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No, no, Trelja - this is very wrong. You obviously were recruited by the quasi-secret Blue Circle Society. "REAL" Blue Circle Secret Society (hereafter known as the BCSS) members are required to ritualistically dye their own anti-cat sentiment t-shirt (it MUST be a regulation Fruit Of The Loom product) at midnight on the night of a new moon. All BCSS members must create a unique design so that the BCSS t-shirt can only be identified by spectral analysis at a BCSS meeting.

Also, at a REAL BCSS meeting, cheese would never be mentioned (to mention dairy products even in passing is a severe rules infraction) unless as a descriptive reference to another audio product, most often KRELL. And cat is never, EVER served baked. Stir-fried and barbequed are the only acceptable methods of preparation, though a radical splinter faction is lobbying for a special deep-fried recipe. As a purist I am not in favour of this possible new addition.

There are no secret BCSS handshakes, BCSS members fear physical contact! It is undesirable to touch a person who has been in possible contact with certain audio equipment of a less expensive nature, and Blue Circle gear can be rendered less pure sounding by introducing molecules from any of the lesser brands such as Sony, Pioneer, JVC...I'm sure you get the picture.

Lastly, BCSS members would never have set up a meeting at a Radio Shack, unless they sent double-blind cutout drones, each of whom would be wearing a fez and named Mustafa. A Wal Mart would have been possible, but the preferred location would be a Winn-Dixie in front of the customer service area.

It is just as well that you were ejected from this group - I should warn you that no possible good can come from your association with these "pretend" BCSS members. They consistently exhibit undesirable behavioural characterisics and are suspected of introducing several moderately communicable diseases to the North American continent. I will write a full report to the BCSS executive council reporting this unauthorized activity and commending you for acting with great courage and moral fibre. Congratulations.

By the way - not that this is important - do you like liver???

Well, I do not like calf's liver. I must confess, I have never tried it. But, the sight of it makes me a bit sick. I really enjoy chicken liver, prepared in either the Italian - American(fried with bacon, onions, and green peppers or Jewish(chopped liver, from those great delis in NYC, NJ, and PA) manner. I don't understand why chopped liver is equated with things that are lousy. I didn't think I liked pork liver, until one day I read it on the list of ingredients on a liverwurst casing. As a child, I ate far too many liverwurst sandwiches. Always use mustard and onions.

By the way, NEVER read the list of ingredients on ANY meat product.

In Philadelphia, we enjoy a Pennsylvania Dutch(Amish) breakfast product called scrapple. Of the funnier ingredients listed are pig snouts. In this part of the country, when someone asks what is in scrapple, we just answer, "Everything but the squeal."

I had a high school teacher who never ate another hamburger after he got a job as a butcher. It was prior to the time where you would become a vegetarian after watching what actually goes on in a butcher shop. Let's just say that if you enjoy a nice cigar(or more accurately, a cheap one), you may just want to go grab a burger.

I do wonder if Gilbert Yeung is aware of the false group. They have clearly won over his trust, as evidenced at the NYC Show. Now that I think of it, the bag/pumps and blue they used ties in perfectly with the cross - dressing.

Wait! That's it!!!

They have succeeded! They have taken control of the company via their evil doings. It is this group of imposters who have distracted the creative minds at Blue Circle. Directed them to a path of self destruction.

It must be the reason behind the handbag preamp and high heel power amps. The change to the 6922 tubes in the new BC21.1 preamp, to get inline with the more upscale preamps, was just something to appease those who have seen the truth, and have tried to tell folks like Al Wiley and Gilbert. Although, it could be argued that the change from the 6SN7 moves the company further away from the masculine side. Hmmm, I need to think about this.

At the Show, Gilbert told me that Al Wiley was back in Innerkip when I asked. The inroads of this shadowy group must be great indeed.

Sheepishly, I have to admit that I really liked the cheese. I don't know what their source for Gruyere is, but you just cannot find something like that in the stores.

From the desciption, I would not want to get anywhere near the BCSS either.

Mdomnick, I am sure glad they didn't bring sheep. One question, how did things go in the days where Carver was still alive, but Bob was no longer running the show? There must have been a lot of infighting. Also, did people start a new counter - group when the enfant terible launched Sunfire? Was there bloodshed? Oh, one more. Are the sheep really just another joke played by Bob Carver on the lunatic fringe who think he, and only he, can build a good power amp? More cruel than Sonic Holography, the Silver 7T solid state monos, and Crutchfield...

Did I mention I miss the cheese?

Maybe one day I should offer up some tales of Polk. I don't want to go into too much detail; I have already become a bore in this thread. But, I will mention three things: Earth shoes, hair transplants, and lipstick. And, let's all give thanks that Mathew Polk can provide real wood for the cost of real vinyl.

Yes, the cheese was that good.

On a serious note, the opportunity for hilarity in this thread is unlimited. Let's not squander it. We know from this site that audiophiles are not as constipated as a lot of the high end dealers who have turned us off over the years. I implore you to challenge the feeble Fremer(saw him at the Show, he walked around like a real sourpuss - or is that just his look?) as the Clown Prince of Audio. Reading about him in his underwear in the current issue of Stereophile was the only funny thing I have come across about him. Will this month's "I am canceling my subscription..." batch of letters mention the latest Michael Fremer bootlick of Rockport? Stay tuned. We are not as boring as a Kalman Rubinson review, or as antiseptic an one from John Atkinson.

Albert, thanks for the compliments.

By the way, if you ever audition Blue Circle, do not bring up Convergent Audio Technology. Even if you have owned something from them in the past, if asked, deny it. Do not waver on this. And, make sure that you do not look away from them as you answer the question, which will be asked several times. You ARE being watched.

Blue Circle preamps invert phase. I think the reason is that there is one less gain stage. This gets compensated for at the speaker leads, you simply reverse them. The Blue Circle Group trick(I learned this after the secret handshake) is to actually reconnect the speaker leads in the normal way for anyone who has even the slightest affiliation with CAT. Secondly, they also have some very horrendous sounding source material(both CD and vinyl) which is brought out in these situations. And, the trump card is the Osborn speakers. Yes, the older generation, with the Focal Ti tweeters. The Osborn company logo is in older versions of the dictionary under the words bright, harsh, irritating, metallic, and shrill. The new tweeter was actually the reason for the new Webster's version. The speakers now sound great!

You will head for the hills. Believe me, when they get done with you, you may need a month just to enjoy your system again. Yes, the measures are extreme, but their hatred for CAT is on that level. If you see anyone in the store inserting silicone earplugs or moving speaker wires around, you now know what they are doing.

One, more thing. They will also ask you, "So, how do you think it compares to the CAT?" Be on guard, this is a trick. Your answer is, "I have no idea, I have never come across a CAT." And, "No, not even at a show."

Do not park in front of the store, or in the lot. Take a bus, if possible. Your license plate number is always recorded. It's for "future reference", whatever that means. Do not drive a Japanese, Korean, or Malaysian car, but a European car(other than French, Italian, or a Yugo - the thing about Communists, again) is OK. Mention that you like the Blue Circle styling, especially the soothing blue light(I won't go into THAT now), that it reminds you of the color of an old Ford you once owned. Very important, despite what real Ford people think, when the discussion goes in that direction, in your opinion, the 351 Windsor was better than the Cleveland. Something to do with the Blue Circle Canada thing.

Trelja, I heard a rumor. Are you able to confirm or deny?

Some time back, a closed meeting at Carver Audio was called to select a candidate to fill a high level upper management slot. Everyone was eager to agree with Bob on every topic, and when the conversation ridiculed other audio manufacturers, Bob Carver slipped in the story about the baked cat dinners by the Blue Circle Audio Group. He watched each face to be certain that there was a honest look of disgust. Thus Insuring in his own mind, there were no secret allies among them.

After much laughter, and close examination of each candidate, Bob decided to distance his group even further (especially from Jeff Rowland who is vegetarian), by hosting a dinner of prime quality half pound hamburgers and Beer.

A long limo drive into the country was decided upon, a visit to Bossie's Steak House, well know by many as THE prime beef and gourmet burger Mecca.

After traveling a long stretch of open country , Bob Carver ordered the driver to slow the limo. He then pointed to a poor sheep who had it's head trapped in the barb wire by the roadside. (This is perhaps how the story about the sheep at parties began.)

Jumping out of the limo, Bob climbed the fence and began to pull at the poor animal in an attempt to free it's head from the barb wire.

Suddenly he stopped, looked at the sheep and without a moments hesitation, arranged himself at the back of the sheep and dropped his pants.

Then he yelled to the occupants of the limo, "Hey, any of you executive candidates want in on this?"

The doors flung open and two candidates leaped from the limo, cleared the fence, knelt down beside the sheep and stuck their head through the fence.

Albert and Trelja:

You guys are too much! Any more of these anecdotes and there will be almost enough material for a National Audiophile Enquirer. I knew there was a reason that I never liked Carver.

Just for the record there was a meeting of the "REAL" BCSS this afternoon. The phony upstart BCSS is in the process of being neutralized. It is strongly suspected that the fake BCSS are really aliens from the Motari Nebula who are having severe trouble coping with the effects of the Earth's atmosphere and the depletion of the ozone layer. This is a very new development, so please do not spread the news too widely. Neither cat, nor liver, nor cheese were served at the post meeting brunch.