On 18 Oct 2004 11:12:04 GMT, ohawker (Andy
Evans) wrote:

I don't know if you are doing that deliberately (trolling) or have just
subconsciously absorbed the vocabulary. Either way it isn't a helpful way to
proceed. (DP)
I'm not trolling (I don't) and I try to use my own vocabulary as much as
possible, but as I said - what's the alternative?

Well, this is the big problem - you made a wine reference yourself,
and that is an area that has the same limitation. When anyone with
pretensions to wine-buffery describes the smell of wine, they will
talk about nose or bouquet, but never the smell. Why not? Well, if
they did everyone would understand them and that would never do -
there would be no exclusiveness, no club.

So always be suspicious of any activity that involves misuse of terms,
or extensive borrowing and mis-applying. You are always being
bull****ted, and it is as well to realise this. Most of the "high-end"
audio vocabulary is simply a pose - a way of talking that denies any
challenge, because the challenge can't make any more sense than the
original assertion. Examine the situation with a critical eye and nine
times out of ten the Emperor is indeed naked.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com