Good layman perspective on wot we do?

[Gazjam]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HRUA363DMM :scratch:

[Macca]

Shaggy from Scooby Doo gets a shave, a haircut and a job in sales.

At least that's what I saw.

[Stratmangler]

Just some annoying, know all, know nothing twat, reading from a script, and being generally, well, annoying.
That's two minutes of my remaining life I won't get back (no, I didn't endure the remaining 4 minutes and 18 seconds).
Did I mention that the presenter was an annoying twat?
The presenter is a very annoying twat!
Does the presenter have his own point of view, or is he just a script reading annoying twat?
I don't know, because I turned the annoying twat off around 2 minutes in .......

[Stratmangler]

On the flip side of Mr. Very Fucking Annoying Twat, I ran a hexperiment today.
I purchased a certain album by a certain Mr. Wilson today, from Qobuz.
The vinyl record of said album turned up here on the 18th August 2017, and with said album came a lossless download, which ran in at CD specification.
The album wot I bought from Qobuz is the 24/96 version.

Tested on son number 1.
Tracks played ABA and BAB, etc.
Net result is 24/96 has greater clarity, and marginally greater dynamics. Which concurs with what I heard.
Make of that what you will :cool:

[jollyfix]

Nah this is mr Annoying Twat Chris... at 4.27 ,i just want to punch him, and I'm not a violent person. I still don't know how i watched this and a few other of his vids. Cringe.
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[Firebottle]

Ooh 2 tubes, it must be magic.

What a twonk.

[alphaGT]

Yea that second video was way over the line! He sounds like a guy who got into stereo about a week ago. And the first video, I'm still not sure what the point of it was? Who was it aimed at? Do I need to explain myself to MP3 listeners? It always amazes me the time people put into useless video, someone put a lot of time, money and energy into either of those, and why? For who? And are their mothers proud?


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[Macca]

Yea that second video was way over the line! He sounds like a guy who got into stereo about a week ago.

Souds like he is doing the intro to 'the Twilight Zone'. I kept expecting him to say 'There is a signpost up ahead...'

[Marco]

Nah this is mr Annoying Twat Chris... at 4.27 ,i just want to punch him, and I'm not a violent person. I still don't know how i watched this and a few other of his vids. Cringe.
llEq56KSys0

What a load of mind-numbing hot air... He doesn't even demonstrate how it all sounds, so his words (and hugely irritating voice) simply represents meaningless waffle! :wanker::wanker:

Marco.

[jollyfix]

Souds like he is doing the intro to 'the Twilight Zone'. I kept expecting him to say 'There is a signpost up ahead...'
:lol:

[walpurgis]

Rather like Chris, I could only endure a minute or two of this.

[alphaGT]

Well we all got a laugh out of it! Maybe it was a comedy?! Dark satire?


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[Pharos]

It has pushed my buttons, and very many of them.

Firstly I am annoyed by his (now orthodox) lack of clear enunciation, this now a trend in all our 'middle class' BBC contributors. It underlines a lack of conviction in the speaker, and also serves to obscure any lack of intellectual coherence by freeing the speaker more from criticism.

It also exposes this regrettable age of political correctness in which, because we wish not to offend anyone and demotivate them, we praise them in extreme for everything, regardless of its merit. (17% in exams is now a pass).

The result of this is idiots full of self belief talking inane bollocks, and thinking they are so incisive and original whilst inanely stating the trivial. It is paralleled by people sending pics of meals to friends, resulting in a world full of people, as Al Stewart said, 'Walking like Greta Garbo and talking like Yogi bear'.

So PC has resulted in lack of incisiveness, deep analysis and thinking, and a loss of humility, all to 'make everyone feel OK'.

[Marco]

Rather like Chris, I could only endure a minute or two of this.

You'd end up giving him a slap, wouldn't you? :doh:

Marco.

[Spectral Morn]

Nah this is mr Annoying Twat Chris... at 4.27 ,i just want to punch him, and I'm not a violent person. I still don't know how i watched this and a few other of his vids. Cringe.
llEq56KSys0

I actually like New Record Days reviews and there is no music played because of You Tubes copyright issues. Its not unheard of for entire posts to be pulled, accounts terminated or even the sound removed, that happened to Michael Fremer not long ago.

AV Showroms gets round the music issue by having permission and promoting a few artists and frankly I get tied of the music choice but I am not going to call Peter names for playing music that at least gets us to hear the gear.

Folks maybe I am a tad old fashioned here but is it really needed or called for to call people names whos views or presentation you don't like. Just say I don't like that guys way of doing things and move on, using expletives isn't needed imho.

[jollyfix]

Fair point Neil, maybe i didn't need to use the word twat, but for me that guy is so annoying, on the + side he is also comedy gold with his expressions and smug over the top commentary .

[Marco]

It reminds me of one of the reasons why I've largely taken a back seat now with hi-fi (apart from having mostly achieved my goals, sonically), as I have little in common with those kinds of nerds (i.e someone who'd sit down and record a video like that)....

But I guess each to his or her own :)

Marco.

[Minstrel SE]

No its just an introduction for dummies and I would rather you didnt point these things out as I generally avoid them. It was just a trash blurb thats becoming all too prevalent in a dumbed down world

I skipped through it as I knew from the intro that it was rubbish. I also resent the patronising overtones that its a bit mad to be spending out on expensive audio equipment

It may be of some interest to someone that knows nothing about the pusuit of better sound.

I hope nobody on this forum needs an ABC 6 minute intro to "high fidelity" delivered in that fashion

[walpurgis]

It may be bad, but it's not as inane and clueless as the ebay speaker buying guide.

[Pieoftheday]

You'd end up giving him a slap, wouldn't you? :doh:

Marco.

I haven't seen the video and I want to slap him:)

[Marco]

Trust me, he's *so* annoying, his MUM would want to slap him silly! ;)

Marco.