dodger Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 Hello: Went to local Performing Arts last night. Ran into friends we've known since their 2nd date. He was in the market for new speakers. Sent him to my local Klipsch Reference Dealer. He was all set to buy the new RF75s and matching center. Wife comes into store after work, sees what he's going to buy and cost. She gets "irritated" says you A$$hole, you can get the same thing at Best Buy. Dealer has no chance to describe differences - she said - "WE'RE LEAVING this highway robber and they leave to go to Best Buy and they bought their speakers there. I had no input with her temper. They also bought entry level Kenwood Receiver. Together they make over 100 grand after taxes. Reference sits, Best Buy hits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyKubicki Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 Well, the nice thing is that there is still time. They can return the junk they got for a refund up to 30 days after purchase...but ya gotta get him to hear the good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodger Posted June 11, 2003 Author Share Posted June 11, 2003 Greetings: She carries a 9mm, I think that frightens him........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOSValves Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 Well with her holding a 9MM at least he still ended up with Klipsch !! I bet Best Buy ends up being a mistake Klispch regrets its going to eat into there high profit Reference sales for sure. Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBB Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 If it were me Id return the speakers and stop in the Gander Mountain store next to my Best Buy. They carry shotguns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horonzak Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 Yep i,de get rid of the wife. What a whuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frzninvt Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 Sounds like she has enough mouth for five sets of teeth, gun or no gun, I would of ignored her. This guy should stop wearing boxers or briefs and switch to panties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalOg Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 The guys a pu$$y, he deserves her, let him deal with his own misery. Don't get involved. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 "a representation of a thing can never be the thing itself" What idiot came up with that one? I guess if it's in the context of comparing live music to recorded music then I suppose it's true. What would one call a visual or tangible rendering of something intangible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Garrison Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 Rick Gardner, a writer / reviewer for Positive Feedback and occationally other magazines. Here is the whole quote: "From my first radio to my current system, most of my life I have been searching for reproduced music that sounds like what I have in my head. Quite the opposite of seeking the "absolute sound," I have long recognized (at least since my Perceptual Psychology course in college) that any sensory based process is based on transduction (converting one type of energy to another). There is no such thing as isomorphic transduction . . . there is always deletion and distortion in any sensory process. Regardless of technology, the "absolute sound" is and will remain ephemera; a representation of a thing can never be the thing itself. Recorded music is exactly that, recorded music." That was from a review of a Balanced Audio Technology amp/preamp. Just thought you'd like to know... Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalOg Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 What would one call a visual or tangible rendering of something intangible? MAGIC! Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 Thanks Ray. Hi Tom -- well, you're close: "The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word..." "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalOg Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 AMEN! Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 ---------------- On 6/12/2003 12:01:28 PM DeanG wrote: Thanks Ray. Hi Tom -- well, you're close: "The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word..." "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation." ---------------- In my non-dogmatic opinion, that describes each and every one of us. Filter out the last 4000+ years of politics, self-interest, and "sacred" texts written by politicians and that's what's left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 Which texts? What politicians? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 ---------------- On 6/12/2003 1:40:13 PM DeanG wrote: Which texts? What politicians? ---------------- Texts like The Bible (Old & New),and the Koran. They were written by humans with their own agendas for control and power. They were a product of the specific political and sociological climate at the time of their production. The politicians were the religious leaders who wrote them and interpreted them over the ensuing millenia. Please don't get offended here. I'm not implying that there is no truth to any specific religion or dogma. In fact, I'm saying the opposite, that there is much truth to most organized religion in the world, but it is at best a dilution, and at worst a perversion of the ultimate truth. We are ALL the sons and daughters of God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artto Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 dodger......what kind of people are you hanging out with anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio Flynn Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 Sounds like a doomed relationship. Afraid your wife would shoot you? Give me a break. Concerned my wife may install a temporary state of celibacy every now and then ...maybe. Never afraid! The guy deserves Best Buy crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodger Posted June 12, 2003 Author Share Posted June 12, 2003 Two replies: 1. She is an Investigator (Detective) with one of our Suburban PDs. 2. I agree that we are all children of a higher Being. Whether it be Allah, God, Jesus, or room for non-believers. Non-believers still look to a higher sense - their brain. No matter what we call ourselves, or what we belive or dis-believe we are all here for the long haul. A number of instances on this Forum - Dean, all who have answered questions or have made contact with me regarding my knee surgery (may have 1 more - yippee!!) prove that there is a force that is within us. For the most part, we use that force for good, we may stumble and fall - we are only as pertfect as our faults. My point? We only need to ask each other and we usually get MORE than one helpful response. That is living TOGETHER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Bitchin Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 Sounds like a personal problem. Who cares what equipment this guy gets? Invite him over to your house to listen to your stuff if it's that important to him or you...Takes all kinds.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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