jdm56 Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 A few years ago B.K. (before klipschorns), when I had a nice pair of Amrita (now defunct, if not de-funked) Reference Standards, I was playing around one night and had an interesting (to audio-dweebs) experience. The Amritas were top-of-the-line speakers, big floor-standers with a 13" woofer in rear ported, sand ballasted cabinet and a pair of 6 1/2" mids and a 1" fabric dome tweeter in a quasi-D'Appolito array (MTM). The speakers were bi-wire/bi-amp capable, so of course I had to check those options out. I had these little Rat Shack Minimus 77's in the room for some reason, and I somehow got the madcap idea to try the little shack speakers with the Amrita woofers. So, I sat the little fellers (they are kinda cute - 5"woofer/1" dome tweeter in a solidly built metal cabinet) on top of the big Amritas. I hooked'em up and sat back, prepared to be underwhelmed. I was driving the woofers with one Sony TA-N55ES power amp, and the RatShack 77's with another one. And guess what. Yup, that's right, there really wasn't THAT much difference. Or at least, not like I expected to hear. True, the Amritas were a bit smoother and more airy on top, and of course they would go much louder cleanly than the little $40.00 Radio Shack jobs, BUT at low to moderate levels, the quality difference just wasn't that much. Lessons learned? Big money buys you big cabinets that go deeper and louder. Drivers of the same basic type tend to sound more alike than different. There is a nugget of truth in the old Billy Joel lyric: "don't waste your money on a new set of speakers; ya get more mileage from a cheap set of speakers"...(from a song on the "Glass Houses" album - can't remember name or exact words...it's rough gettin old! -ha) Anyway, I always think of that experience when I see little bookshelf two-ways in Stereophool that costs $5000.00. Caveat Emptor indeed! It also reminds me of an old klipsch print ad that the thrust of was that you get a real difference for your money with klipsch. I think it was a heresy ad from the late seventies / early eighties. And very true. I love music through klipsch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen328 Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 hmmmmmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 I always thought he said "you get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdrake Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 "scuse me while I kiss this guy!" http://www.kissthisguy.com/ Besides, wasn't it the rotary engine that goes Hmmm? Doug "showing my age" Drake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBB Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 I'm confused. If the line is "a cheap pair of sneakers." Then Who sang the Ked's are all right? Right? Am I right? Dat's right. Now let's work on the left sneaker.We done gots to get MOE info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 "There's the bathroom on the right." I saw that Wayne's World too but I didn't know ther was a website for misunderstood lyrics. I guess there's a website for everything these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Garrison Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 No, there's not a website for everything yet. I'm not quite done. Just about everything, though... chicken jokes. You want a website for chicken jokes? here you go... Yes, I'm serious... My favorite: Why did the chicken cross the road? Ernest Hemingway's Answer: To die. In the rain. Alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frzninvt Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Thats not as crazy as Farts.com, they have archived farts and a fart of the day - unreal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Great chicken jokes. LOL Is there a dead baby jokes website? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Garrison Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Yes, of course there is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 I had to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm56 Posted June 10, 2003 Author Share Posted June 10, 2003 Oh gee, I guess I better get that CD down and give it a listen. Fer cryin' out loud, you'd think I could hear the lyric correctly through Sennheiser HD-580's! I'm like, soooo embaras; emberra...M-Bare-Assed!!! -however the heck you spell it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm56 Posted June 10, 2003 Author Share Posted June 10, 2003 OK, ya bunch of wise-guys, straight from the CD booklet (duh!) from Billy Joel's "Glass Houses"; the lyrics in question from the tune "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me": ..."Don't waste your money on a new set of speakers You get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers"... So there we have it. We're all right. Everybody wins. Regardless, the point is the same either way. Uh BTW, what was my point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdrake Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 Guilty of this myself. Heard 4 Non Blondes do "What's Up?" this morning and I've always heard one of the lyrics as "I pray at the sink all day for a revolution." Well, of course that really didn't make much sense to me, but hey, it's Linda Perry. I pulled out the lyric sheet from the jewel case to find that it's "I pray every single day for a revolution." Thought of this thread. Reminds me of that scene in "The Long Kiss Goodnight" (great movie, BTW) where Geena Davis and Sam Jackson are riding in the car and he sings the lyrics "I'm not talking 'bout the linen..." Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Garrison Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 Sometimes the "real" lyrics make less sense than anything else you might have thought you heard. Has anyone ever read the lyrics to Bruce's "Blinded by the Light"? Regardless of what you might think he's saying, I bet you're not even close... a couple of excerps: "Madman drummers bummers and Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat..." "Some brimstone baritone anti-cyclone rolling stone preacher from the east He says: 'Dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in its funny bone, that's where they expect it least'"... "And now in Zanzibar a shootin' star was ridin' in a side car hummin' a lunar tune Yes, and the avatar said blow the bar but first remove the cookie jar we're gonna teach those boys to laugh too soon And some kidnapped handicap was complainin' that he caught the clap from some mousetrap he bought last night..." Well, you get the idea. This makes an excellent test of a speaker's amplitude and frequency, accuracy, resolution and timbre balance, by the way. If you listen to this song and can actually make out any of the lyrics, then you've got great speakers! My La Scala's were the best I've ever had (or heard) in that regard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 I really got that cheap pair of sneakers right? I was joking! LOL Sorry, this thread went way off track. At least I found out about fart.com! BTW, that may be the dumbest website I've ever seen. Now don't continue this thread with the dumbest websites ever. OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 http://www.rathergood.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm56 Posted June 11, 2003 Author Share Posted June 11, 2003 The lyric is SPEAKERS, with a "P" in the first line, then SNEAKERS, with a "N" in the second. Oh never mind...@#&6^%$*! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 "Blinded by the light; racked up like a `Massengil' in the middle of the night..." Huh? It's amazing what lil' RadioShack speakers will bring out in a song! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Garrison Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 uh, And she was blinded by the light Cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night Blinded by the light She got down but she never got tight, but she'll make it alright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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