Arthur Salvatore WoW comments??

CHUM FM 104.5 radio (Toronto) on the "Roger, Rick, and Marilyn" morning show this past week gave several definitions of the word "connoisseur"......an individual who obsessivly acquires an excessive knowledge about WINES, WATCHES and (lo and behold) AUDIO.....and this from Roger Ashby, Mr. King of Rock and Roll around these parts...listen to him on the internet on Sunday mornings...the guy is a conucopia, a "connoisseur", if you will, of music. Methinks that "connoisseurs" of anything are "off", "bent" and "detached"...but we like it! Selfish in the extreme, oftentimes to the detriment of other supposed priorities....don't I know it! In the end, music matters, and I am not ashamed. But then, I said that I would never again read this thread, and........

Stereokarter--why would you never read this thread again? What displays of folly and sarcasm! What skilled turnabouts! What practical advice and comradery! What a style of lugubration! Agon--we all know the danger was everpresent if the censors ever fell asleep at the wheel--has finally evolved from a virtual audio club to an international lost weekend. Component reviews, manufacture ratings, criticism, troublesooting advice, tech talk: what are they but grotesque norms which, suppressing the naivete of our experiences and introducing analysis into music (its dissolution, passion, lyric waste, sentimentality, blindness...) and accessories, brings us to scorn our own instincts. Listen to Detlof: "who would let the fun be spoilt ..." As for Mr. Roger Ashby, I think he is on to something: "connoisseur," where have I heard that word recently? Oh yes! In the name of a phono stage: ScanTech CONNOISSEUR 4. And, stereokarter, it WOULD takes a very "bent" "detached" "selfish in the extreme" audiophile to buy this connoisseur trophy. It costs $30,000 minus tax.

Have you all noticed that audio connoisseurs double up as connoisseurs of other goodies too, often of the alcoholic variety? Remember those "best of" threads for single malt, gin, beer, etc?
Slawney, only 30k MINUS tax -- a steal! (R U sure the price is in USD? If it was, say, 30k Italian Lire, I could just about afford a 30day money-back trial.)
Cheers!

Kubla, is it OK to use the word "excrement"?

I am not an aficionado of wine connoisseurs.