[Emon]

He's right that a lot of audiophiles are into some crazy pseudoscience crap. Cables mainly. But he does seem to be acting like a dick for the sole purpose of being a dick.

Every time I see a thread like "can someone build me an IC?" I read it as "can someone build me an integrated circuit?" and I go

for a moment.

 

[Davesrose]

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Originally Posted by Gonz /img/forum/go_quote.gif Silver Dragon huh? At least it looks nice! Thats probably more money than I'd spend, but its a nice thing to own.

Almost as nice as an ipod

 

[breseler]

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Originally Posted by jdimitri /img/forum/go_quote.gif Naw, i was just pointing out that he was making a joke As you can see up there ^ some people didn't get it

I got it - you just didn't see the irony in my post......

 

[tomb]

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Originally Posted by RollsDownWindowsManually /img/forum/go_quote.gif Whoever said "megalomaniac" hit the nail on the head. Yet another arrogant, condescending, engineering type. So many of these guys just can't get over themselves. Unfortunately engineering egos can have fatal results.....this guy works for lockheed martin, scary..... That's not to say all engineers behave this way, but in my experience many of them do.

Ah, gee wiz. While you guys are dumping on this poor guy, why'd you have to start throwing out general insults like that? I've always thought the EE's in the profession were a little loopy, but seriously - Head-Fi and Headwize have changed my mind - at least with some of our major DIY amp designers.

BTW, I spent 15 years with Lockheed Martin myself, but I hate to tell you - there's a lot scarier stuff going on there than this guy.

The guy that remarked about his wife should apologize, too. Then go back to bashing him in good conscience.

 

[J-Pak]

Interesting read and I can certainly understand how he came to his conclusions. I don't understand how being an expert in ham radios makes him the last word in sound quality, but if he's found what he likes then good for him. No need for anyone to get upset over the article.

 

[smeggy]

I'm not sure what's more amusing, his rantathon or ours.

Oh well, back to my marker pen...

 

[jSatch]

............ a Republican, no doubt.

 

[luckybaer]

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Originally Posted by jmmtn4aj /img/forum/go_quote.gif I know the type. He is extremely intelligent, but that intelligence and the accompanying phenomena of mostly being right has made him extremely arrogant, stubborn, and closed off to new or even just different, ideas.

On behalf of all extremely intelligent people on this planet (all 7 of us), I resent this stereotype.

 

[Azure]

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Originally Posted by jSatch /img/forum/go_quote.gif ............ a Republican, no doubt.

Be careful there, young man...

 

[Emon]

I think audiophiles dislike engineers so much because, deep down, they know they're right.

 

[Gonz]

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Originally Posted by Emon /img/forum/go_quote.gif I think audiophiles dislike engineers so much because, deep down, they know they're right.

Actually some of the funniest back and forths I've read, have been engineers disagreeing with each other over things like proper grounds, cable gauges, skin effect, etc...

 

[Emon]

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Originally Posted by Gonz /img/forum/go_quote.gif Actually some of the funniest back and forths I've read, have been engineers disagreeing with each other over things like proper grounds, cable gauges, skin effect, etc...

At least it would have been clear who was right.

 

[J-Pak]

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Originally Posted by Emon /img/forum/go_quote.gif At least it would have been clear who was right.

According to your logic they'd both be right

 

[Walie]

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Originally Posted by Azure /img/forum/go_quote.gif Be careful there, young man...

From the kid in high school

 

[joneeboi]

^ I noticed that too.

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Think about it... there’s a reason why woofers are large diameter speakers. If you want bass, you have to move a lot of air--slowly. Don’t expect tight, deep and clean bass from an earbud.

I hate it when people say "Think about it." Not only that but he fails to mention how the distance between the ear and the transducer is reduced by a large factor between speakers and IEMs. If you can't have a large diameter on your speaker, it must not have good bass. Why then is he recommending the Koss KTX?

He's obviously a bitter, spiteful mocker who has shut his eyes and ears to obtaining the truth, taking pleasure only in picking fights online where his identity is kept secret. Not worth anyone's time unless he's willing to learn.