Quote: Originally Posted by durden Personal fan of University of Michigan here. Sad year, not too sure about coach Rod, especially with the way we lost our entire season - one of the worst in school history. Still, GO BLUE! My business partner is a Michigan alum. You guys...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sebhelyesfarku Sennheiser will sell it for $1400 until there are enough people to buy at this price, cost is just a bottom limit factor. When there'll be no demand at this price it will go down. You mean demand and supply has something to do with...

Quote: Originally Posted by rds OK, fair enough. But when do you think sennheiser will be providing us their financial bookkeeping? Of course this will never ever happen. Does that mean we are never allowed to have an opinion? What if the hd-850 retails at $20 000? Are we then allowed...

Quote: Originally Posted by sxr71 These are not 3 times better than the HD600. What does that have to do with anything, including pricing? And how does one measure whether something is "3 time better"? Is there some device you can buy that does this?

Quote: Originally Posted by rds It's amazing how personally insulting people here can be when someone offers criticism of a piece of equipment they own. It's pretty sad when defending one's audiophile gear comes before treating people decently. I was not intending to insult...

Quote: Originally Posted by rds And this is not to say that I think the hd-800 is lacking or overpriced. Yes, I think profit margins are huge, but probably less so than grado rs-1s. People "think" lots of things. Unfortunately, a lot of things that people "think" get passed...

Quote: Originally Posted by haloxt Economic discussions should be relegated to the sound science forum. I must say, I find the perspective some people here have on economics to be more embarrassing than the worst opinions I've ever heard on cables. Indeed. E.g., virtually every...

Quote: Originally Posted by ronnielee54 Well I can say I have seen it all now. I am all for a playoff system but I think these guys have a lot bigger fish to fry right now. No, no. This is what they should be doing. We're all better off when the putzes in Congress don't try to...

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Quote: Originally Posted by DarkAngel Quarantine Bowl (TCU vs Boise) This article has good summary of this cowardly move by BCS........ TCU vs Boise Great article! Thanks for the link.

Quote: Originally Posted by Skylab I will say this - as long as UF beats Cincy, there will be no doubt in my mind that the Bama-UT winner is #1. That logic applies if you accept the ilogic and irrationality of the present system. To illustrate, didn't the Pats beat the Giants...

Quote: Originally Posted by Koyaan I. Sqatsi Well I should hope not seeing as you said it was "most elementary." I was trying to be polite the second time. In any event, it should be elementary for someone of your intelligence . . . , if you put aside your biases. Quote...

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Erik PhilS, if you have the numbers to back yourself up on your statement, please share. Why do I have the burden of proof? Shouldn't the folks who are asserting exorbitant profits are being made have to back up their statements with the facts...

Quote: Originally Posted by Koyaan I. Sqatsi I must have missed that part in economics class. What most elementary economic analysis would tell you that exorbitant profits simply cannot be the case? Without going into laborious detail, the fact that the markets we are talking...

Quote: Originally Posted by DarkAngel The BCS is doing everything they can to keep the outsiders from getting respect playing the big boys.......... TCU vs Boise bowl game I am normally an apologist for the majors, but I agree that it is a real shame that they matched up TCU...

The comments on this thread about cable vendors or other audio manufacturers making exorbitant profits always make me chuckle. Is economics a legitimate science? I thought it was. People often trumpet how there is no "scientific proof" that one cable sounds different than another, or that one...

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Quote: Originally Posted by RayfromTX I just rewatched the Al Fl game and it appears that in a losing effort, Tebow got about 3 times the coverage and camera shots as the winning McElroy. The press invests themselves in their annointed chosen heroes and do not let go easily. The...

Quote: Originally Posted by Skylab The issue for me is this - College Football Players are 18-22 year olds. They need to be TAUGHT. And what Carroll told his team was that it's fine to be an obnoxious, rub your-face-in-it Jerk. Neuheisel calling for a time out send the message to his...

Quote: Originally Posted by MD1032 UVA really just amazes me at how poorly they do football at their college... That's because it's a real school. Class of '78, '81.

To the OP: one option is to try to get it repaired. Maybe somebody could talk a look at it and see what it would cost to make it "safe." It might be a worthwhile investment. For example, if you could sell it "as is" for $100 (I'm just pulling that number out of thin air), but it costs only $100...

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Quote: Originally Posted by virometal In the end, I think the bowls should just be scrapped. I kind of agree, or at least they could have a 8 or 16 team playoff, and still have the Pizza Hut Bowl, etc., for those teams that don't make the playoffs. It appears that money must be...

Quote: Originally Posted by Arainach There is no transitive rule in football. Several years ago Sports Illustrated reviewed a series of results in college football and used the transitive logic to determine that the best team in the country was some very obscure Division III...

Quote: Originally Posted by Skylab The Buckeyes, who lost to Purdue, will go to the Rose Bowl and face an Oregon team that needed a miracle to beat that same Purdue team. The Buckeyes are playing much better now than they were then. I wouldn't give the Ducks the Rose Bowl trophy just...