On 1 Aug, 16:09, "David Looser" wrote:
"Phil Allison" wrote in message

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" The David Loser cretin is not human "

Hardly, I snip to keep the posts readable.

** You tell nothing but lies.

You are one lying, ****ing pile of ****.

Cos you are a congenital, autistic mental defective.

That is the *VERY *worst thing anyone can possibly be.

Hitler was autistic, so was Goebbles, Stalin and Saddam Hussein.

Both of your parents are of course autistic defectives too.

Do you get the message, yet * - * *IMBECILE * ??

Cretins like you are a pox on the face of the earth.

Oh dear!, poor old phil is foaming at the mouth again. Never mind, the men
in white coats will be along soon.

:-)

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I dip back in from time to time, and it's still the same peanut
gallery, with old Allison potty-mouthing away but saying nothing.
Let's face it guys, hi-fi as a hobby is dead, we're just chewing over
old bones here.

"Audionut" wrote:

I dip back in from time to time, and it's still the same peanut
gallery, with old Allison potty-mouthing away but saying nothing.

Actually the sad thing is that Phil does have sensible things to say from
time to time, it's just such a shame that all anyone ever notices is his
abusive language.

Let's face it guys, hi-fi as a hobby is dead, we're just chewing over
old bones here.

Hi-Fi *as a hobby* is certainly a lot less popular than it was in the 1970s,
but domestic audio is alive and well. Almost every house in the land has an
audio system of some form or other, usually more than one. These range from
the ubiquitous iPod to the outrageously overpriced "exotic" Hi-Fi systems of
the audiphools. And there has been considerable growth in the number of
audio systems in commercial use as well. So any idea that "audio" is dead is
totally and completely wrong.

David.

"David Looser" wrote in message
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"Audionut" wrote:

I dip back in from time to time, and it's still the same peanut
gallery, with old Allison potty-mouthing away but saying nothing.

Actually the sad thing is that Phil does have sensible things to say from
time to time, it's just such a shame that all anyone ever notices is his
abusive language.

Let's face it guys, hi-fi as a hobby is dead, we're just chewing over
old bones here.

Hi-Fi *as a hobby* is certainly a lot less popular than it was in the
1970s, but domestic audio is alive and well. Almost every house in the
land has an audio system of some form or other, usually more than one.
These range from the ubiquitous iPod to the outrageously overpriced
"exotic" Hi-Fi systems of the audiphools. And there has been considerable
growth in the number of audio systems in commercial use as well. So any
idea that "audio" is dead is totally and completely wrong.

David.




Where does he say "audio" is dead"? He says 'hi-fi as a hobby is dead' and
he's mostly right

People use 'audio' stuff like kitchen appliances these days - switch it on;
listen to it (or probably not really listen to it); switch it off. That's
what 'digital' does - levels the playing field so that technical
considerations become a non-issue and, if one avoids paying through the nose
for silly 'names', makes stuff so cheap these days nobody needs build it
(and/or learn to build it).

"Keith G" wrote in message
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Where does he say "audio" is dead"? He says 'hi-fi as a hobby is dead' and
he's mostly right

If you'd read what I said you'd have noticed that I too largely agreed with
that statement.

But the OP went on to say that "we're just chewing over old bones here"
and, since this is an audio (not "HiFi") newsgroup the only valid
interpretation of the whole sentence is that he thinks "HiFi" and "audio"
are the same thing.

People use 'audio' stuff like kitchen appliances these days - switch it
on; listen to it (or probably not really listen to it); switch it off.
That's what 'digital' does - levels the playing field so that technical
considerations become a non-issue

As far as most people are/were concerned technical considerations always
were a non-issue, they bought the stuff and used it. It only ever was the
engineers and the enthusiasts who were concerned with technical issues. Well
the engineers are still here, but by and large the enthusiasts have moved on
to something else, such as motorbikes!

David.

"David Looser" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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Where does he say "audio" is dead"? He says 'hi-fi as a hobby is dead'
and he's mostly right

If you'd read what I said you'd have noticed that I too largely agreed
with that statement.

But the OP went on to say that "we're just chewing over old bones here"
and, since this is an audio (not "HiFi") newsgroup



Really? Perhaps you might care to read the actual wording of the ukra
charter:

"uk.rec.audio is an unmoderated newsgroup. It is primarily a forum for
discussion of hi-fi equipment available in the UK, a place for independant
reviews and opinions on hi-fi, and an advice centre for those bitten by the
upgrade bug. It may include discussions on what hi-fi is trying to do
(accurately reproduce music? a 'live' acoustic?) and its development. It is
also a site for the private sale and exchange of used hi-fi components."

See it he http://www.usenet.org.uk/uk.rec.audio.html



the only valid
interpretation of the whole sentence is that he thinks "HiFi" and "audio"
are the same thing.


Who's to blame him? In the context of this group they effectively are - see
'Discussion and exchange of hi-fi audio equipment' in the 'Newgroups (title)
Line'!



People use 'audio' stuff like kitchen appliances these days - switch it
on; listen to it (or probably not really listen to it); switch it off.
That's what 'digital' does - levels the playing field so that technical
considerations become a non-issue

As far as most people are/were concerned technical considerations always
were a non-issue, they bought the stuff and used it. It only ever was the
engineers and the enthusiasts who were concerned with technical issues.
Well the engineers are still here, but by and large the enthusiasts have
moved on to something else, such as motorbikes!


If you mean me, I was interested in and riding motorcycles a long time
before I became interested in 'hifi'!

The sad truth is the 'enthusiasts' you mention have been driven out by abuse
from a small number (past and present) here and they have actually moved on
to becoming 'hifi/audio enthusiasts' who simply don't post (or subscribe)
here!

In article ,
Keith G wrote:
The sad truth is the 'enthusiasts' you mention have been driven out by
abuse from a small number (past and present) here and they have
actually moved on to becoming 'hifi/audio enthusiasts' who simply don't
post (or subscribe) here!

In which case why do you abuse so many here?

--
*(on a baby-size shirt) "Party -- my crib -- two a.m

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Glenn Richards" wrote in message
. uk...
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Yes, I know you can just both sing into the same mic... but the other
vocal part is a female voice so will probably need different EQ. She's
also not as loud as me so... two tracks would be better!
(...)

I'm doing two-part solos with one mic.
It's a lot of trouble to get stereo compared with your assets.
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http://ecn.ab.ca/~brewhaha/

"Bohgosity BumaskiL" wrote in message
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"Glenn Richards" wrote in message
. uk...
(...)
Yes, I know you can just both sing into the same mic... but the other
vocal part is a female voice so will probably need different EQ. She's
also not as loud as me so... two tracks would be better!
(...)

I'm doing two-part solos with one mic.
It's a lot of trouble to get stereo compared with your assets.



I've got an old Neumann CMV3 you can have cheap, if you don't mind 'Berühren
Sie nicht - Privateigentum von A.H.' scratched on the back of it...??

"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Bohgosity BumaskiL" wrote in message
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"Glenn Richards" wrote in message
. uk...
(...)
Yes, I know you can just both sing into the same mic... but the other
vocal part is a female voice so will probably need different EQ. She's
also not as loud as me so... two tracks would be better!
(...)

I'm doing two-part solos with one mic.
It's a lot of trouble to get stereo compared with your assets.



I've got an old Neumann CMV3 you can have cheap, if you don't mind
'Berühren Sie nicht - Privateigentum von A.H.' scratched on the back of
it...??




OK, following my own prompt, I found myself reading this very interesting
page:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=89705610


(Don't get too excited - they ain't cheap!! :-)

In article ,
Keith G wrote:
I've got an old Neumann CMV3 you can have cheap, if you don't mind
'Berühren Sie nicht - Privateigentum von A.H.' scratched on the back of
it...??

Are you serious? My guess is it would be worth quite a bit. Plenty collect
old mics.

--
*Born free - taxed to death *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.