Fuses that matter.

Bryon I am with you. I am also saddend by the truth of your above statement. It's amazing we are all here.

One has to balance mans incredible achievements against his many flaws. But the fact that you and I can chat like this across thousands of miles without ever meeting does say something.

On a happier note and to lay this thread to rest do we say

1 fuses matter sonically, and said fuses orientation is of no importance?

2 fuses don't matter sonically and neither does their orientation in the circuit?

3 fuses matter sonically and their direction is equally important sonically?

4 fuses don't matter sonically unless their orientation is incorrect?

5 the thought of fuses and their orientation matters sonically? Ie Placebo.

6 the thought of fuses matters sonically, but not the thought of its orientation in the circuit? Lol.

I was very nearly serious until no.6.

As I have said I have had good results from Hifi specialist fuses. I have never gotten caught up too much in the direction of the fuse.

Chadeffect, I think you should add #7-it doesn't matter that some claim neither direction or manufacturer of fuses have no effect. It is not their business what we each hear in our systems.

I agree with Tbg on #7

I think it's funny to have the last word eight postings ago.....:-)

Congrats Bryon, I think they got it.

Seriously, all the best,
Nonoise

Thank you Nonoise. You are a gentleman. But I too have a swan song...

06-08-12: Geoffkait
Bryon, congratulations on the most hilarious and deceptive post so far on this thread.

Come on, Geoff. You can do better than that. No one here is going to believe that you found my post either hilarious or deceptive. If you think you can trick people with that feeble misdirection, you’ve miscalculated by an order of magnitude. It isn't just that your misdirection is facile. It's that it's bizarre, as Mapman pointed out.

On the bright side, you've provided everyone with an excellent illustration of the Method of Evasion, which is the hallmark of Obscurantism. The Method goes like this…

1. Be cryptic.
2. Misrepresent your opponent.
3. Change the subject.

Calling my post “hilarious and deceptive” does all three in roughly equal measure. You also regularly employ a fourth tactic, which is your personal touch on Obscurantism…

4. Project your own misconduct onto your opponent.

Obviously, I’m referring to your suggestion that my post was "deceptive." Throughout this thread, I've proceeded with openness and candor, I’ve freely admitted my mistakes and limitations, and I've given no reason to believe that I have the slightest thing to gain by deception.

The truthfulness of that statement, and the sincerity of the post you called “deceptive,” is transparently obvious to other posters on this thread, as evidenced by their remarks. Add to that the fact that I’ve never once been accused of deception in the three years I’ve participated on Audiogon. In light of all that, your suggestion that I was being deceptive is so implausible that it’s difficult to imagine that even you believe it.

On the other hand, you are routinely accused of deception. Several posters have accused you of it on this thread already. I’ve personally charged you with Obscurantism on more than one occasion. Trying to project that accusation onto me is about as persuasive as its elementary school equivalent: “I’m rubber, you’re glue…”
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Chad – I agree with you. What’s remarkable isn’t that people argue. What’s remarkable is that they cooperate. You mentioned Human Nature in an earlier post. Personally, I believe many of the contemporary sociobiological theories about the “nature” of Human Nature, which suggest that it is deceptive, aggressive, and self-interested, but also that it can be trustworthy, cooperative, and altruistic.

I would add that I believe that there is not ONE Human Nature but MANY. While everyone has all of those traits, we each have them in different proportions, creating a wide variety of Human Natures. That is visible every day in the microcosm of Audiogon. While Obscuratism, Dogmatism, and other antisocial behaviors are easily found, so are sincerity, generosity, and kindness.

And that is something to feel encouraged about.

Bryon