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I'm joe.
Location: gone away
Posts: 4,870
I'm joe.
I enjoy good discussion, but at the same time am not interested in reaching that plateau of fulfillment and satisfaction. Always interested in not leaving any stone unturned. I know it is upsetting to the apple cart, but I just can't help it.
I know it is not possible to disassociate intellectual enquiry from the personality traits, but I am always hopeful that in here we're discussing ideas and concepts, not personalities. Personalities bore me, and I am not interested in any ad hominem.
But if you're honestly pursuing intellectual enquiry, it is very hard to not appear flippant and as if you're taking the piss. And then people latch on you and your personality, which is a tremendous waste of time.
So in my case, I like to explore things, to continue with a playful enquiry. It may upset some people, but you can't please the world, so I'm at peace with that state of affairs.
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Alex.
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Don't you just hate it when you cannot detect where the post ends and a signature line begins?
Alex.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
Location: Seaford UK
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I'm Dennis.
I don't see how intellectual enquiry can be ruled out of this pursuit, or even general life itself, and we really need it with what is being extolled in the media currently.
This pursuit necessitates it in several areas; science, engineering, biology, sociology, and psychology, which inevitably involving personality traits.
We all have 'erroneous zones', (psychological foibles), and in life run the risk of these being exposed in our interaction with others. This is a part of everyday life and we must learn to deal with it, and use error detection to improve ourselves.
But deliberate ad hominem should be illegal IMO, as also should pissing contests.
Good point. Disruptive behaviour is rude, but sometimes necessary in order to dismiss with prescribed ways of thinking. Anyone not following prescribed ways is always deemed inappropriate, often times dangerous and unwanted. But I for one don't see any advantage in following prescribed ways. Those ways are certainly not being prescribed in order to make things better for me personally. Those prescribed ways are always and invariably attempts to establish control and to rule by the terror of majority (or consensus).
I say screw that!
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TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
Location: Seaford UK
Posts: 1,861
I'm Dennis.
I don't see disruptive behaviour as always intrinsically rude, it may well save many people much trouble by showing them errors in their thinking. I also do not see sensitivity as a specifically feminine trait; I am sensitive, but also strong I believe, the two are not mutually exclusive.
Surely sensitivity is awareness of ever subtler or finer inputs, and that is a prerequisite for greater depth of analysis.
We need hereticism more than ever IMO with large powerful bodies steamrolling out their agendas with little concern for those who buy them, much of it based on 'Fake Truths'.