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From: Raymond Keattch on 22 Jun 2008 11:06 On 22/06/2008 10:42:40, wrote: > Raymond Keattch <ray.keattch(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > >> > You fuckwit. >> >> Oh dear. > > What darling? > > Someone who will pay �150 for a set of leads for HiFi or �120 for a pot > of wax but fits his car with unsafe, cheap tyres has his priorities > right does he? I have done neither of those things darling. -- MrBitsy Rover 75 CDTi
From: Raymond Keattch on 22 Jun 2008 11:07 On 22/06/2008 11:38:32, David Taylor wrote: > On 2008-06-22, Raymond Keattch <ray.keattch(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >> On 22/06/2008 01:34:01, wrote: >>> Raymond Keattch <ray.keattch(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On 21/06/2008 00:21:44, wrote: >>>> > Raymond Keattch <ray.keattch(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> My last interconnects were a little closed in, but the latest ones really >>>> >> open up the soundstage - vocals especially sound well forward and clear. >>>> > >>>> > So will you be claiming your million dollars from James Randi? >>>> >>>> What would be the point? >>> >>> You would be $1,000,000 richer. >>> >>>> I know with my �150 interconnects plugged in, I can hear each note played by >>>> each instrument crystal clear. I know with the �30 interconnects plugged in, >>>> I can no longer hear each individual note as clear, yet the sound as a whole >>>> is more pleasing. I am not interested in the slightest about wire, impedance >>>> or any other technical wizardry. >>> >>> You fuckwit. >> >> Oh dear. > > You know what I find absolutely hilarious? > > You've bought two sets of interconnects, totalling �180. Yet you're > using the �30 ones. Thus totally wasting �150 (well, more like �175, > but still). I find it more hilarious that I sold the expensive ones on Ebay for �10 more than I bought them on Ebay for. -- MrBitsy Rover 75 CDTi
From: Raymond Keattch on 22 Jun 2008 11:18 On 22/06/2008 15:25:37, David Taylor wrote: > On 2008-06-22, Brimstone <brimstone520-ng02(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> David Taylor wrote: >>> On 2008-06-22, Brimstone <brimstone520-ng02(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >>>> David Taylor wrote: >>>>> On 2008-06-22, Brimstone <brimstone520-ng02(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >>>>>> David Taylor wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Which have all been proven, repeatedly, to be complete bollocks >>>>>>> when the same people are asked to compare products under >>>>>>> scientific double-blind conditions (i.e. where their >>>>>>> pre-conceptions _can't_ affect the result). >>>>>> >>>>>> How does that explain his wife's and son's comments? >>>>> >>>>> They weren't made under double blind conditions. >>>> >>>> But they didn't know which cables were which at the time they >>>> listened. >>> >>> Yes, that's "single blind". >> >> And how does that compromise their perception that a device of one >> specification gives a different sound to a similar device with a different >> specification of they don't know which was fitted at the time? > > There are numerous examples of single blind testing giving incorrect > results, due to the subject being influenced by the experimenter. > > For example, a horse that could do arithmetic -- as long as his owner > was there: http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=384 > > As Ray knew which product he prefered, he almost certainly influenced > his wife's and son's expectations, either consciously or unconsciously. Funny that. With my wife, I sat her down, put the music on and went to the kitchin to wash up. I changed the cables (the HiFi is not in the lounge, so the wife couldn't see me changing the cables), put thesame music on and wiped up. I never said a word to her. Typical of many wives, she has trouble operating remote controls, so an interconnect is about as alien as a martian. When the music finished, I asked her if she perceived any differences in the sound. She remarked that during the first piece of music, vocals were clearer and much closer to where she was sitting. She also liked the way everything was spaced out. She liked the second playing of the piece, but found the sound flat, like all the musicians were sitting against the wall. You continue to enjoy your music using bell wire, and I will enjoy my �30 interconnects. -- MrBitsy Rover 75 CDTi
From: Raymond Keattch on 22 Jun 2008 11:19 On 22/06/2008 11:42:17, David Taylor wrote: > On 2008-06-22, Raymond Keattch <ray.keattch(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >> On 21/06/2008 22:41:05, The Real Doctor wrote: >>>> >>> >>> As I recall, he said he had to travel four hours each way to do the >>> job for you. Did he not make any charge for travelling time? >> >> I still didn't pay for my car to be washed. > > He didn't even wash it!? Yes he did, because an unwashed car shouldn't be machine polished. -- MrBitsy Rover 75 CDTi
From: Raymond Keattch on 22 Jun 2008 11:19
On 22/06/2008 13:17:28, "Clive George" wrote: > "David Taylor" <davidt-news(a)yadt.co.uk> wrote in message > news:slrng5sb47.td3.davidt-news(a)outcold.yadt.co.uk... >> On 2008-06-22, Raymond Keattch <ray.keattch(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >>> On 21/06/2008 22:41:05, The Real Doctor wrote: >>>>> >>>> >>>> As I recall, he said he had to travel four hours each way to do the >>>> job for you. Did he not make any charge for travelling time? >>> >>> I still didn't pay for my car to be washed. >> >> He didn't even wash it!? > > And not even twice after it got mowed on :-) > > I wonder if the polishing man was paid a fixed pre-arranged price for the > job, or time and materials. Ray? Fixed price. -- MrBitsy Rover 75 CDTi |