Among the many terms used frequently in discussing audio equipment is
the phrase "world-class." Like so many such terms, it doesn't appear
to have any accepted definition. Can anyone throw some light on just
what it is that makes a component world-class?

Norm Strong

In article _dtQc.231335$JR4.24835@attbi_s54,
"normanstrong" wrote:

Among the many terms used frequently in discussing audio equipment is
the phrase "world-class." Like so many such terms, it doesn't appear
to have any accepted definition. Can anyone throw some light on just
what it is that makes a component world-class?

It means whatever we agree it means.

Subject: "World-class"
From: "normanstrong"
Date: 8/5/2004 11:27 AM Central Daylight Time
Message-id: _dtQc.231335$JR4.24835@attbi_s54

Among the many terms used frequently in discussing audio equipment is
the phrase "world-class." Like so many such terms, it doesn't appear
to have any accepted definition. Can anyone throw some light on just
what it is that makes a component world-class?

You should ask Greg "Trotsky" Singh. He still posts to Usenet, but he's too
embarrassed to show up on RAO.

Torresists a écrit :
Subject: "World-class"
From: "normanstrong"
Date: 8/5/2004 11:27 AM Central Daylight Time
Message-id: _dtQc.231335$JR4.24835@attbi_s54

Among the many terms used frequently in discussing audio equipment is
the phrase "world-class." Like so many such terms, it doesn't appear
to have any accepted definition. Can anyone throw some light on just
what it is that makes a component world-class?


You should ask Greg "Trotsky" Singh. He still posts to Usenet, but he's too
embarrassed to show up on RAO.

Yes ? I thought he was a "world-class" speakers manufacturer. :-)

On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 21:18:00 +0200, Lionel
wrote:

Torresists a écrit :
Subject: "World-class"
From: "normanstrong"
Date: 8/5/2004 11:27 AM Central Daylight Time
Message-id: _dtQc.231335$JR4.24835@attbi_s54

Among the many terms used frequently in discussing audio equipment is
the phrase "world-class." Like so many such terms, it doesn't appear
to have any accepted definition. Can anyone throw some light on just
what it is that makes a component world-class?


You should ask Greg "Trotsky" Singh. He still posts to Usenet, but he's too
embarrassed to show up on RAO.

Yes ? I thought he was a "world-class" speakers manufacturer. :-)

Boy, Marc has you and "tor" wound up more than I've seen just about
anyone on RAO.

Hey "tor", notice how Annika ran away with his tail twixt 'teen his
legs? How's *your* golf game these days? I'll bet it's almost
*exactly* as good as bangsboy.

dave weil a écrit :
On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 21:18:00 +0200, Lionel
wrote:


Torresists a écrit :

Subject: "World-class"
From: "normanstrong"
Date: 8/5/2004 11:27 AM Central Daylight Time
Message-id: _dtQc.231335$JR4.24835@attbi_s54

Among the many terms used frequently in discussing audio equipment is
the phrase "world-class." Like so many such terms, it doesn't appear
to have any accepted definition. Can anyone throw some light on just
what it is that makes a component world-class?


You should ask Greg "Trotsky" Singh. He still posts to Usenet, but he's too
embarrassed to show up on RAO.

Yes ? I thought he was a "world-class" speakers manufacturer. :-)


Boy, Marc has you and "tor" wound up

Because he is a "world-class" asshole, a "world-class" liar, a
"world-class" idiot, a "world-class" fat pig, a "world-class" son of bitch.

more than I've seen just about anyone on RAO.

Dave please, don't play the virgin on RAO. ;-)
You seems to have forgotten all these long threads mocking, insulting,
slandering Arnold Krueger with Middius in master of the ceremony,
Phillips in beadle and you playing the busybody.

If your have problem with memory just googlin' around one hour or two,
this would change you from golf. ;-)

Subject: "World-class"
From: dave weil
Date: 8/5/2004 3:10 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 21:18:00 +0200, Lionel
wrote:

Torresists a écrit :
Subject: "World-class"
From: "normanstrong"
Date: 8/5/2004 11:27 AM Central Daylight Time
Message-id: _dtQc.231335$JR4.24835@attbi_s54

Among the many terms used frequently in discussing audio equipment is
the phrase "world-class." Like so many such terms, it doesn't appear
to have any accepted definition. Can anyone throw some light on just
what it is that makes a component world-class?


You should ask Greg "Trotsky" Singh. He still posts to Usenet, but he's
too
embarrassed to show up on RAO.

Yes ? I thought he was a "world-class" speakers manufacturer. :-)

Boy, Marc has you and "tor" wound up more than I've seen just about
anyone on RAO.


Are ya living vicariously through the Porky one, dave? Surely even a pea-brain
like you can do better than that. :-(


Hey "tor", notice how Annika ran away with his tail twixt 'teen his
legs?

WTF does "tail twixt 'teen his legs" mean? Is that a canine dialect, dave?


How's *your* golf game these days?

Mark Twain call golf "a good walk spoiled". I think he had it right.


I'll bet it's almost
*exactly* as good as bangsboy.

WTF does that mean, fido?

On 05 Aug 2004 20:44:52 GMT, (Torresists) wrote:

WTF does that mean

Subject: "World-class"
From: dave weil
Date: 8/5/2004 5:04 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

On 05 Aug 2004 20:44:52 GMT, (Torresists) wrote:

WTF does that mean

Best weil post in years! ;-)

On 05 Aug 2004 22:20:01 GMT, (Torresists) wrote:

Subject: "World-class"
From: dave weil
Date: 8/5/2004 5:04 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

On 05 Aug 2004 20:44:52 GMT, (Torresists) wrote:

WTF does that mean

Best weil post in years! ;-)

I don't disagree. It said everything that needed to be said...

Subject: "World-class"
From: dave weil
Date: 8/5/2004 7:16 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

On 05 Aug 2004 22:20:01 GMT, (Torresists) wrote:

Subject: "World-class"
From: dave weil
Date: 8/5/2004 5:04 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

On 05 Aug 2004 20:44:52 GMT, (Torresists) wrote:

WTF does that mean

Best weil post in years! ;-)

I don't disagree. It said everything that needed to be said...

I quite agree, dave. As usual, you have *nothing* to say, but this time you
didn't post line after line after line after line after line after line after
line to say it.

Kudos!

On 06 Aug 2004 00:31:29 GMT, (Torresists) wrote:

Subject: "World-class"
From: dave weil
Date: 8/5/2004 7:16 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

On 05 Aug 2004 22:20:01 GMT, (Torresists) wrote:

Subject: "World-class"
From: dave weil
Date: 8/5/2004 5:04 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

On 05 Aug 2004 20:44:52 GMT, (Torresists) wrote:

WTF does that mean

Best weil post in years! ;-)

I don't disagree. It said everything that needed to be said...

I quite agree, dave. As usual, you have *nothing* to say,

Actually, you're wrong, as usual. i spoke volumes.

You lose.

Again.

Oh yeah, thanks for all of the atention. It's gratifying!

How's the golf game?

Subject: "World-class"
From: dave weil
Date: 8/5/2004 8:20 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

On 06 Aug 2004 00:31:29 GMT, (Torresists) wrote:

Subject: "World-class"
From: dave weil
Date: 8/5/2004 7:16 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

On 05 Aug 2004 22:20:01 GMT, (Torresists) wrote:

Subject: "World-class"
From: dave weil
Date: 8/5/2004 5:04 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

On 05 Aug 2004 20:44:52 GMT, (Torresists) wrote:

WTF does that mean

Best weil post in years! ;-)

I don't disagree. It said everything that needed to be said...

I quite agree, dave. As usual, you have *nothing* to say,

Actually, you're wrong, as usual. i spoke volumes.

Congrats on the award dedicated in your name. It's richly deserved (and you
look so lifelike!) ;-)

"normanstrong" wrote in message
news:_dtQc.231335$JR4.24835@attbi_s54...
Among the many terms used frequently in discussing audio equipment is
the phrase "world-class." Like so many such terms, it doesn't appear
to have any accepted definition. Can anyone throw some light on just
what it is that makes a component world-class?

Norm Strong

I think the term became popular when the U.S. car industry tried to compete
abroad. A car which was good enough for foreign markets was dubbed "world
class" by auto journalists. The term must have been used before this in many
other contexts, as in "world class athlete."

But the term gradually shifted to mean excellent quality. In the case of
hifi, it's rather nonsensical, since everything is sold everywhere.

As far as I can see, what little hifi equipment is still made in the U.S.
has this quality, in spades.

"Torresists" a écrit dans le message news:
...
Subject: "World-class"
From: dave weil
Date: 8/5/2004 8:20 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

On 06 Aug 2004 00:31:29 GMT, (Torresists) wrote:

Subject: "World-class"
From: dave weil
Date: 8/5/2004 7:16 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

On 05 Aug 2004 22:20:01 GMT, (Torresists) wrote:

Subject: "World-class"
From: dave weil
Date: 8/5/2004 5:04 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

On 05 Aug 2004 20:44:52 GMT, (Torresists) wrote:

WTF does that mean

Best weil post in years! ;-)

I don't disagree. It said everything that needed to be said...

I quite agree, dave. As usual, you have *nothing* to say,

Actually, you're wrong, as usual. i spoke volumes.

Congrats on the award dedicated in your name. It's richly deserved (and
you
look so lifelike!) ;-)

Dave's basic tactic is usually very simple, I shoud say infantile.
He *always* starts the discussion with a very false, distorted, wrong
premise.
After that there are 2 options depending on the subject :
1. He is defending his false premises like a pitbull, with the classical
rhetoric weapons he has learnt listening customers conversations while he is
standing near the tables.
2. He tries to bury you under mountains of cultural references, under the
immense knowledge he has accumulated (listening to the client conversation).
Dave Weil is an encyclopedia unfortunatly there is no logical lexical entry.
:-)

On 06 Aug 2004 01:48:30 GMT, (Torresists) wrote:

Subject: "World-class"
From: dave weil
Date: 8/5/2004 8:20 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

On 06 Aug 2004 00:31:29 GMT, (Torresists) wrote:

Subject: "World-class"
From: dave weil
Date: 8/5/2004 7:16 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

On 05 Aug 2004 22:20:01 GMT, (Torresists) wrote:

Subject: "World-class"
From: dave weil
Date: 8/5/2004 5:04 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

On 05 Aug 2004 20:44:52 GMT, (Torresists) wrote:

WTF does that mean

Best weil post in years! ;-)

I don't disagree. It said everything that needed to be said...

I quite agree, dave. As usual, you have *nothing* to say,

Actually, you're wrong, as usual. i spoke volumes.

Congrats on the award dedicated in your name. It's richly deserved (and you
look so lifelike!) ;-)

Thanks for keeping me in the public limelight. I think it's great.

Can't comment on whatever pic you posted though...

On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 10:30:37 +0200, in rec.audio.opinion you wrote:

He *always* starts the discussion with a very false, distorted, wrong
premise.

Since I only quoted "torgolfer" in this instance, I'd say that you're
right.

"dave weil" a écrit dans le message news:
...
On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 10:30:37 +0200, in rec.audio.opinion you wrote:

He *always* starts the discussion with a very false, distorted, wrong
premise.

Since I only quoted "torgolfer" in this instance, I'd say that you're
right.


Don't be vexed Dave, perhaps you will be better next time. ;-)

Paul Dormer wrote:

"dave weil" emitted :


He *always* starts the discussion with a very false, distorted, wrong
premise.

Since I only quoted "torgolfer" in this instance, I'd say that you're
right.


Whilst "tor b" is 'joining' lionel in making infantile (not you Arny)
comments about the sexual preferences of certain posters on this
forum, note that he swings both ways.

Ooops Paulo you are too fast here I am just making infantile comments
about sexual preferences of the guys who make infantile guessing about
my sexuality.
Note that you have already attempted to such stupid tactic and I have
answered you courteously. A gentleman would confirm that immediatly,
isn't it ? :-)