The Black Hole......

[scott wurcer]

Unfortunately Enid Lumley (RIP) was the expert in such things.

 

[billshurv]

To completely change the subject, I am working on the acoustic characteristics of the very common US roll up vinyl window blinds. Are these common elsewhere?

Not common here as we usually use fabric blinds but are available for bathrooms.

The interesting characteristic is that the primary mode of sound absorption is diaphragmatic unlike thin drapes.

not suprising. Especially if they are fitted inside the window frame.

Anyone using them to control acoustics?

no, as I don't have a system in the bathroom. Have heavy curtains in the living room but as the sofa to volume ratio is high I don't need to absorb bass (oh and the piano stuffs the acoustics anyway).

 

[Zung]

Unfortunately Enid Lumley (RIP) was the expert in such things.

Yes, and she was right, often. Here's a little case documented by PS Audio: "Our phono stage sounded better upside down."

 

[billshurv]

Petrus wine aged in space up for sale at Christie'''s - BBC News


Space aged wine, a snip at 1 million. The audio industry needs to up it's game and start orbiting cables to enhance them 😛

 

[tobydog]

Hope it travels well🙂

 

[Markw4]

Some physicists have tried ageing wine in the bottle via radiolysis. They found it helped really cheap wines some, but not the good stuff.

 

[jjasniew]

...Yet!

KaffiMann has been working on that - "Fresh album out now!"

 

[KaffiMann]

Yeah, I was just looking at that actually...
Better now?

Edit:
I have more music more or less ready for release, but both my capacity for marketing work and my wallet is on the fence about the whole thing. If it was just about the music that would be no problem.

 

[scott wurcer]

Petrus wine aged in space up for sale at Christie'''s - BBC News

Space aged wine, a snip at 1 million. The audio industry needs to up it's game and start orbiting cables to enhance them 😛

I once had the chance to buy a whole case of 1961 (a 99-100 point vintage) Petrus for $1200.

 

[andrea_mori]

Masseto 2006 100/100 Wine Advocate (Robert Parker)
2006 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia "Masseto" Toscana - SKU

Tasted but not measured sorry.

 

[billshurv]

I once had the chance to buy a whole case of 1961 (a 99-100 point vintage) Petrus for $1200.

But was that when a family car cost around $1200?

 

[nezbleu]

Many years ago it was noticed that Madeira was very tasty in a cold, damp, English drawing room, but nausea-inducing when consumed at the semi-tropical source. The Brits concluded that Madeira benefitted from shipping, something to do with salt air and the rocking of the ship. A wealthy American architect purchased a cask of Madeira every year and paid to have it shipped twice around the world on slow freighters, so as to have the best-aged Malmsy available. Had there been audio equipment around back then I bet he would have had killer cables!

 

[billshurv]

That's almost as mad as the champagne aged under the sea!

 

[scott wurcer]

But was that when a family car cost around $1200?

No $3500, the equitant purchase now would be ~$70,000 for the wine.

 

[sawyers]

And that is why people buy Petrus - as an investment. There are companies that sell the stuff, and then provide secure storage in perfect conditions. So you never even see the wine. Actually *drink* it? What a shocking idea.

 

[Hans Polak]

We had the Tulip Mania were in February 1637, some single tulip bulbs sold for more than 10 times the annual income of a skilled artisan.
History repeats itself over and again.
Tulip mania - Wikipedia

Hans

 

[billshurv]

except now it's tesla shares and bitcoin!

 

[vacuphile]

And that is why people buy Petrus - as an investment. There are companies that sell the stuff, and then provide secure storage in perfect conditions. So you never even see the wine. Actually *drink* it? What a shocking idea.

I have been at diplomatic lunches where bottles of Petrus were opened with casual ease. So no, it gets drunk.

 

[Bonsai]

except now it's tesla shares and bitcoin!

I think Nvidia is even worse. $16 billion in sales and valued at $300 billion last time I looked.

The world indeed seems strange.

 

[scott wurcer]

I have been at diplomatic lunches where bottles of Petrus were opened with casual ease. So no, it gets drunk.

Between 1970 and 1972, Cru Classé prices increased by a staggering 400%, before crashing back to 1970 levels in 1974. Many of the top négociants were simply wiped out, whilst, in 1975, one particularly unlucky Londoner sold 2,000 cases of Mouton 1970 for £74 per case. Five years later it was £990 per case.

It was fun to be into wine in 1975.