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    SR71 obsolete soon?

    Quote: Originally Posted by recstar24 Your comments are welcome and accepted, as long as you are open and honest about them and what you are talking about, that's it This is exactly what happened when the SR-71 first got introduced. 1) There was a lot of hype of the little...
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    SR71 obsolete soon?

    Quote: Originally Posted by raaj Wei, I thought you would be through with your disillusionment/disenchantment with all things head-fi related a long time ago !! Having returned to head-fi after a rather long hiatus myself, I find it heartening that you stuck around, trying to educate...
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    SR71 obsolete soon?

    I have heard both the SR-71 and the HR-2. And the two are NOTHING alike. Most people who purchased the SR-71 have never heard the HR-2. So they take a few people's claims of sonic equality at face value. This is the power of marketing. The power of BS.
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    SR71 obsolete soon?

    Quote: Originally Posted by erikzen The hype comes from the people that he is satisfying. Give people what they want and they will become excited about it, talk about it incessantly, line up to buy it. It's not like he's The Wizard of Oz or something. "Pay no attention to that man behind...
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    UPS Guy is a freakin $@!hole!

    Bubble wrap and peanuts, your best friend.
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    Happy Birthday RnB180!

    Light up the candles.
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    SR71 obsolete soon?

    Quote: Originally Posted by tkam Haha they found it in the marketing book right next to the electronics book their designs came from OMG, almost fell off my chair! BTW, isn't there a shorthand for that expression? LMAO, or something like that?
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    SR71 obsolete soon?

    Frankly I am sick and tired of all this marketing BS. Certain amp manufacturer's marketing strategy should really be written into business school's textbooks.
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    SR71 obsolete soon?

    This is exactly what happened when the SR-71 first got introduced. 1) There was a lot of hype of the little SR-71 (black bird) being the sonic equal of the XP-7, HR-2. 2) The SR-71 was declared the ultimate headphone amp, combing power, authority, with portability. 3) People flooded to the...
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    $1000 2ch speaker setup help

    Quote: Originally Posted by mmmmcheese Do you guys have any recomendations on amps? I could possibly get my dad's GAS son of ampzilla amp reapaired. He said that it was kind of bright though. What brands would be good to look at. A dedicated amp/preamp solution would be the...
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    Who is your WORST actor/actress

    Quote: Originally Posted by EyeAmEye Or Charlton Heston? Oh yea? Charlton Heston was pretty impressive in those historical epics, especially in Ben Hur.
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    How many DVDs do you own?

    Let's see, I have several Kurusawai movies, some anime boxsets, Crest of the Stars, El Hazard original OVA, Tenchi Muyo original OVA, Golden Boy (okay it's not exactly hentai ), couple of Miyazaki films, The world at war HBO boxset, Carl Sagan's Cosmos boxset, some more criterion titles, I...
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    $1000 2ch speaker setup help

    Quote: Originally Posted by Aman And again, Onix is a very good choice for value speakers, but I highly suggest getting tower speakers instead. The bass will be much more controlled and sound much more musical. Subwoofers get very expensive before they start getting good, unfortunately...
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    How many DVDs do you own?

    Quote: Originally Posted by Edwood Well over a 100 legally purchased ones. Do DVD box sets count as one? or do the individual dics count as one each? Not to mention the multi disc special editions, like the LOTR extended editions. -Ed Each disc counts as one title, just...
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    $1000 2ch speaker setup help

    Quote: Originally Posted by blumenco I love all the junk posted about set and high efficiency stuff sometimes. Triple the duty? bull. more like a 30 times more effortless sounding. so misinformed. I am shooting bull? A single driver has to reproduce: 1) trebble 2)...
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