amps are ok.. copper is fine...isnt it?Originally Posted by Marco
Jeez, I thought you had taste!
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amps are ok.. copper is fine...isnt it?Jeez, I thought you had taste!
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Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
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Yeah if they were all-copper, without that hideous 'faux-Rolex' dial on the front, which likely does hee-haw of any real use, they'd be ok!
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looks like a hairy chest medallionwonder if i would suit one
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work.... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
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Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
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The picture' shown style looks as if based on or extracted from the film Forbidden Planet.
Some style, and even slightly appealing - until you integrate it with the inherent simplicity of analogue audio, its function and our knowledge of BS/jewellery problem.
Somehow to me it might be OK if it had no function.
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If they had nicked the styling from 'Forbidden Planet' that would be okay. Good, even. But I don't remember anything in that film having blingy copper strips and a Jules Verne porthole thingy going on.
Much prefer the old (1990s) Krell styling. A high end power amp should look like a piece of laboratory equipment, not a piece of male jewellery. I'd be embarrassed to own them. I suppose if I was rich enough to buy them I'd be rich enough to have all the internals built into a more appropriate housing. Give the old cases to the tat man when he comes around.
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Why?
Sounds daft to me.
Do you wear a lab coat when you settle down to listen?
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Of course. And safety goggles. Doesn't everyone? I draw the line at having a row of pens in the top pocket though.Why?
Sounds daft to me.
Do you wear a lab coat when you settle down to listen?
I'd be embarrassed if someone came round and saw them, I really would. They might as well have 'I'm a stupidly rich arsehole with zero taste or self awareness' written all over them in indelible black marker pen.
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Well, it takes all sorts.
Hifi gear pretending to be lab gear seems more pretentious to me.
Sort of inverse snobbery.
If you don't want the D'Agostino gear feel free to give them to me.
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I llke Martin's point of view. We could do with more "inverse snobbery" in Hi-Fi, I'm in favour of that. That's why I avoid buying silver or 'champagne' coloured equipment, black or grey is the way to go, matt finish even better. Makers like Line Magnetic lead the way. Good Hi-Fi should not look out of place in a boiler room!! So there!!!
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