[RRod]

I think he's saying that his brand of audiophiles tend to gravitate towards exactly every idea that you guys critique

 
So you don't want in on my hearing aid $$$? 

 

[StanD]

I think he's saying that his brand of audiophiles tend to gravitate towards exactly every idea that you guys critique

Perhaps it's time we whine about base jumping. That should thin the herd.

 

[cel4145]

Perhaps it's time we whine about base jumping. That should thin the herd.

You forgot this:

:veryevil:

 

[StanD]

You forgot this:

That should terrify them. This is my 7,000th post, that should really strike fear into their hearts.

 

[Thad-E-Ginathom]

   
So you're saying start up a business for hearing aids with frequency response beyond 20kHz?

 
Just beyond speech frequencies would be nice.
 

   
So you don't want in on my hearing aid $$$? 

 
I want in on your hearing aids... but not at audiophile prices!

 

[StanD]

   
So you're saying start up a business for hearing aids with frequency response beyond 20kHz?

What!? Aging Whalebats have needs too.

 

[cel4145]

That should terrify them. This is my 7,000th post, that should really strike fear into their hearts.

ROFL

 

[Ruben123]

Lol olddude in pono topic is seriously the wisest of all (because he is old?).
Mp3 is the devil's work. You can't fool people by offering art that is not complete!!!

 

[Ruben123]

"Stick that in your science pipe and smoke it."

Don't try to argue with scientific terms or you will get a ban!

 

[castleofargh]

 the amount of misleading claims in the pono topic are pretty substantial. a guy who learns only from that place is soooo screwed.
I certainly have an opinion on olddude and what he has become(because at first he was a nice fellow asking questions all the time and actually trying to read the answers), but it's headfi and we can't really criticize a member even when it's deserved.

 

[RRod]

   the amount of misleading claims in the pono topic are pretty substantial. a guy who learns only from that place is soooo screwed.
I certainly have an opinion on olddude and what he has become(because at first he was a nice fellow asking questions all the time and actually trying to read the answers), but it's headfi and we can't really criticize a member even when it's deserved.

 
It's a ban-bait topic at this point, so I just stay unsubscribed from it. Besides, it's basically become a balanced cable discussion with the occasional "wow, science people are so stupid" tangent.

 

[dazzerfong]

Love how FFBrookman wandered off over to the Pono thread and is whining about that section. I think the reception he got was more or less the best indicator into the mentality over there.

That being said, I still can't get over how weirdly shaped it is. If I wanted a triangular prism, I'd have ordered a Toblerone.

 

[castleofargh]

what killed it for me was the battery TBH. it stopped me from even wanting to have a try at it. and then I learned about everything else.

 

[headwhacker]

Looks like that thread has turned into full blown fantasy land. At least they don't look at over priced DAPs as the only way to get to audio heaven.

 

[reginalb]

   the amount of misleading claims in the pono topic are pretty substantial. a guy who learns only from that place is soooo screwed.
I certainly have an opinion on olddude and what he has become(because at first he was a nice fellow asking questions all the time and actually trying to read the answers), but it's headfi and we can't really criticize a member even when it's deserved.

 
I spent a fairly substantial amount of money because of threads like that one, on this forum, before I started doing a lot of digging in to the science behind it all. I love gadgets, and I wanted to believe in their potential to make my music sound magically better. Now, I still have and use a pretty expensive MP3 player, but it's for very different reasons than when I bought my first Hifiman 601 - that and some AKG's were my first foray in to Head-Fi. Great cans, though.