dracule1 OP937 posts06-17-2016 12:36amBTW, I was a chemistry major in college, so I do have more than basic understanding of physics and materials science.
Ok Drac, I will give you credit for your humor. That is friggin hilarious.
Are audiophiles still out of their minds?
I've been in this hobby for 30 years and owned many gears throughout the years, but never that many cables. I know cables can make a difference in sound quality of your system, but never dramatic like changing speakers, amplifiers, or even more importantly room treatment. Yes, I've evaluated many vaunted cables at dealers and at home over the years, but never heard dramatic effect that I would plunk $5000 for a cable. The most I've ever spent was $2700 for pair of speaker cables, and I kinda regret it to this day. So when I see cable manufacturers charging 5 figures for their latest and "greatest" speaker cables, PC, and ICs, I have to ask myself who buys this stuff. Why would you buy a $10k+ cable, when there are so many great speakers, amplifiers, DACs for that kind of money, or room treatment that would have greater effect on your systems sound? May be I'm getting ornery with age, like the water boy says in Adam Sandler's movie.
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Watts, you're the self proclaimed master engineer, but all you do is throw around "decision matrix" and "permutations" to make yourself sound intelligent. But we all know you have real insecurity issues to deal with. You gotta stop bringing up your childhood, economic status, and your "awesome" job with Mercedes, BMW, and US military. No one here has posted so much about how great they are. Love the way you look down upon me and attack me, while proclaiming yourself as humble fair minded individual and the all knowing psychoanalyst. "Hell has no fury over a woman scorned" aptly describes you. How's that for hilarious? |
geoffkait3,589 posts06-15-2016 5:26pmAct-too-ally both 5 and 3 are real numbers in Czarivey’s example. The expression 3i is, however, an imaginary number. Thus the square of the imaginary number 3i is -9. As Al I totally agree! Please be also noted that MAGNITUDE of complex number that only has imaginary part IS totally NEGATIVE! ISN’T THAT SUPER DARN COOL? |
I'm with @wattsperchannel on this...@dracule1 comes off as whiny. I have no qualms if you want to put $70K in your retirement plan. I also don't mind if you want to spend $70K on cables; whatever blows your hair back.. To me, there is a clear difference here and this is not the same type of spend. One is an investment and the other is discretionary spend. Currently there's a pair of Nordost Valhalla 2's for sale here asking $14,340 ($35,850 original price.) I highly doubt audiophiles are in it for the investment... Furthermore, who care about what people make on this thread. Be happy for those that have financial freedom as well as those working toward it. As much as I'm turned off by people that constantly brag about what they have which to me is a very 'new money' thing to do, I am equally or possibly even more so turned off by people that state "I don't have that type of money" or "I can't afford that." I find it off putting and a bad look. And please...let's not start talking about what classes we took in high school as a means to somehow qualify our chops... |
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