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In Reply to: RE: If you play guitar ... posted by Dr. S on August 14, 2007 at 21:34:19:
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - How NOT to write a review - krisjan 08:19:51 08/14/07 (155)
- the other end of the spectrum - hifitommy 17:23:16 08/17/07 (0)
- As the author of the review in question... - markl 11:29:34 08/17/07 (42)
- RE: recordings - Bruce from DC 08:24:55 08/20/07 (0)
- Reference to recordings used for a review - JTimothyA 22:53:47 08/18/07 (0)
- A worthy defense, thanks. nt - clarkjohnsen 07:41:59 08/18/07 (4)
- Heavily in that reviewer's favor is that he lists the components he listens to, unlike some. - Enophile 09:42:17 08/18/07 (3)
- Exactly what are you getting at? ~t - three_sox 05:52:16 08/19/07 (2)
- He's getting at --- Clark refuses to divulge what comprises his system. - Rick W 10:05:45 08/19/07 (1)
- Well, well, well, fancy that? I have always found Clark to be rather ….. - three_sox 17:08:37 08/19/07 (0)
- Please update your registration ... - The Bored 17:50:27 08/17/07 (0)
- You don't want to "spend valuable column inches" - Dave Pogue 17:40:12 08/17/07 (0)
- Musical references... - mkuller 12:14:18 08/17/07 (5)
- RE: Musical references... - regmac 18:13:04 08/17/07 (0)
- Musical references in reviews... are almost useless to me. - carcass93 13:15:52 08/17/07 (1)
- I don't know what reviews you've been reading... - mkuller 13:32:16 08/17/07 (0)
- RE: Musical references... - markl 12:39:00 08/17/07 (1)
- They get their share here... - mkuller 12:41:56 08/17/07 (0)
- FWIW - Luminator 12:10:43 08/17/07 (1)
- RE: I also own one ... - Dr. S 20:52:42 08/17/07 (0)
- RE: As the author of the review in question... - krisjan 12:01:23 08/17/07 (24)
- RE: As the author of the review in question... - markl 12:36:57 08/17/07 (23)
- RE: As the author of the review in question... - krisjan 13:45:37 08/17/07 (22)
- RE: As the author of the review in question... - theaudiohobby 15:25:53 08/18/07 (20)
- RE: As the author of the review in question... - krisjan 17:52:17 08/19/07 (19)
- RE: Unamplified music as the only "reference" - Dr. S 09:25:46 08/20/07 (18)
- RE: Unamplified music as the only "reference" - morricab 08:01:59 08/21/07 (17)
- RE: My experience - Dr. S 08:43:31 08/21/07 (15)
- RE: My experience - morricab 05:02:55 08/22/07 (14)
- YES, YES, YES! - krisjan 10:24:42 08/22/07 (0)
- RE: People of good character disagreeing - Dr. S 09:13:31 08/22/07 (12)
- RE: People of good character disagreeing - morricab 05:47:20 08/23/07 (11)
- RE: And continuing to disagree - Dr. S 10:16:56 08/24/07 (10)
- RE: And continuing to disagree - morricab 05:14:53 08/27/07 (9)
- RE: And continuing to disagree - Dr. S 10:05:22 08/27/07 (8)
- RE: And continuing to disagree - morricab 01:14:52 08/28/07 (7)
- darTZeel - Dr. S 09:24:14 08/28/07 (2)
- RE: darTZeel - morricab 02:20:45 08/29/07 (1)
- RE: darTZeel - Dr. S 21:03:12 08/30/07 (0)
- RE: Let's boil this down - Dr. S 09:22:08 08/28/07 (2)
- RE: Let's boil this down - morricab 02:37:26 08/29/07 (1)
- RE: Back the truck up! - Dr. S 22:41:33 08/29/07 (0)
- Once again, you are 100% correct. (nt) - krisjan 06:07:43 08/28/07 (0)
- Thanks for the support.... - krisjan 08:28:04 08/21/07 (0)
- It's "ear candy" in any case; accuracy in this context is misnomer and doesn't exist, unless... - carcass93 14:20:27 08/17/07 (0)
- STRONGLY Disagree with you - Jon L 09:14:30 08/17/07 (3)
- RE: STRONGLY Disagree with you - krisjan 12:04:48 08/17/07 (0)
- Musical references... - mkuller 10:23:20 08/17/07 (1)
- Bravo! - Enophile 00:27:37 08/18/07 (0)
- I don't pay much attention to Sony ads. - Frihed89 23:37:23 08/16/07 (0)
- "Satisfyingly crunchy"? - andy_c 19:32:32 08/14/07 (11)
- RE: If you play guitar ... - Dr. S 21:34:19 08/14/07 (10)
- Friends, Romans, countrymen. Lend me your - andy_c 08/15/0719:05:54 08/15/07 (2)
- My favorite was the rock band. - kerr 04:13:55 08/16/07 (1)
- RE: My favorite was the rock band. - andy_c 10:48:38 08/16/07 (0)
- "If you play guitar ..." Is that one of the new criteria required to interpret reviews? Also, about that... - Enophile 10:39:57 08/15/07 (5)
- Sheesh - Dr. S 12:09:09 08/15/07 (4)
- RE: Now THAT is crunchy! Funny Funny Funny - Dr. S 15:10:51 08/15/07 (0)
- RE: Sheesh - musetap 13:10:40 08/15/07 (2)
- Marxist/Maoist analysis of decadent cereals... - Wellfed 09:40:05 08/16/07 (1)
- RE: Damn you! - Dr. S 10:24:13 08/16/07 (0)
- Well, not really... - krisjan 08:14:15 08/15/07 (0)
- I think stating that a review would be better if it included a "list of recordings used" is fair. - Enophile 12:36:56 08/14/07 (2)
- Here here...no....hear hear.......or some crap like that. -t - Bruce Kendall 18:12:44 08/14/07 (1)
- Hear here ? ~t - three_sox 16:00:02 08/16/07 (0)
- "Pure subjectivism." Quelle horreur! "[Apparently] he only listened to it via headphones." Huh! - clarkjohnsen 08:55:37 08/14/07 (90)
- RE: "Pure subjectivism." Quelle horreur! "[Apparently] he only listened to it via headphones." Huh! - kev313 06:46:04 08/15/07 (6)
- Although I haven't been there, "head-fi" looks pretty clear to me as to its meaning. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:31:28 08/15/07 (5)
- Well, gee, you must be pretty smart - kev313 09:05:25 08/15/07 (4)
- I can read words. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:17:12 08/16/07 (3)
- Wow in addition - kev313 19:33:55 08/16/07 (1)
- "You're a real PR machine." Huh? Non-sequitur of the year. "Stop picking fights." - clarkjohnsen 08:22:35 08/17/07 (0)
- That is tricky, I tell you. - Bruce Kendall 18:22:01 08/16/07 (0)
- Other than your own writings - unclestu52 23:50:12 08/14/07 (0)
- RE: "Pure subjectivism." Quelle horreur! "[Apparently] he only listened to it via headphones." Huh! - krisjan 10:44:26 08/14/07 (22)
- Why "take issue with his review methodology"? The only important part omitted... - clarkjohnsen 08:28:08 08/15/07 (21)
- honest to God ... - TBone 09:57:41 08/15/07 (20)
- "Those that prefer pasta are..." often fat and, well, pasty -- reasons enough not to eat it. - clarkjohnsen 10:07:31 08/15/07 (19)
- no surprise ... - TBone 10:10:55 08/15/07 (18)
- So you assert there's no such thing as degraded art, music, etc? nt - clarkjohnsen 12:15:54 08/15/07 (16)
- RE: Is it only - Dr. S 12:26:13 08/15/07 (15)
- "Oh Wizard of the Correct Stance." Why get so huffy about it? - clarkjohnsen 12:45:50 08/15/07 (14)
- Here's more for your enjoyment: "Love my women wrinkled, fat and ... - carcass93 10:31:13 08/16/07 (1)
- BAD! And best of all, no curse words. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:23:35 08/17/07 (0)
- RE: Oh, there is lots of crap I don't personally like - Dr. S 12:56:23 08/15/07 (11)
- "barking llama audiophile music, or Patricia Barber, or five minutes of someone banging on a bell " - Richard BassNut Greene 11:42:32 08/18/07 (0)
- RE: wince at it's volence and anger - Thergit 04:21:25 08/16/07 (8)
- Well I'll be darned, Kermit! - Bruce Kendall 10:11:05 08/16/07 (2)
- I bet you were a really nice guy at school - Thergit 20:52:17 08/17/07 (1)
- I am not green and don't date a pig. -t - Bruce Kendall 17:02:49 08/18/07 (0)
- RE: Another control freak heard from - Dr. S 08:37:55 08/16/07 (4)
- Not a control freak, just allergic to . . . - Thergit 20:53:59 08/17/07 (3)
- RE: And the alliteration of a college sophomore ... - Dr. S 21:54:19 08/17/07 (2)
- RE: And the alliteration of a college sophomore ... - Thergit 01:43:45 08/18/07 (1)
- RE: And a certain charmingly pompous ebullience is one of mine ... - Dr. S 08:31:58 08/18/07 (0)
- "It is very hard to be huffy while giggling." Leave it to the master. nt - clarkjohnsen 12:59:29 08/15/07 (0)
- My answer - kerr 12:15:45 08/15/07 (0)
- RE: Clark, you know the rules ... - Dr. S 10:19:28 08/14/07 (58)
- "It reverses normal polarity in balanced mode." Hmm... - clarkjohnsen 10:34:36 08/14/07 (57)
- RE: They are using an older pin configuration standard - Dr. S 10:58:59 08/14/07 (56)
- So, "normal" means "machine level". What the hell is "machine level"? nt - clarkjohnsen 08:30:01 08/15/07 (55)
- RE: Wiring - Dr. S 12:19:35 08/15/07 (54)
- RE: I will try this again, for the liquistically impaired. - Thergit 04:25:01 08/16/07 (0)
- "There, is THAT clear?" Not even close. - clarkjohnsen 12:38:47 08/15/07 (52)
- RE: Because that is incorrect - Dr. S 12:48:49 08/15/07 (51)
- "I think you are being deliberately obtuse." No, sir, I am trying hard to make a point. - clarkjohnsen 12:56:58 08/15/07 (50)
- RE: I know you are making a point, sigh - Dr. S 15:08:31 08/15/07 (49)
- And I'll probably keep making it [sigh] until you cop to the fact that... - clarkjohnsen 08:57:23 08/16/07 (10)
- RE: EEEEEEEAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG! - Dr. S 10:25:33 08/16/07 (9)
- "TELL ME YOU DID'T!" Did what? - clarkjohnsen 10:57:05 08/16/07 (8)
- RE: "TELL ME YOU DID'T!" Did what? - morricab 07:38:39 08/20/07 (0)
- Is this confusion really necessary? - rick_m 13:32:56 08/16/07 (6)
- Long answer - clarkjohnsen 08:27:16 08/17/07 (5)
- Longer reply - rick_m 14:42:58 08/17/07 (4)
- RE: Longer reply - clarkjohnsen 07:40:27 08/18/07 (3)
- In short... - rick_m 09:24:44 08/18/07 (2)
- You miss the whole point [sigh]. There IS hope, of course! nt - clarkjohnsen 09:41:45 08/18/07 (1)
- No, there isn't... - rick_m 13:05:40 08/19/07 (0)
- A note to the the Doctor - unclestu52 16:39:07 08/15/07 (37)
- RE: A note to the the Doctor - morricab 01:37:34 08/16/07 (0)
- RE: Stu - Dr. S 21:04:16 08/15/07 (2)
- RE: XLR standards - unclestu52 17:22:53 08/16/07 (1)
- RE: XLR standards - unclestu52 03:29:06 08/18/07 (0)
- Unless I am sorely mistaken, he did propose some - Bruce Kendall 17:45:10 08/15/07 (32)
- You are not mistaken. It's just that the obstreperous among us... - clarkjohnsen 09:36:23 08/16/07 (0)
- I apologize. - unclestu52 19:45:08 08/15/07 (30)
- The whole concept of "correct" audio polarity is ridiculous - Thergit 04:36:39 08/16/07 (29)
- Well, certainly CJ has had enough time to reply - unclestu52 12:03:16 08/23/07 (0)
- Interesting comment - unclestu52 17:14:46 08/16/07 (2)
- I rather liked Clark's answer... - rick_m 21:13:07 08/16/07 (1)
- I like the balcony analogy! nt - clarkjohnsen 08:28:41 08/17/07 (0)
- The whole concept of whether recording engineers will ever care about "correct" audio polarity is ridiculous - Richard BassNut Greene 08:47:46 08/16/07 (1)
- "...to the point that Britney Spears sounds like Ella Fitzgerald recordings ..." - bjh 15:38:10 08/27/07 (0)
- "Think about it." OK! Each attack from a musical instrument produces a transient wavefront. That wavefront... - clarkjohnsen 08:16:25 08/16/07 (18)
- RE: "Think about it." OK! Each attack from a musical instrument produces a transient wavefront. That wavefront... - Thergit 20:49:52 08/17/07 (15)
- The heart of the problem. - markrohr 09:13:06 08/18/07 (11)
- As you are a brass player - unclestu52 12:36:30 08/18/07 (10)
- RE: As you are a brass player - markrohr 14:59:46 08/18/07 (9)
- RE: As you are a brass player - Thergit 15:25:55 08/18/07 (8)
- Well, given that what we hear - markrohr 08:56:29 08/19/07 (7)
- Cruel! - Thergit 19:31:00 08/19/07 (6)
- "Invertissimo" - Clever! - markrohr 03:06:46 08/20/07 (5)
- What about tuning the tympani? - Thergit 14:53:36 08/20/07 (4)
- RE: What about tuning the tympani? - markrohr 08:31:31 08/21/07 (3)
- RE: What about tuning the tympani? - Thergit 20:15:21 08/21/07 (2)
- "The ear neither knows nor cares whether the attack (transient) starts with compression or rarefaction." LOL! - clarkjohnsen 07:11:25 08/18/07 (2)
- RE: "nothing more worth saying here..." - tlyyra 09:58:39 08/18/07 (1)
- "You have nothing to say, ever." Thanks for saying that, it's very... revealing. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:34:06 08/19/07 (0)
- RE: "The phenomenon is overwhelmingly obvious on a low-phase-distortion system." - tlyyra 03:46:19 08/17/07 (0)
- Each verbal attack from Clark Johnsen produces a transient wavefront of hot air - Richard BassNut Greene 08:52:51 08/16/07 (0)
- Polarity and phase are not the same thing and there is a "correct"polarity - Bambi B 07:20:35 08/16/07 (3)
- RE: Polarity and phase are not the same thing and there is a "correct"polarity - Thergit 20:42:43 08/17/07 (0)
- RE:Careful1 - unclestu52 17:31:56 08/16/07 (0)
- Well said! I see you have thought about it. - clarkjohnsen 08:19:40 08/16/07 (0)
Follow Ups
- Friends, Romans, countrymen. Lend me your - andy_c 08/15/0719:05:54 08/15/07 (2)
- My favorite was the rock band. - kerr 04:13:55 08/16/07 (1)
- RE: My favorite was the rock band. - andy_c 10:48:38 08/16/07 (0)