You could probably sell that to certain people... On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 11:28 AM Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote:
> What about cage-free, non-GMO cables? > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> > *To: *"AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Saturday, December 29, 2018 11:24:39 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT: XM Radio > > I bought a pair of Klipsch Forte III speakers earlier this year, replacing > 40 year old ElectroVoice acoustic suspension speakers I had already > refoamed once. If you ever change your mind and want to buy some old > fashioned speakers way bigger than 2” cubes, this is the place: > > https://www.paducahhometheater.com/ > > Way better pricing than a Best Buy or Crutchfield, drop shipped from the > factory in pristine condition, and got me a special finish for a minimal > extra charge. > > You would never find this store unless you live near Paducah KY or went to > the Klipsch online forums. I think they also sell trailers for boats or > something. > > How do they sound? You don’t really notice the speakers, which I think is > a good thing. > > I haven’t tried oxygen free cables though. > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown > *Sent:* Saturday, December 29, 2018 10:53 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: XM Radio > > > > I took a hearing test a few months ago. To my astonishment it came out to > be perfect. Seems like everyone including the TV are mumbling, but I have > good dynamic range, good sensitivity and good frequency response. > > > > My wife’s car has a bunch of audio equalization options. I always have to > select one of the profiles that turn down the bass. She does not seem to > notice the difference. > > > > I have never been much of an audiophile. Those tiny 2” square cube bose > speakers you put up by the ceiling that fill a room sound awesome to me (OK > they sounded awesome 20-30 years ago when I first heard them, not sure they > still make them). The latest bose radio my wife bought has that waveguide > system in it and it has too much bass for my taste. Original walkman > seemed to be the best sound ever. > > > > I dunno, oxygen free speaker cables never sounded any better than my romex > speaker cables to me. I do like a hot tube amp on an electric guitar > though. > > > > *From:* Jason McKemie > > *Sent:* Saturday, December 29, 2018 9:43 AM > > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: XM Radio > > > > They used to have a policy (maybe still do) that retailers couldn't A-B > their speakers with other brands. That alone is pretty telling. > > On Saturday, December 29, 2018, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I think it's mainly a matter of good marketing, really. It seems to me > that they mostly just made something that sounds a bit different, and then > convinced people that it sounds better. > > > > On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 9:56 AM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maybe the lesson is to know your market. "Most people" are not > audiophiles, and "most people" probably have a taste for how music should > sound. Credit Bose for figuring out what people like, and tailoring their > product to provide it. The fact that they can do it with pedestrian > components is a feather in their cap (and a plus to their bottom line). > > > > bp > > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > > On 12/28/2018 11:46 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > Bose is excellent at Turd-Polishing. > > > > Let me explain: Where a traditional provider might go and buy proper > drivers with good response throughout the frequency range, and take care in > designing a crossover, etc, when designing a speaker, Bose is more about > taking reasonably ok speaker elements and then using signal processing to > clean them up. If they have a bit of a weak spot say at the high or low > end, they will boost those with dynamic equalization. If there is some > phase distortion, often this can be cleaned up with DSP processing. And so > on. > > > > Often this results in a better-sounding speaker than a traditional > system. But this is not without compromise as sometimes the result is > not as 'pure' as a decently designed traditional system. But for 99% of > the people out there it's going to sound perfectly acceptable if not just > as good as the expensive system. In some cases, you'd even find that many > people prefer the sound from the Bose system since Bose often seems to > optimize for the average listener's preferences instead of what a "true > audiophile" would choose. Where an audiophile would look for flatness and > purity, an average person just wants something which sounds pleasing with > most things they'll play through it. If the system colors the playback a > bit, but it sounds better, most people won't care. > > > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 7:02 AM Josh Luthman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > People say all the time that Bose sucks but I'm very happy with Bose in > all the cars I've had it in as well as the "sound box" in the house. I'm > definitely not an audiophile, though. > > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 4:09 PM Jason McKemie < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Bose has good marketing and not a lot else. > > > > On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 2:49 PM Josh Baird <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bose car audio (and home audio) is pretty terrible and far from accurate > in most cars. I just bought a new car that has Bose ‘premium’ audio, and > it sounds like absolute crap compared to my old car which had the premium > HK stock system. > > > > ... but, I’m sort of an audiophile, so most people probably won’t agree > with me. > > > On Dec 27, 2018, at 3:21 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Quality sounds great to me. But of course I've had Bose audio in all the > cars with XM. > > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 9:21 AM Adair Winter <[email protected]> > wrote: > > quality varies across some of the stations I've noticed, depends on what > you are listening to. talk radio is worse than some of the music channels. > > > > On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 8:17 AM Matt Hoppes < > [email protected]> wrote: > > But. The quality. Also Fox Headlines had commercials :( > > > On Dec 27, 2018, at 09:11, Adair Winter <[email protected]> > wrote: > > because no commercials and the same stations everywhere it pretty cool. > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 8:00 AM Matt Hoppes < > [email protected]> wrote: > > We just got a new vehicle at work that includes XM radio for some period > of time for free. > > Anyone else who’s had experience with XM: does it always sound like it’s > compressed, digital and low fidelity? 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