New vs Vintage
On Mar 27, 7:43=A0am, Audio Empire wrote:
We all assume that today's new equipment is so much better
than yesterday's.
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 12:21:33PM -0700, Ed Seedhouse wrote:
And how do you know this? =A0Have you talked to "all" audiophiles and
electronic engineers in the world? =A0What does "We all" even mean in
this context? =A0Everyone in the world? =A0Just the audiophiles? =A0Som=
e
particular subgroup of human beings.
On Mar 25, 9:24 pm, Audio Empire wrote:
Seedhouse. Get a life. the hyperbole is a journalistic "device" and the
universal WE doesn't mean ANYTHING except as an opening line. =A0It's not=
meant
to be taken literally, and, thankfully, most people understand this and
don't. =A0So, If you have nothing more constructive to add than this, you=
can
COUNT on my not responding to you any more. Life's just too short, my fri=
end.
So are you a journalist then? But this forum is not a newspaper or
magazine, but a *discussion* forum. If you don't want to be
criticized for exaggeration just stop exaggerating. It isn't really
all that hard to do. I am no journalist and when I read statements
that exaggerate obviously in newspapers and magazines I draw
conclusions about how interesting or worthwhile they are likely to be.
Now there are several audio journals that (it seems to me) specialize
in this kind of thing, so perhaps you should submit your articles to
them and see if they'll publish them.and pay you. And good luck to
you.
But if you want to be a "journalist" this is not the place for it so
far as I can see. It is a discussion group and one expects, or should
be expecting at any rate, criticism, which is what you have received
here from more than one source on exactly the same point. I am pretty
happy with the life I already have, but it certainly not perfect and
could possibly be improved if someone were to send me, say, a couple
of million dollars. I have heard wealth does not improve happiness
but am willing to serve as an experimental subject.
But when I get told to "get a life" simply because I make a mild
criticism it always seems to me that it is the person who is making
this insulting response (un-moderated for some reason) is likely the
one who needs to consider following his own advice.
If you post un sourced claims and exaggerations in a usenet discussion
forum, expect criticism. If you can't stand that you might try
posting elsewhere. Better still would be to keep posting here but to
be a little more careful of making unsubstantiated claims.
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