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Re: Farmers Insurance Sucks!!!

#544
From: Uncle Samuel
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 01:01
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On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 00:01:19 GMT, "Phxbrd" <phxbrd@earthlink.net>
wrote:

>
>"Uncle Samuel" <stars@bars> wrote in message
>news:sofqivkjchd4s2i3bi4vohbbmv2fgm6iom@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 05:04:40 GMT, "Phxbrd" <phxbrd@earthlink.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"Uncle Samuel" <stars@bars> wrote in message
>> >news:193pivo3nq8v3a78g66jc3n5gjetkejn8g@4ax.com...
>> >> On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 19:55:48 GMT, "Phxbrd" <phxbrd@earthlink.net>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >"Uncle Samuel" <stars@bars> wrote in message
>> >> >news:joimiv4nsslfliplj6hd04e0ac30gfpn9p@4ax.com...
>> >> >> On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 22:29:10 GMT, "Phxbrd" <phxbrd@earthlink.net>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >They all suck.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> You suck phuxie, you little tin horn ex-mp POS!
>> >> >
>> >> >Topic a little close to home?
>> >>
>> >> Not this one, no.
>> >>
>> >> >  How many years have you helped cheat your
>> >> >policyholders?
>> >>
>> >> Lol, I did used to sell stereo equipment, but you strike me as more of
>> >> a Curtis Mathes type...
>> >
>> >I once had a Heathkit AR-15, the best Dual turntable, and LWE speakers
>with
>> >negative feedback.  I doubt you even know what I'm talking about.
>>
>> Heath bars were for solder-heads with too much time on their hands.
>
>And who fashioned receivers comparable only to MacIntosh - the world
>standard.

Lol, Mac was best known for their pricey power amps and preamps moron!

You want a tuner, Pioneer had some beauts.

>>
>> Dual and Garrard were the best of a losing lot, AR had a better drive
>> and less wow and flutter.
>
>Dual had the only 8 lb platter on the market - and direct drive. 

They also had a bunch of crappy automatic changers, sheesh, pay
attention and take the arm of manually!

> I never
>heard of your AR.  Korean knockoff?

You high?

First 3 point suspension system made!
 
And Pioneer made a fine direct drive too.

>>
>> Klipsch has always been the best overall  loudspeaker.
>
>You're an idiot, 

And yer a simian fool.

>and everyone with sense know speaker selection is almost
>purely a matter of ear and not catalog specs you can't hear.

That's a fact!

> Tell us what
>you know about the superb LWE speakers I mentioned.

They were  heavy as sin, and not all that widely available compared to
Wharfdale's and some of the other bricks of the day. The internal
negative feedback control and room eqs were trick...but...

I still prefer the Klipsch.

>you what the initials stood for. 

Lew Erath I believe...

> were better than EV-6
>speakers you also know nothing about.

Electro Voices maybe, those big 15"rs...

>>
>> I bet you used those crappy Pickering cartridges too! Or maybe it was
>> that Shure gobbige.
>
>Shure, that tracked at a half ounce.

And sounded like it too, thin, tinny, poor separation. Stanton was the
most balanced performer.

> You've never seen or heard of such
>quality in your mall discount store....
 
Never worked a mall.

And I bet you don't have an original DBX either.
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From: Uncle Samuel <stars@bars>
Newsgroups: ca.general,boulder.general,ba.general,az.general,atl.general,alabama.general
Subject: Re: Farmers Insurance Sucks!!!
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 19:01:22 -0600
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