riffer;235561 Wrote: > ... Watches are cool and, from an engineering standpoint, mechanical > movements quite fascinating (I was once a mechanical engineer), but I > can't get over the fact that my $50 Timex with a quartz movement will > keep better time.
Indeed. Until it runs out of battery. ;-) But really, it's just the passion for the mechanical movement and the craftsmanship. I have always loved watches - my Dad bought me a mechanical watch when I was 6, and that tends to do things to a boy's brain. ;-) riffer;235561 Wrote: > ... I can appreciate film versus digital for the cameras though (even > though my film SLR hasn't been used for years). Same here. I even have a 6x6 Rolleiflex (my Dad's) that takes gorgeous pictures, and yet, shame on me, I just use the digital cameras. But the Squeezebox is best proof that, when quality is good, then convenience will win over that last little (and inconviently achieved) performance optimization. That's the digital ace up the sleeve, every time. riffer;235561 Wrote: > ... Conversely, he isn't into cars, considering Lexus, BMW, Porsche etc. > as a waste of money (okay, so they are, sortof :) I love motorcycles. Have 2 of them, a modern BMW boxer, and a classic Norton. As to cars, the ones I really like are classics. At some point in time they started to build cars for leasing convenience, not for collectivity and passion. They're all pretty much the same these days. For passion you have to go very exotic (Porsche is the entry point), or very inconvenient (a Morgan roadster is on my list of things to do before I count dandelion roots in their natural habitat). Other cars have just become appliances. ;-) -- pablolie ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39093 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
