer Audio Asylum, It seems that you're under impression that this is actually an AUDIO forum. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2016-05-16, 10:53:24 (80.169.36.118)
From what I've seen, that impression is wrong, despite the name of the forum trying to hint otherwise. This place, in fact, is more like a club, where people, who have nothing better to do, gather to .......
65: Computer Audio Asylum, I give it a month, at most. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2016-04-14, 13:06:56 (80.169.36.118)
It's quite clear that you have to do something about the well-deserved reputation of someone who cannot - or will not - hear any improvements brought about by so called "tweaks", no matter how obvious .......
66: Computer Audio Asylum, Hate to rain on the parade, for upsampling your collection is already going full-bore, but... (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2016-02-26, 12:17:29 (80.169.36.118)
Have you tested different upsampling tools against each other? There are rumors they all produce audibly different results at nominally the same settings, with r8brain not necessarily being a front-ru .......
67: Computer Audio Asylum, I sure hope some brain activity is involved in your listening process. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2016-02-26, 11:38:42 (80.169.36.118)
Or at least a bit more of it than in your writing process. "let's imagine I'm a typical audiophile"? Based on your essay, you're asking for impossible, sorry. .......
68: Computer Audio Asylum, Of course there can - just read Archimago's blog, and posts by adherents here. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2016-02-25, 12:12:53 (80.169.36.118)
Not only will you discover that there's an end to improvements in SQ - but that there's also no beginning to them! .......
69: Computer Audio Asylum, "I have not yet encountered a smoking gun" - you're looking in wrong places. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2016-02-23, 09:20:01 (80.169.36.118)
These 2 simple steps will help you to encounter the proverbial smoking gun: - Take a hearing test, and visit an ENT doctor if necessary, to make sure your hearing is up to snuff; - Assemble a decent s .......
70: Computer Audio Asylum, "nulls to more than -70dB down" - what does that tell you, audibility-wise? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2016-02-17, 09:44:30 (80.169.36.118)
Of course, I'm not interested in Archimago's findings, since he has shown, time after time, that he has no suitable equipment for measuring, in addition to not having suitable system for listening. Bu .......
71: Computer Audio Asylum, At least that "nutcase" has some talent. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2016-02-16, 13:26:14 (80.169.36.118)
Who gives a damn whether some other talentless nutcase, clogging up this forum with inanities and nonsensical questions all day long - apparently, because he has nothing to do, in addition to not bein .......
72: Computer Audio Asylum, I find it bizarre that someone can be so unfamiliar with the concept of "letting it go". (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-12-02, 10:24:59 (80.169.36.118)
The two of you crapped all over a very rare useful thread at this joke of a forum - and looks like it's still not enough. Answering your nonsensical question - no, it's neither bizarre nor odd, and ce .......
73: Computer Audio Asylum, I believe batteries most relevant to this discussion..... (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-12-01, 14:06:45 (80.169.36.118)
.... are those in his hearing aids. .......
74: General Asylum, Thanks for reminding me about another problem, albeit minor one. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-12-01, 11:40:58 (80.169.36.118)
At least compared to what's discussed in this thread. That being people, seemingly intelligent, and certainly more or less successful in life - judging by their ability to play with expensive audio to .......
75: General Asylum, I see that you're a Bored member. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-12-01, 10:49:23 (80.169.36.118)
Not being familiar with who moderates what around here - is this nonsense an excuse for your own ineptitude, or someone else's? .......
76: General Asylum, IMO, your post makes perfect sense - unlike half of the responses below. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-12-01, 10:47:03 (80.169.36.118)
Let's face it: from my limited (as in, no desire whatsoever to make it less limited) experience, the person you're referring to is an utter a@@hole, who pretty much usurped PC Audio forum, making it h .......
77: Computer Audio Asylum, Wait... are you saying it's not as simple.... (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-11-02, 11:27:54 (80.169.36.118)
.... as plugging one end of USB cable into a Mac, another into a DAC, and hitting "Play" on the iPad, or whatever Apple product they use to control their Macs? Looking at discussions here, I somehow t .......
78: Computer Audio Asylum, +1. I thought your reasoning was spot on. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-10-26, 09:06:49 (80.169.36.118)
There certainly are cases when correction in a separate post makes more sense than editing an existing one. People who already read the original, and got wrong impression about what's being said there .......
79: Computer Audio Asylum, Do you know what mix of Bologna with Red Herring tastes like? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-10-21, 09:41:52 (80.169.36.118)
Me neither, but if i had to guess, it would be something like your "exhibitors at the show" argument. When you're at the show next time, why don't you chat with those manufacturers, asking them about .......
80: Computer Audio Asylum, " beats all Apple products" - that's not saying much. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-10-20, 08:55:01 (80.169.36.118)
Are we in 2015, or in 2005 again? Pretty much anything geared towards audio performance, be it DIY or commercial products, beats all Apple products. It doesn't mean there isn't enough of those who us .......
81: Computer Audio Asylum, Besides 30 days return policy, which is great, no doubt - (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-10-14, 12:20:07 (80.169.36.118)
What else attracted you to that particular DAC? I mean, is $3.5K the going rate now for a dinky little 2.4 Lb box, with DSD support but without power supply , hyped up in couple of reviews, but even m .......
82: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Is it more or less "about signal integrity" than an amplifier with 60-80-100 dB of NFB? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-10-12, 10:04:43 (80.169.36.118)
It seems that it is less, right, and significantly so, looking at measured distortion numbers? Actually, you don't need to answer that - it's a rhetorical question. It's clear that you're not too much .......
83: Computer Audio Asylum, Is there a record anywhere of exaSound products being tested with those devices by its design team? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-10-06, 09:22:58 (80.169.36.118)
Or his feelings are just that - along the same lines as feelings that JPlay is a hoax, that works in misterious ways? If I had to guess, exaSound products have never been tested with any of those devi .......
84: Speaker Asylum, Not gonna get much bass with those Focals. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-10-01, 15:16:26 (80.169.36.118)
Also, previous generations have reputation for being bright - not sure how much that has changed, if at all. Still, at $1100/pair, it doesn't sound like a bad deal. If it were me, I'd look for a nice .......
85: Amp/Preamp Asylum, You mean, one of the amps owned by Morricab? Whom you were asked to stop communicating with? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-09-28, 14:27:07 (80.169.36.118)
Isn't that creative! I wonder what moderators' of this site thoughts are on this subject.... .......
86: Amp/Preamp Asylum, "NC-400 is really just a clear window on the rest of the system" - just stop right there. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-09-28, 05:23:33 (80.169.36.118)
Since there's no such thing in exsitence, that bit simply shows the author's lack of experience - and nothing else. Unless you left out a continuation, where he goes on to explain what the trade-offs .......
87: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: "You people are a little 'touchy', don't you think?"... (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-09-25, 14:20:44 (80.169.36.118)
No, it's not better, at all. It seems that you chose to ignore what I wrote in the post that you responded to, with regards to different meaning of "working" - or are pretending to not having understo .......
88: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: "You people are a little 'touchy', don't you think?"... (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-09-25, 12:40:23 (80.169.36.118)
"Not working", in the terminology used by inmate who posted first, means that it degrades sound. "Working", in the terminology of the OP in this thread, means that he can hear music with Jitterbug in .......
89: General Asylum, RE: Become an Asylum contributor and you won't see ads... (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-09-25, 10:18:33 (80.169.36.118)
No, they are not "based on websites that you had previously visited" - not in my case anyway. Never been to a dating site, having been happily married for 23 years. Never in my life had nail fungus, e .......
90: General Asylum, What's with tacky "Dating for mature men" ads on the right? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-09-25, 10:13:01 (80.169.36.118)
Should I expect something like "Local MILFs are eager and waiting - and it's free!" next? I mean, really, how much revenue does something like this generate? .......
91: Computer Audio Asylum, Besides getting at "another inmate" - what's the point of this rant? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-09-25, 10:03:43 (80.169.36.118)
First, it was bringing up exaSound in a thread that had nothing to do with it, with its silly attack on JPlay. Actually, it was JRiver's attack, which exaSound parroted on their web site, and you parr .......
92: Speaker Asylum, What's the need for ridiculous exaggregation? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-09-24, 09:13:20 (80.169.36.118)
outperform passive 'audiophile' speakers significantly at an equally significantly lower price. No they don't. Especially at significantly lower price. Unless you like relentless, in-your-face sound .......
93: Computer Audio Asylum, Another happy JPlay user here. Care to elaborate on "ethical reasons"? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-09-22, 13:34:27 (80.169.36.118)
To be honest, this doesn't look good for you. I'm not sure why you think that supporting "bits is bits" mythology, and its purveyors in JRiver and Foobar, is good for business - it's a huge turn-off, .......
94: Cable Asylum, Well, thank you for the compliment - and for the recipe. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-09-11, 09:42:04 (80.169.36.118)
To tell the truth, the moniker was adapted from Beef Guinness Oyster Pie, replacing one word to give it a bit of a subtle second meaning :-). I'll have to try that recipe sometime, will make sure to r .......
95: Speaker Asylum, Last time a saw a review like that.... (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-09-09, 11:04:05 (80.169.36.118)
... it was published in the now-defunct The Audio Critic. First two paragraphs kind of let you know everything you need to, and in all fairness, I could've stopped right there. No actual comparisons t .......
96: Cable Asylum, Please recommend: plugs synergistic with Neotech NEP-3001 power cable. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-09-08, 13:09:08 (80.169.36.118)
I have both NEP-3001 and NEP-3002. After some experimenting with several plugs I have on hand, I discovered that 3002, equipped with Oyaide 079 plugs, sounds great on my DAC - better than any other co .......
97: Digital Drive, I assume this is a "tongue in cheek" response? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-09-03, 11:00:51 (80.169.36.118)
Even if levels weren't matched exactly, it's fair to assume that they were at least close, at these two listeners' comfortable levels. Have you ever heard slightly mismatched levels responsible for "d .......
98: Digital Drive, It does - via 1/4" TRS jacks (showing its pro audio heritage). (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-08-31, 13:52:04 (80.169.36.118)
Not the best decision from consumer audio point of view - and probably a sign that they don't really target audiophile market. But then, it doesn't look anything like almost $2K component either. I ho .......
99: Hip Pop Stop, +1. Boring as hell. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-08-28, 09:10:23 (80.169.36.118)
When something like this is posted, I always think - they say "no arguing about taste". That's BS - this IS bad taste, at it's worst. .......
100: General Asylum, Not to rain on the parade.... (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-04-15, 09:16:15 (80.169.36.118)
But usefulness of this review is extremely limited. Couple of obvious questions, not covered in the review: - What was it compared to? If it's the Marantz AVR - I hope you realize that for most peopl .......
101: General Asylum, Dave K. below spent considerable effort, explaining why your points and examples are irrelevant. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-03-27, 09:22:49 (80.169.36.118)
You may - and most certainly will - ignore the obvious. .......
102: General Asylum, Has been favorite of all deniers, oops ... "objectivists" ... for decades. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-03-26, 10:01:55 (80.169.36.118)
If someone could explain to them the importance of listening , period, before any "blind" listening - that would be great. That's what is sorely lacking, unfortunately - both the ability (and skills) .......
103: Critic's Corner, I like your list. Besides - who is stupid enough to use Recommended Components list for anything at all? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2015-03-24, 09:56:32 (80.169.36.118)
Except for discussions like this one on a web forum, I mean. Off the top of my head - 3 additions: - Quicksilver - Audio Mirror - Lampizator (kit) .......
104: Speaker Asylum, OP clearly asked for an opinion of people with experience with a particular speaker, didn't he? (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2013-10-25, 10:56:18 (80.169.36.118)
Not for an unsolicited rant by some clueless loudmouth a-hole, who obviously has no experience with anything audio-related at all? .......
105: Amp/Preamp Asylum, The same reviewer gave another SS amplifier perfect score. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2013-10-22, 10:38:10 (80.169.36.118)
To my amazement, it was Bryston 7B-SST2. Don't know about you, but with me, credibility goes out of the window right there. Is Ampzilla "perfect" in the same way as Bryston, in other words and in the .......
106: Amp/Preamp Asylum, With $750 budget? No, you should not. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2012-01-05, 13:00:16 (213.86.114.189)
For that kind of money, you should be able to score McCormack DNA-1 or Belles 150A Hot Rod on Audiogon - both much better amps than 555. .......
107: General Asylum, Not only incomplete, but highly misleading. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2011-12-30, 10:50:10 (213.86.114.189)
Compare with two tables below, and see link for more details. ------------------------------------------------------------- .......
108: General Asylum, "General agreement" is a misnomer in this case. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2011-12-29, 13:08:12 (213.86.114.189)
The only general agreement is that there's no general agreement on anything related to audio. You would have to try it for yourself. For me - yes, they work, but more elaborate devices like Rollerbloc .......
109: Tweakers' Asylum, Guy works for a "pro" audio company. (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2011-12-29, 13:01:17 (213.86.114.189)
Perhaps that explains it. .......
110: Cable Asylum, Shunyata Venom, I assume? N/T (0.00)
Posted by Beef Guinness Cutie Pie on 2011-12-29, 12:51:50 (213.86.114.189)
N/T .......
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