JVS Cheerleads an MQA CD..Sis Boom Bah!

[Shadders]

And on a slightly happy, go lucky, cheerier note :

 

http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/17/passenger-drops-farts-so-putrid-pilot-is-forced-to-make-emergency-landing-7320242/

 

https://nypost.com/2018/02/18/farty-passenger-forces-flight-to-make-emergency-landing/

[mansr]

5 minutes ago, christopher3393 said:

Just wondering if English is a second language for you? No problem. But sometimes your grammar and usage are problematic. This makes communication more difficult. People often make errors here because of hurrying. Perhaps if you would consider slowing down just a little it could improve the quality of your communication. Perhaps your breakneck pace is undermining your coherence at times?

I have no trouble understanding him. Perhaps you're having trouble with the Southampton accent.

[Norton]

23 minutes ago, Spacehound said:

And MOST Americans, probably including you,   don't have a native languag

 

Everyone has a native language.  It's the language you grow up speaking and are thus considered to be a native  speaker of, as opposed to a second language you subsequently learn.

 

 

[christopher3393]

I was wondering how long it would take for this to come up. Seems to have no bearing on the topic. Ad hominem. Another episode of Mean Girls here at CA?

[The Computer Audiophile]

5 minutes ago, christopher3393 said:

I was wondering how long it would take for this to come up. Seems to have no bearing on the topic. Ad hominem. Another episode of Mean Girls here at CA?

I just removed the posts. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

Come on guys. We don't need to go there. 

[Brinkman Ship]

1 minute ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Come on guys. We don't need to go there. 

In principal I agree..you are right..but that was kind of funny...

[Spacehound]

14 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Come on guys. We don't need to go there. 

Whats 'ad hominem' about anything?

[The Computer Audiophile]

Just now, Spacehound said:

Whats 'ad hominem' about anything?

Give it up.

[Spacehound]

1 hour ago, christopher3393 said:

 

Just wondering if English is a second language for you? No problem. But sometimes your grammar and usage are problematic. This makes communication more difficult. People often make errors here because of hurrying. Perhaps if you would consider slowing down just a little it could improve the quality of your communication. Perhaps your breakneck pace is undermining your coherence at times?

My head is too far in front of my fingers  

[Spacehound]

7 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Give it up.

When you give up pointless criticism.  I'm fine with that.

 

No that I saw the posts you are presumably talking about having made no   'ad hominems',.

[dalethorn]

2 hours ago, eclectic said:

I'm starting to think the dream end game for the record labels is the phasing out of Redbook CDs. Only MQA downloads and everyone signed up to a streaming service at 10 dollars/pounds/euros a month. No more free Spotify and access/piracy controlled by switching on strong DRM in MQA. 

 

That in fact is the goal.  Think of the analogies: Student loan debt. Credit card debt. National debt.  All of which earn lots of interest (i.e. effectively "free" money).  Closer to home, it's your Internet subscription, your telephone subscription, your insurance subscriptions (that's what they are after all), etc.

 

The bean-counters have it all figured out. It's just a matter of time until the process is complete. As far as the downloads go - the files that you "own" (i.e. they don't expire), I expect that will eventually be no different than the movies and TV shows you download now.  That is to say, you can buy a movie that you can possess forever theoretically, but can you play it on an open-source video player?

[Tintinabulum]

5 hours ago, mansr said:

That's what it's all about, shutting down dissenting voices.

 

From where I sit, I hear nothing but dissenting voices, loud ones at that. But please don’t stop the fest.

[The Computer Audiophile]

2 minutes ago, Spacehound said:

When you give up pointless criticism.  I'm fine with that.

Here's the deal. You were banned from CA years ago. I gave you another shot, but you're really proving that you can't handle the freedom to act like a reasonable adult. 

 

 

[Spacehound]

Just now, The Computer Audiophile said:

Here's the deal. You were banned from CA years ago. I gave you another shot, but you're really proving that you can't handle the freedom to act like a reasonable adult. 

 

 

I have made  no recent 'ad hominems', having taken full notice of your much earlier  comment.

 

And I had the honesty  to PM you immediately after my very first post to  tell you  I was  banned previously.

[Brinkman Ship]

17 minutes ago, Spacehound said:

Whats 'ad hominem' about anything?

Back on topic.

 

Why in the world would I want to buy the MQA CD of this title, which requires an a CD player, MQA DAC, and not to mention all the extra processing when I can listen to the 96 Khz MASTER FILE purchasable from numerous outlets like Superhirez, HDTracks, ProStudioMasters etc.?

 

http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/132307/Steve_Reich-Steve_Reich_Pulse__Quartet-FLAC_96kHz24bit_Download

 

Because Serenus says so?

 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

1 minute ago, Spacehound said:

I have made  no recent 'ad hominems', having taken full notice of your much earlier  comment.

 

And I had the honesty  to PM you immediately after my very first post to  tell you  I was  banned previously.

True, but you're doing your best to be difficult. 

[eclectic]

5 minutes ago, Spacehound said:

When you give up pointless criticism.  I'm fine with that.

 

No that I saw the posts you are presumably talking about having made no   'ad hominems',.

 

I've found your posts here interesting. You've woken the place up a bit.  The whistling guy is not worth getting banned for. Why not back off as requested. Just my 2 cents worth..

[realhifi]

36 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

I just removed the posts. 

What about the posters?

[crenca]

2 minutes ago, eclectic said:

 

I've found your posts here interesting. You've woken the place up a bit.  The whistling guy is not worth getting banned for. Why not back off as requested. Just my 2 cents worth..

 

Wait a minute, is that what was removed  - that video of JVS (apparently, a number of years ago) trying his hand at...I don't know what, some kind of campy one-man-show theatre?  Was it more than that (I only watched maybe 20 seconds)?  Why was it removed?

[crenca]

Just now, realhifi said:

What about the posters?

 

@The Computer Audiophile, how many PM's do you get from this guy a week?

[Brinkman Ship]

1 minute ago, realhifi said:

What about the posters?

I can safely say we have all had enough of the pseudo moderating done by you and a few other busy bodies. Chris is doing great.

 

Do you have any comments about the MQA CD? Otherwise MYOB. Same goes for your pal.

[The Computer Audiophile]

2 minutes ago, crenca said:

 

Wait a minute, is that what was removed  - that video of JVS (apparently, a number of years ago) trying his hand at...I don't know what, some kind of campy one-man-show theatre?  Was it more than that (I only watched maybe 20 seconds)?  Why was it removed?

Removed because it was like a high school clique talking about a guy they don't like. 

 

Sure JVS posted it on the internet for all to see, but I'm not into hosting a party for guys to ridicule other people about things totally unrelated to audio. 

[realhifi]

3 hours ago, Brinkman Ship said:

It is actually a worthwhile listen. The 24/96 download is excellent.

I’ll definately check it out. 

(The Tidal MQA version of course...?)

[crenca]

10 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Removed because it was like a high school clique talking about a guy they don't like. 

 

Sure JVS posted it on the internet for all to see, but I'm not into hosting a party for guys to ridicule other people about things totally unrelated to audio. 

 

Hum...I don't know, the subject of this thread is this guys audio review and these various writers for these Audiophile trade publications are, in a word, eccentric.  Truly, they are eccentric with a capital E.  Perhaps that is just one small part of the larger problem?  Then again, perhaps not...nah, it is related and any warm blooded "normal" person intuits this.

 

I have thought about posting a link here at CA in the past to a piece published by a UK web zine that is mostly about Michael Lavgorgna's "art", but also a little bit about his audio beliefs.  Would that be off limits as well in a thread about a review of his?  

 

In any case, no sweat as it's not worth that much discussion of course.  Then again, the fact that these guys play a Confidence Game means that there "reputation" and their public persona is a very large part of the whole "review" process...

 

edit:  I also noticed that Christopher3393 is playing the role of civility police again.  Snitch is the technical descriptor...