On Friday 13 September 2013 09:47:46 Bob van der Poel did opine: > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Ralf Mardorf > > <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > However, modern crappy 200 W and more hifi equipment often only works > > when the music is insane loud, at sane levels the speakers and what > > ever else in the sound chain, are more biased, than at blast level. I > > had a neighbour who is young, with a modern hifi, who listened to > > black eyed peas or other crap that does sound as criminal as they do. > > The generation "I even listen to my music, when using the local > > public transport, at full power, by my smart phone speaker" owns gear > > that perhaps doesn't fulfill what should be expected for "HiFi" > > equipment. > > Funny, or sad ... in the 60s and 70s phone companies boasted about the > fidelity and robustness of their landlines, and now we need to put up > with the crappy cell phone (which sounds like shit, and drops calls > more frequently than a whore's drawers). Stereo systems were installed > and balanced to a room, now it's a $20 pair of ear buds on a phone > playing a lo-res mp3. > > And all this when it is easy and cheap to create very high quality > stuff. Something is wrong. I figure that this is why we die when we > get older ... we just can't stand the BS that modern life brings. More truth than you want to admit there Bob. I, because I can't buy a sink bowl for our bathroom vanity (they haven't made that exact elliptical shape in years), had to replace the whole thing yesterday in what started out to be just a new faucet. $300 & change for a chipboard replacement for a real wooden unit now 40 years old. Real wood would have been special order, 2 months delivery, and $700. I didn't even bother to screw this ones back strap to the wall. I've a stock of white ash that would make an outstanding vanity, and the new, solid plastic top/sink will not notice when real wood replaces that chipboard crap, isn't even fit for kindling to start a fire with, base that is the one I just bought. With a little luck I might get the new base done before this one dissolves from the humidity. I'm only 79 in 3 weeks, I should have time enough left to do that. :) Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://gene.homelinux.net:6309/gene> should be up! Microsoft is not Y2K compliant: Windows 95, 98, ... and back again to 01 A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than 200 million guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
