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emdawgz1
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| Rdean wrote: | Right, I thought this thread was about how Curt lacks reason.   |
Fine, stay on topic.... im out! 
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Person99
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| Zebu Fellenz wrote: | | emdawgz1 wrote: | Whats wrong w/ 500.00 power cables??? 
The Johnco company, now returned to our labs in W.Korea are happy to supply the finest cables in the known universe.
Single grain, Oxygen free, transparent, Cryogenically treated, sub atomic silver power cables! 
These cables produce images so real, that a customer of ours was watching an "adult" feature and afterword wanted to confess to his wife he had cheated! It was that real!!!
Audio so immersive, you'll be trying to pay a 2 drink minimum in your living room! 
Coming soon, Mr Nucleo! Produce your own clean atomic power w/ kitchen scraps!!!
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Watch this thread go WAY OT in 3,2,1  |
Some idiot posted it in the "CRT Projectors" forum. It was off topic from post #1!!!!
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Zebu Fellenz
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 1:14 am Post subject: |
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| emdawgz1 wrote: | | Rdean wrote: | | Right, I thought this thread was about how Curt lacks reason. |
Fine, stay on topic.... im out! |
Wait, Curt lacks reason? I'm lost! Now what was the topic?
I'm with John, I'm out too 
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Zebu Fellenz
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| Person99 wrote: | | Zebu Fellenz wrote: | | emdawgz1 wrote: | Whats wrong w/ 500.00 power cables???
The Johnco company, now returned to our labs in W.Korea are happy to supply the finest cables in the known universe.
Single grain, Oxygen free, transparent, Cryogenically treated, sub atomic silver power cables!
These cables produce images so real, that a customer of ours was watching an "adult" feature and afterword wanted to confess to his wife he had cheated! It was that real!!!
Audio so immersive, you'll be trying to pay a 2 drink minimum in your living room!
Coming soon, Mr Nucleo! Produce your own clean atomic power w/ kitchen scraps!!!
Call Now!!! |
Watch this thread go WAY OT in 3,2,1 |
Some idiot posted it in the "CRT Projectors" forum. It was off topic from post #1!!!! |
Ok Dave,
Let's get Kal to move it to the OT forum 
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AnalogRocks
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Did somebody say off topic?
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Kent Berry
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| MikeEby wrote: | Isn't Steve the dude that pushes $500 power cords?
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Yup. Ordinarily, I do a lot of lurking but I've gotta weigh in on this one.
I clearly remember when the old Home Theater Technology magazine ran an article many years ago about ole Steve's home theater. The guy had every unbelievable tweak and ridiculous hockey puck and shakra absorbing stone you can imagine. And that's not counting his ludicriously overpriced boutique components. I remember thinking at the time that the guy had some screws loose, so naturally he was destined to become a moderator over at you-know-where.
The snake oil salesmen have made a fortune off the poor sap over the years.
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Curt Palme
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| Zebu Fellenz wrote: |
Wait, Curt lacks reason? I'm lost! Now what was the topic?
I'm with John, I'm out too |
If anyone thinks I have reason, I quit.
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kal
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perisoft
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| Curt Palme wrote: | | Zebu Fellenz wrote: |
Wait, Curt lacks reason? I'm lost! Now what was the topic?
I'm with John, I'm out too |
If anyone thinks I have reason, I quit. |
That must make doing board-level troubleshooting a real bitch! 
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AnalogRocks
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Wouldn't that line of reasoning go like this:
"If there's rining on the left side of the Marquee then purple gravel boat violin."
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| AnalogRocks wrote: | | Did somebody say off topic? |
awesome.. That means I'll be able to post to it....
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perisoft
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| AnalogRocks wrote: | Wouldn't that line of reasoning go like this:
"If there's rining on the left side of the Marquee then purple gravel boat violin."
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Wait a minute - that's the procedure I followed! And the worst part is that I have a Barco...
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Spanky Ham
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| Curt Palme wrote: | | I dunno, I continually take a LOGICAL approach to audio and video in the >$20K forum. I think that in itself pisses half of the people off over there.. |
Probably!
| Kent Berry wrote: | | MikeEby wrote: | Isn't Steve the dude that pushes $500 power cords?
Mike |
Yup. Ordinarily, I do a lot of lurking but I've gotta weigh in on this one.
I clearly remember when the old Home Theater Technology magazine ran an article many years ago about ole Steve's home theater. The guy had every unbelievable tweak and ridiculous hockey puck and shakra absorbing stone you can imagine. And that's not counting his ludicriously overpriced boutique components. I remember thinking at the time that the guy had some screws loose, so naturally he was destined to become a moderator over at you-know-where.
The snake oil salesmen have made a fortune off the poor sap over the years. |
I don't remember seeing the article, but I am sure I passed over it. Steve always seems to be stirring the pot with only a modicum of technical knowledge. He did seem to push the Dwin and probably made more than a couple of people take a glance at it.
As for the cables, I think Steve pushed Granite Audio. I have been in the boat that the cables need to be good enough to do the job and any thing else is overkill (or overlighten of wallet:)). I remember tse testing some cables and confirming some of the snake oil. I tested some Monoprices and found them to be more than adequate for the job. To me, if you want to be done with cables for life then get some tools from mccartenco.com along with the connectors. After that shop on price for Belden and your done except for S-video (hardly needed anymore) and HDMI.
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perisoft
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Some of my favorite cable idiocy so far is a guy comparing various digital optical cables, and critiquing each on its 'air' and 'position' or whatever the hell. Yeah, the bits from one of them are much more oney and zeroey than the bits from the other one!
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| perisoft wrote: | | Some of my favorite cable idiocy so far is a guy comparing various digital optical cables, and critiquing each on its 'air' and 'position' or whatever the hell. Yeah, the bits from one of them are much more oney and zeroey than the bits from the other one! |
Ohh I gotta try this 
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1 1 0, 1 1 0 , 110 1
One one zero, one one zero, one one zerO, one.
Name that band...
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Person99
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| perisoft wrote: | | Some of my favorite cable idiocy so far is a guy comparing various digital optical cables, and critiquing each on its 'air' and 'position' or whatever the hell. Yeah, the bits from one of them are much more oney and zeroey than the bits from the other one! |
Do you have a link? I'd love to comment on this stupidity.
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perisoft
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| Person99 wrote: | | perisoft wrote: | | Some of my favorite cable idiocy so far is a guy comparing various digital optical cables, and critiquing each on its 'air' and 'position' or whatever the hell. Yeah, the bits from one of them are much more oney and zeroey than the bits from the other one! |
Do you have a link? I'd love to comment on this stupidity. |
I have no idea any more. I remember emailing the guy asking him to clarify, and getting some kind of run-around response, but I can't remember where it was. It was just a review somewhere, though, so all you could do is flame the author via email anyway...
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