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George M. Middius wrote:
Robert Morein said:

You recently denigrated Starbucks, remarking that what they do to a
bean is
criminal. Unfortunately, what I do to a bean is worse. I got myself a
Starbucks Barista machine, which makes coffee not as good as Starbucks
in-store coffee. It still makes me happy, yet I realize that I am
distant
from the Coffee High End.

Are you familiar with espresso issues, ie., pressurized portafilters
vs.
nonpressurized, how to avoid bitter shots, etc. ?

Sorry, I'm not an espresso hound. Check out alt.coffee and look for a
post from Randy something or other. He has a website with a
comprehensive overview of homemade espresso.

I will tell you that from what I've seen, the pursuit of the perfect
espresso is every bit as obsessive as the search for the perfect audio
system. Much less costly, though, and much more hands-on.





I stumbled upon this group again by some horrible mistake, and I am
just astounded to see Middius et al still here (I believe I dropped out
about five years ago). It is devastatingly frightning to think that
these inane arguments about audio have been going on (without me) for
all this time.

Happy New Year, George!

Marc Blank



what do you do for espresso?



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Jesus Christ, Arny, you're still here too?? It's mind-boggling!

Marc Blank


Give credit where credit is due.
He stopped trolling with Nate a few years ago,
and it has been "at least" six months since he last accused
one of his 'sockpuppet' 'enemies' of sending hem kiddie porn



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I stumbled upon this group again by some horrible mistake, and I am
just astounded to see Middius et al still here (I believe I dropped out
about five years ago). It is devastatingly frightning to think that
these inane arguments about audio have been going on (without me) for
all this time.

Yes, Middius is still doing all he can to bring the level of discussion down
to the middle school level.

Happy New Year, George!

Marc Blank

Hi Marc!

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Jesus Christ, Arny, you're still here too?? It's mind-boggling!

I drop in from time to time to feed the animals. I mostly post elsewhere -
my audio hobby has largely turned to live sound and recording.

On 10 Jan 2006 20:42:08 -0800, wrote:

I stumbled upon this group again by some horrible mistake, and I am
just astounded to see Middius et al still here (I believe I dropped out
about five years ago). It is devastatingly frightning to think that
these inane arguments about audio have been going on (without me) for
all this time.

The truly frightening thing is that George and Arnie have about
equal--and seemingly limitless-- persistence and resilience. I'm
reminded of the plot of a film I actually hated---Highlander--where
implacable enemies battle each other through centuries and lifetimes.
Hundreds of years from now, in another lifetime, you may come across a
similar endless battle on a future NG and have a vague sense of deja
vu without ever realizing the terrible truth.

Poor George.

Poor Arnie.

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:42:50 -0500, "Arny Krueger"
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Jesus Christ, Arny, you're still here too?? It's mind-boggling!

I drop in from time to time to feed the animals.

Tell the truth, Arnie. You look in to see if anyone's disagreed with
you. it's an obsession.

"paul packer" wrote in message
...
On 10 Jan 2006 20:42:08 -0800, wrote:

I stumbled upon this group again by some horrible mistake, and I am
just astounded to see Middius et al still here (I believe I dropped out
about five years ago). It is devastatingly frightning to think that
these inane arguments about audio have been going on (without me) for
all this time.

The truly frightening thing is that George and Arnie have about
equal--and seemingly limitless-- persistence and resilience.

Not at all. George is a late-comer and takes the easy path of making
childish and irrelevant posts.

"paul packer" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:42:50 -0500, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:


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Jesus Christ, Arny, you're still here too?? It's mind-boggling!

I drop in from time to time to feed the animals.

Tell the truth, Arnie. You look in to see if anyone's disagreed with
you. it's an obsession.

Not at all. People disagree with me here all the time, and often I just
ignore them. For example, I systematically ignore all of Weil's posts, and
have done so for years. I ignore a large percentage of George's and Art's
posts.

Contrary to your ego-centric view of life Paul, RAO is not much of an
interest of mine any more. I really don't put that much effort into
discussing DBTs and "Great debate" issues. No Golden ear has said anything
new or interesting in those areas for years.

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:56:20 -0500, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

Not at all. People disagree with me here all the time, and often I just
ignore them. For example, I systematically ignore all of Weil's posts, and
have done so for years.

Well, over a year, perhaps.

I guess the fear was just too great, especially after getting your
butt kicked regularly...

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
. ..

"paul packer" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:42:50 -0500, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:


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Jesus Christ, Arny, you're still here too?? It's mind-boggling!

I drop in from time to time to feed the animals.

Tell the truth, Arnie. You look in to see if anyone's disagreed with
you. it's an obsession.

Not at all. People disagree with me here all the time, and often I just
ignore them. For example, I systematically ignore all of Weil's posts, and
have done so for years. I ignore a large percentage of George's and Art's
posts.

Contrary to your ego-centric view of life Paul, RAO is not much of an
interest of mine any more. I really don't put that much effort into
discussing DBTs and "Great debate" issues. No Golden ear has said anything
new or interesting in those areas for years.

IT's so simple, DBT's are stupid on the face of it
AS far as arguments go, been there, done that!



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On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:56:20 -0500, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:


Contrary to your ego-centric view of life Paul, RAO is not much of an
interest of mine any more. I really don't put that much effort into
discussing DBTs and "Great debate" issues. No Golden ear has said anything
new or interesting in those areas for years.

Not sure what my egocentricity has to do with it, but I'm not
surprised you've tired of the game. How long has it been now that
you've been sparring with the same people about the same things in the
same way? Even small children tire of repetition eventually.

"paul packer" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:56:20 -0500, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:


Contrary to your ego-centric view of life Paul, RAO is not much of an
interest of mine any more. I really don't put that much effort into
discussing DBTs and "Great debate" issues. No Golden ear has said anything
new or interesting in those areas for years.

Not sure what my egocentricity has to do with it, but I'm not
surprised you've tired of the game. How long has it been now that
you've been sparring with the same people about the same things in the
same way?

My last major change of tactics was building www.pcabx.com which continues
to be massivly sucessful. That was about 4 years ago.

Even small children tire of repetition eventually.

Why mess with success?