That's his website. I don't believe that that is his picture or system
millercarbon
Is this the same guy who used to post frequently in the Audiogon forums?
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@tablejockey +1 Mike |
@jhnnrrs you forgot about Geoffkate…he was kicked off the site long before MC Bent |
@michaellent Too many to mention. I got in trouble for calling out many of the big names here for their shameless plugging of questionable junk. |
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@chrshanl37 LOL, nice to start my day off with a laugh. I don't like to cast stones, but if there was ever a legend in his own mind....... |
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My answer see below: Mike |
The website is a bit amateurish. The masthead says "HIGH ED" rather than "High End" -- or am I missing something? "The People" features one interview with Tekton, a brand MC touted over and over again. And then I think he ditched them. (Or was that Raven? Or both? Everything is the "unquestionable best" until...it's not.) The writing is often informal and sophomoric sounding. At least, to me. (Example: What the heck is a sound field isolator? Hard to say. Candidly, full disclosure, and being my usual ruthlessly truthful self, I just made it up. That’s right! Made it up! Out of thin air! So there! Because, as usual with stuff I make up, it describes as accurately as possible what I think is going on.) Remember that Seinfeld skit where Elaine gets called out for all her exclamation points? ’Nuff said. |
@hilde45 lol this is so spot on. |
The one thing that I remember about millercarbon was when someone had asked a question and MC gave one of his technical responses and the individual kept asking questions from the forum. MC responded that if "you are not gong to take my advice then you are wasting everyones time here". The term jerk came to my mind. |
Users like millercarbon come-and-go. They flood the site with words, proclaim themselves as an absolute authority and issue proclamations from on high. But their egos can't withstand even thoughtful questioning and they eventually crash and burn. In the interim, they obstruct conversation. They like it that way. It has to be about them. |
Once upon a time I wrote a post in MC's defense which he quickly honored as "Post Of The Year" and reprinted in full. Years later I still wonder whether Kevin Deal's impeccable takedown of Raven vs Prima Luna was what "shamed" (if he can he be shamed) MC out of the forum? |
Well, I’m not going to lie and will say with certainty if the sound in the millercarbon room at CAF was a fair sample, we are no worse off in terms of good sound which is what this place is all about. It was near the bottom for me and I did get to audition almost every room there. My recollection is the sound was quite mid-fi IMHO and most forgettable. I actually felt embarrassed for the exhibitors. Apparently, the MC wire supports that looked like the hanger wires in one’s closet were not enough save it. I exited most disappointed. I had high expectations for what I would hear in that room given all the bravado exhibited here over a period of time prior. Nevertheless, I wish MC well in his endeavors. To each their own. Live and learn!
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The problem I have with many rooms at high end audio shows is the value proposition. You tend to get a lot of bling but only a few cases of actual value for the end results delivered. Often its smaller vendors who think they can outperform all others for a price and charge accordingly but are often sadly mistaken. Only a handful succeed, and they are able to mostly just let their products do all the talking.
Lots of the same around here. It’s fertile ground especially for those selling expensive uber high margin tweaks that people would just laugh at anywhere else. Sorry, but its true. A quick scan of the large % of ads posted here for very expensive tweaks and accessories will prove that out. It is the "high end" audio site after all and the asking price is the key thing that establishes that. It is what it is. Enjoy! I learn a lot here. It takes all kinds.
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I've been on and off this site for nearly 2 decades and I miss some degree of banter. The ones I'd rather see go are the ones that own something that's "absolutely the best there is" and they get up and scream into their bullhorn for months and months on end only to sell it an move on to some other mid tier junk and start over again. Wait, maybe that applies here too. |
+1 jhnnrrs He once revealed enough of his geographic origins that it coalesced into explaining some of the behavior.I have lived and worked there...and in over 200 other places domestically and in other parts of the world, so the please stow any outrage. I'm entitled to an opinion. |
Now, I've been known to have levels of density, But.... Isn't this a quality that we strive to achieve a high degree of 'complexity', v. sheer 'elimination'? Per the Google, which can and does oversimplify or just misinterpret.... "What is considered homophonic? A homophonic texture is characterized by having multiple voices moving together harmonically at the same pace. This is a very common texture. Many times, this takes the form of having a single melody that predominates, while other voices are used to fill out the harmonies." Nice looking 'lifters' they are (ignoring for the moment the $s' involved, or the stability on carpets).... I've got enough speaker lines that begin to look like the output of a pasta machine. If it bothered me enough, I can make lifters out of a plethora of HDPE to make the average county high tension array look simple in contrast and 'totally eliminate any SAF' in the process.... (This is very tongue-in-cheek, y'all... ;) ...) |
Near genius individuals can be a little "quirky" at times. A biography of Nikola Tesla stated that he was very distracted by his basic urges related to women, and their mutual attraction to him. The solution? He voluntary self-castorated. By comparison, MC seems more like the guy next door with a weed-trimmer in one hand, and a Coors Lite in the other. Except much smarter than your average neighbor. |
