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Article #277Re: Any Sony CD Guru out there?
From: Arny Krueger
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:59
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:59
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"Fella" <nosp@m.here> wrote in message news:928Be.4376$x12.2509@reader1.news.jippii.net > Arny Krueger wrote: >> Obviously, everything doesn't sound the same all the time, > Take the issue up with pinkerton there. Not his problem, not my problem. >> Guess what Fella, audio equipment has other attributes than >> sound quality. > Guess what krueger, sound quality is the foremost attribute to > be taken into consideration. Fella, like your leader Middius, you have a wonderful command of the obvious. >Then comes durability and > reliability. Then comes pleasing esthetics. Then comes price, > ease of use, etc. You paraphrase me well, grasshopper. >> Examples are size, cost, weight, appearance, >> reliability, ease-of-use, and so on. > Agreed. What are your priorities? Tell us. First and foremost sound quality. But reliability is a close second. >> I don't recall reading any detailed descriptions of your own >> personal DBTs, Fella. > Well take that up with your head-doctor. IOW Fella, you are a no-show when it comes to personal experience with that which you are critical of. That follows from the fact that you have shown yourself to be highly unfamiliar with a certain high end integrated amp whose name you just dropped. >> Actually, being a nerd is a pretty good way to have a high >> income. > Was. Is. >>> You imagine your yamaha metallic sound $120 receiver as >>> sounding the same as some $5000 BAT integrated amp, yes? >> Interesting possibility, no? > Interesting IMpossiblity, yes. Since you exposed your ignorance about the BAT integrated amp, this claim is obviously bogus. >> BTW Fella, there don't appear to be any such things as $120 >> Yamaha receivers being sold as new equipment. > Why buy new? Why quote prices of used equipment when they can vary all over the map? >> Does this mean >> that the rest of your post is equally invalid? > So you validate all the posts around here? Sometimes its interesting to do a little fact-checking Fella. See how nicely it exposed your ignorance and posturing. >>> That's how you are able to consume that edgy, glaringly >>> digital, transistor sound you get from your piece of shit >> gear. >> I think you really need to check your facts, Fella. The >> $5995 BAT VK 300x integrated amplifier you mentioned has a >> lot of solid state and not a lot of tubes in it. Check out >> the article below from their web site - note the solid >> state power amp heat sinks on each side, the absence of >> any visible glass bottles, and the admission that the only >> tube that this BAT integrated amp might have is an >> extra-cost option? >> http://www.balanced.com/products/amp/Vk-300x/ <no relevant reply from Fella>
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