You need a sense of humor. What's the connection BTW, Ridge was making wine long before Apple?
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For a long term involvement with audio, a good sense of humour is really a must.
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George
For a long term involvement with audio, a good sense of humour is really a must.
😀
George
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I've been privy to sharing a bottle or two of the Ridge Monte Bellos, and, yes, can only remember them fondly. But I was with good company (dearly beloved aunt/uncle who I lived with for some time), and those are hard to separate.
The view from on top of Ridge is hard to beat too, especially when earned by bike (you may notice a trend here with me).
You don't know Scott very well, nor the depth of his and SY's erudition in this area---I got the joke.
The other day I saw someone assisted by the proprietor carrying wooden Screaming Eagle boxes out of the wine storage facility I also use. I thought they were empty, but I was assured that they were not. It is a good thing that I am not given to theft, nor do I worry about them when I mention a few treasures in my own locker.
Meanwhile a friend called at about midnight a few weeks ago to tell me he noticed some seepage from his 1978 Romanee Conti, and figures it's time to drink it with me and a couple others. I think I can make time for that.
So I find that you guys are a bunch of 'winos' who spend your free money on wine rather than hi fi! '-)
I think Bear is the lucky one, as he claims not to be able to discriminate.
It reminded me of James Boyk's LTE somewhere ages ago, in which he cites the example of people who realize they have to eat, but find no difference between low-end coffee shop and fine restaurant food. All well and good, and no reason for them to spend more than the minimal amount of money on food.
But they would not be the first people to consult for recommendations about where to eat, other than for economy.
I used to love friends and acquaintances who would say Oh don't waste that Chateau Pretensionelle [sic] on me, I don't care at all for red wine. When it was a properly-aged bottle I'd insist they try it. I had to tell one of them, who also hated the French, not to guzzle once his eyes had lit up.
Some of them, my late saxophone teacher and retired great player, cursed me for spoiling him against really cheap wine. He still didn't "get" that I enjoyed wine as an accompaniment to food, primarily, and said we ought to drink it before going out to eat, as it would be much cheaper than obtaining it in the restaurant. In other words, get high and then eat.
My late maternal grandmother was dead-set against wine however. I urged her to taste an old DRC Echezeaux, and like other reds I'd proferred she grimaced and said "Rotten grapes!" I gave up after a while, although now that I think of it I never tried giving her Sauternes or an Auslese.
Hah, I remember the first time I stayed with Morgan Jones and his (soon to be) wife, I brought a bottle of a '95 Ogier Cote-Rotie with me. Their usual tipple was Aussie Shiraz. They were... uncertain about the CR, it was so different than what they were accustomed to. A week later, he emailed me to report that they opened their usual Shiraz, and both immediately commented, "It's rather... simple, isn't it?"
Ruined another one!
Ruined another one!
Show us your setup, tell us a little about it. All we really know here is that Marsh has amps on order, uses a DSP and M2 speakers. JC uses some Wilson speakers and no other clues... We talk all day about validity, best practice with circuits, blah blah, but few actually really show they even listen to music. It's easy to assume many just come to argue about why a capacitor isn't important or how the CM is flawed, etc.
I have high anticipation to learn what you total objectionist use to listen to music.
This is utterly hilarious, I'm sorry. You've really unhinged at this point.
Please don't confuse your lazy caricature of others for reality. Perhaps I'm misreading others who likely fit this category in your head but it really comes across as the "objectionist" are pretty comfortable with moderate, competent equipment and not wringing their hands about this or that (and/or having fun playing with new things), which seems to leave a lot more time for actually enjoying music. And doubly enjoying music without worrying whether everything is tweaked to utter "perfection". There's a huge amount of value in appreciating what matters, and that, for the large part, ain't the electronics. Mindset, speakers and room are the big three.
Likewise, my modest system was described earlier (whoop-de-do) and one of the more ardent subjectivists tried to exclude me from the conversation because I didn't have nice enough stuff. That was worth a good laugh, too.
Sy, as someone whom doesn't know their insane thereby able to be... 🙂
Daniel I have curiosity. Unlike you I'm not looking for a reason to go at someone for what they post. You sure see a lot of yourself in my posts, maybe you should get testosterone checked. It can be a little weird when I feel like I have to walk on egg shells around you due to sensitivity. I don't, but it's like you're hitting F5 waiting for me to say something so you can find a problem with it.
Perhaps I'll go first, if no one else does. I'll take a pic etc, when I have some time later in the day.
Daniel I have curiosity. Unlike you I'm not looking for a reason to go at someone for what they post. You sure see a lot of yourself in my posts, maybe you should get testosterone checked. It can be a little weird when I feel like I have to walk on egg shells around you due to sensitivity. I don't, but it's like you're hitting F5 waiting for me to say something so you can find a problem with it.
Perhaps I'll go first, if no one else does. I'll take a pic etc, when I have some time later in the day.
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