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Thick as a brick, you boy.
"Don Pearce" escribió en el mensaje ... On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 17:00:42 +0100, "Keith G" wrote: "The Old Fogey" wrote in message . com... Can anyone define 'Slam' in the context of audio power amps? OK, I'll bite..... I have to say I can never understand why people get so het up about the common usage of subjective terms in the English language (in the context of audio gear or anything else) - it's what our language is especially good at. (Although I gather there are 11 different words for different types of fart in the Arab world.... :-) If anyone *doesn't* understand what's usually meant by simple phrases like 'slam', air', 'soundstaging', warmth', 'colour', 'tone', texture' etc. then they must live in an isolated little world utterly devoid of poetry, imagery and the like. Given that all such terms are in themselves fairly meaningless, they are surely only used to convey abstract concepts in attempt to convey an emotional response to a set of circumstances or a personal (audio) experience. (Other than in the context of Sales BS, of course, where all normal meaning is usually reversed for effect!) Thus, I would tender: 'Slam', in the context of sounds obtained from an amplifier/speaker combination (you need both) - if you ever heard it yourself, you would know what it was..... Handwaving were ne'er so lyrical. Unfortunately we are still no nearer to a clue as to what Slam is... d _____________________________ http://www.pearce.uk.com |
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On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 16:11:01 GMT, "Parker"
wrote: Thick as a brick, you boy. Rather rude, Parker. Care to justify? d _____________________________ http://www.pearce.uk.com |
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On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 16:11:01 GMT, "Parker"
wrote: Thick as a brick, you boy. Rather rude, Parker. Care to justify? d _____________________________ http://www.pearce.uk.com |
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more from the 'The Old Fogey school' of uk.rec.audio-ism:
Can anyone define 'Slam' in the context of audio power amps? Roger. Prob not what you were asking but I came accross SLAM as "Symmetrically Loaded Acoustic Modules", thanks to the guys marketing cheap(ish) computer speakers - the sort with 4 little satelites and a 6 inch sub driver. -- Jim H jh @333 .org |
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more from the 'The Old Fogey school' of uk.rec.audio-ism:
Can anyone define 'Slam' in the context of audio power amps? Roger. Prob not what you were asking but I came accross SLAM as "Symmetrically Loaded Acoustic Modules", thanks to the guys marketing cheap(ish) computer speakers - the sort with 4 little satelites and a 6 inch sub driver. -- Jim H jh @333 .org |
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On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 17:50:32 +0100, Kurt Hamster
wrote: On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 17:04:10 +0100, Don Pearce used to say... Handwaving were ne'er so lyrical. Unfortunately we are still no nearer to a clue as to what Slam is... Do you know what a slammed door sounds like? Yes? Well how would _you_ describe the type of sound it makes? Or would you just find it easier to say the sound has some slam about it? Or if you wanted to be pedantic how about, fast attack, no decay, no sustain and a sharp release? Well, if I were listening to recordings of doors being slammed, then slam is what I would want to hear. My listening is much more to do with music - without slamming doors. d _____________________________ http://www.pearce.uk.com |
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On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 17:50:32 +0100, Kurt Hamster
wrote: On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 17:04:10 +0100, Don Pearce used to say... Handwaving were ne'er so lyrical. Unfortunately we are still no nearer to a clue as to what Slam is... Do you know what a slammed door sounds like? Yes? Well how would _you_ describe the type of sound it makes? Or would you just find it easier to say the sound has some slam about it? Or if you wanted to be pedantic how about, fast attack, no decay, no sustain and a sharp release? Well, if I were listening to recordings of doors being slammed, then slam is what I would want to hear. My listening is much more to do with music - without slamming doors. d _____________________________ http://www.pearce.uk.com |
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In article , Don Pearce
writes On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 17:00:42 +0100, "Keith G" wrote: "The Old Fogey" wrote in message .com... Can anyone define 'Slam' in the context of audio power amps? OK, I'll bite..... I have to say I can never understand why people get so het up about the common usage of subjective terms in the English language (in the context of audio gear or anything else) - it's what our language is especially good at. (Although I gather there are 11 different words for different types of fart in the Arab world.... :-) If anyone *doesn't* understand what's usually meant by simple phrases like 'slam', air', 'soundstaging', warmth', 'colour', 'tone', texture' etc. then they must live in an isolated little world utterly devoid of poetry, imagery and the like. Given that all such terms are in themselves fairly meaningless, they are surely only used to convey abstract concepts in attempt to convey an emotional response to a set of circumstances or a personal (audio) experience. (Other than in the context of Sales BS, of course, where all normal meaning is usually reversed for effect!) Thus, I would tender: 'Slam', in the context of sounds obtained from an amplifier/speaker combination (you need both) - if you ever heard it yourself, you would know what it was..... Handwaving were ne'er so lyrical. Unfortunately we are still no nearer to a clue as to what Slam is... d _____________________________ http://www.pearce.uk.com Slam is a LOUD setting on an Orban FM radio processor!, that's wot it is!.. -- Tony Sayer |
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In article , Don Pearce
writes On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 17:00:42 +0100, "Keith G" wrote: "The Old Fogey" wrote in message .com... Can anyone define 'Slam' in the context of audio power amps? OK, I'll bite..... I have to say I can never understand why people get so het up about the common usage of subjective terms in the English language (in the context of audio gear or anything else) - it's what our language is especially good at. (Although I gather there are 11 different words for different types of fart in the Arab world.... :-) If anyone *doesn't* understand what's usually meant by simple phrases like 'slam', air', 'soundstaging', warmth', 'colour', 'tone', texture' etc. then they must live in an isolated little world utterly devoid of poetry, imagery and the like. Given that all such terms are in themselves fairly meaningless, they are surely only used to convey abstract concepts in attempt to convey an emotional response to a set of circumstances or a personal (audio) experience. (Other than in the context of Sales BS, of course, where all normal meaning is usually reversed for effect!) Thus, I would tender: 'Slam', in the context of sounds obtained from an amplifier/speaker combination (you need both) - if you ever heard it yourself, you would know what it was..... Handwaving were ne'er so lyrical. Unfortunately we are still no nearer to a clue as to what Slam is... d _____________________________ http://www.pearce.uk.com Slam is a LOUD setting on an Orban FM radio processor!, that's wot it is!.. -- Tony Sayer |
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On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 19:25:21 +0100, tony sayer
wrote: Handwaving were ne'er so lyrical. Unfortunately we are still no nearer to a clue as to what Slam is... d _____________________________ http://www.pearce.uk.com Slam is a LOUD setting on an Orban FM radio processor!, that's wot it is!.. -- Tony Sayer Now THIS I am prepared to believe! (I almost said happy to believe, but I caught myself just in time) d _____________________________ http://www.pearce.uk.com |
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