Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

[Korladis]

They are together. He just made it seem like it's not serious when I first met him and she's made similar statements.

I think they are just on the tail end of something who knows. I'll see what comes of it. I'll ask my friend who introduced us later/see if I can direct her interest in a fun way.

I have no 12's... Just 3 15's. My gk mbe212 cabs were a sadness.

Ah, I see. Well, if things start going anywhere, you could just bring it up. Otherwise, no need to worry about it until the situation demands. There's no crime in hanging out.

Be mindful of those situations, bruv. I know too many couples who spend more time arguing than talking and seem like they're genuinely incompatible but have this frustrating habit of breaking up but getting back together and repeating the cycle. Its like...that's the life they know and can't bring themselves to move on so they continuously repeat the same mistakes...with each other?

I don't get it. At all. But I see it SO often.

It's because romantic affection, chemically, goes in a few stages. And the first one is actually the most chemically exciting to our brains, if not the most fulfilling. It's a stage called limerance, as I recall, and it's basically the "falling in love stage." It's fueled by hope and uncertainty, and lasts six months to a year before it wears off. If people haven't forged more solid bonds with each other during this time, they won't really work as a couple beyond it, though they might try to make it work for a while after that, not understanding why things feel different and bad now. This is also why you see some people break up and get together in short increments.


Unrelated, but I got into an argument with an audiophile on another forum. Kinda silly.

 

[El Raro]

Makes sense when you chuck science into the mix. Its still dumb, though. Also makes it impossible to tell if you genuinely have a chance with someone in that situation because you just don't know if they're gonna backtrack and fall in love with Champo McChamp again.

Audiophiles are great. They would absolutely poopie themselves if they saw the (lack of) quality of my Hi-Fi equipment. Like, seriously...I reckon they'd neck themselves.

 

[kzr750r1]

Hanging out o the Klipsch form lately are we?
Doesn't matter what audiophile forum. The ol "Opinions are like A holes, everyone has one" comes into play anywhere.

 

[Korladis]

Makes sense when you chuck science into the mix. Its still dumb, though. Also makes it impossible to tell if you genuinely have a chance with someone in that situation because you just don't know if they're gonna backtrack and fall in love with Champo McChamp again.

Audiophiles are great. They would absolutely **** themselves if they saw the (lack of) quality of my Hi-Fi equipment. Like, seriously...I reckon they'd neck themselves.

Well, it was more my annoyance with the fact that they seem just as prone to pseudo-scientific fairy dust ******** as some people on TB.

For background, I have a pair of somewhat decent headphones. By no means are they the greatest in the world. They also have a noise cancelling feature. This is selectable with a switch. It's inadvisable to use the noise cancelling feature when you don't need it because it takes batteries, whereas when it isn't switched on, the headphones are an entirely passive device.

Said audiophile was all "I prefer not to have junk between the music and the speakers." This annoyed me a bit, because, there isn't anything between the music and the speakers when the switch is in the off position. I said so.

He said "There's still the switch, though. Also speakers that do noise cancelling are inferior in sound."

This is about when I kinda let him have it. It's a shaging passive switch. It sets it either so that you have the passive circuit directly to the speakers, or the more complex, active one for the noise cancelling first. I suppose if you stacked a million switches on top of each other there would be some signal degradation, but one? Come on. Secondly, the speakers themselves aren't where the noise cancelling comes from. The speakers are the speakers. They have a certain frequency range and response curve, and anything they're given is put through that. They don't give a poopie if it's noise cancelling frequencies or not. If the speakers suck, they suck regardless of whether there's noise cancelling, and if they don't, the fact that there might occasionally be noise cancelling in the circuit is not going to make them suck.

I think there's the same attitude that annoys me about some people on talkbass who get annoyed that a feature is on an amp even if using it is totally optional and the switch for it is true bypass, as if it somehow diminishes an amp's mystical purity or something.

 

[El Raro]

98% of audiophiles on the internet would fail a blind test between speakers, headphones, stylus' etc etc. I'd put money on it. Its just online pretentiousness at its absolute worst. I once asked for an opinion on a set of headphones and I literally got hounded at for asking a question about an inferior model of headphones. Never again.

 

[Korladis]

98% of audiophiles on the internet would fail a blind test between speakers, headphones, stylus' etc etc. I'd put money on it. Its just online pretentiousness at its absolute worst. I once asked for an opinion on a set of headphones and I literally got hounded at for asking a question about an inferior model of headphones. Never again.

Wow. What a bunch of pretentious douches.

 

[El Raro]

"Why would you even spend money on those when Model B is only another $100 and so much better? Even then, you shouldn't be spending anything less than $300 for a decent pair of cans".

On a lighter note, just got around to listening to the new Earth album. Definitely wasn't expecting it to sound this good from the very beginning.

 

[kleinenenten]

Audiophiles....ew. I have some friends who swear by the hi-fi stuff, and only have music in FLAC because they "can tell the difference". Never mind that the human ear isn't THAT sensitive. I run my mp3s down to 128kb/s because I have slight tinnitus and can't tell the difference. Plus, nearly half a gig for an album? That's a discography for me!

 

[Squanch72]

Ok so I met a person a while back and have since really taken an interest in them. I also found out they are with and live with someone. She and the guy both make it seem like they aren't a real couple . They both said she's only moved in to get closer to work. In fact she has her own bedroom.

So I told myself even though they seem iffy and whatever it's not my place to intrude. so I only hang out with them when prompted by mutual friends. As of late they always argue and she just hangs with me if we are somewhere. Then she asked for my number in front of the guy and said shes always asking about me so it's easier just to ask me about me. And has since hit me up three times in two days asking what's up.

I'm terrible about knowing how to deal with situations like this. If she wasn't really interesting and didn't look really really good I'd not even wonder what's up. I have people I can call if I need a quick thing, so I wouldn't want to do something over it unless it somewhat had a reason (more than once, or more than just a that even perhaps depending). Also because she and the guy are part of a circle of friends.

Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where the dude is coming out of the shower when he goes to pick up the gal he started dating.

 

[Squanch72]

CDs are available for purchase on the VEGA bandcamp...

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Ordered!

 

[CL400Peavey]

Audiophiles....ew. I have some friends who swear by the hi-fi stuff, and only have music in FLAC because they "can tell the difference". Never mind that the human ear isn't THAT sensitive. I run my mp3s down to 128kb/s because I have slight tinnitus and can't tell the difference. Plus, nearly half a gig for an album? That's a discography for me!

I can hear the difference between FLAC and MP3. I prefer to store media in as high of quality as I can, but that is for integrity purposes. The vast majority of my listening is done via my phone with headphones. Knowing that, I convert to MP3 for space savings on my phone.

 

[Squanch72]

I reckon they'd neck themselves.
Reading that made my morning for some reason. So Australian sounding, I am imaging Crocodile Dundee or Jim Jefferies saying that. I got a case of giggles which is great for a Monday full of shite work that got dumped on me.

 

[The_Janitor]

I've never even bothered to venture into the audiophile world online. I did a search for my old Technics towers that I recently pulled out of storage because I was excited about having a good sounding system going again. Nothing but audiophile trolls pissing all over them. Oh well.

I will tell you that people in Pro Audio and Recording (i.e. people that really know sound and have a good ear) absolutely loathe the audiophiles and their favored brands. Don't ever mention klipsch to a pro audio guy unless you're ready for a verbal beat-down. That's not to say that all audiophile gear is bad, but it really is about 90% crystals and fairy dust designed to separate naive people from their money.

 

[eyeballkid]

Dumb question: how's the TFR for DOOM!? I felt it needed to be in caps for emphasis. Got a Pharaoh, love it, but always pedal shopping, you know?

REALLY good.

 

[Lazarus.Bird]

Kevin is an awesome guy, if you're in the neighborhood I'm sure you could set something up to try one out. Take a lot of the apprehension out of getting one.

My EGC is the best bass I've ever played. Worth every $.

Ditto, love mine. When I put new strings on it for the first time I fell in love all over again too.

So I o ow this has been talked about before but what's Dixie Dave's rig again?


Kidding, but what do you guys do about international shipping of merch?

Determine what the shipped weight of your items will be, and go to USPS and calculate how much it will cost to ship to Canada, and then anywhere else. Europe/Australia/etc is all the same cost, Canada is a bit cheaper. PM me on facebook or something if you need more details.

 

[Pelham Bleu]

Speaking of getting audiophiles riled up, been spinning Death Magnetic this morning. Yeah!

 

[RAMUSIC]

I always get made fun of for being an audiophile, even though I didn't pay more than $150 for my turntable/amplifier/speaker setup. I think it's mostly because I look visibly irritated if someone bumps the table and it skips. Maybe also because I loaded rockbox onto my ipod so it could play flac files.

I'M SORRY!!!! D: D: D: D:

 

[mbelue]

Well it's decided I'm allergic to work.
No sinus problems all weekend. First thing today can't breath or see.

The Great Spirit wants me to stay home and riff the Nyquil dirge.

 

[Squanch72]

I always get made fun of for being an audiophile, even though I didn't pay more than $150 for my turntable/amplifier/speaker setup. I think it's mostly because I look visibly irritated if someone bumps the table and it skips. Maybe also because I loaded rockbox onto my ipod so it could play flac files.

I'M SORRY!!!! D: D: D: D:

Cut me some Flac, geez!!!

 

[Squanch72]

Well it's decided I'm allergic to work.
No sinus problems all weekend. First thing today can't breath or see.

The Great Spirit wants me to stay home and riff the Nyquil dirge.

FN have a head cold for over a week now so I figured I better drop some Nyquill last night so I sleep good before work, that shite made me toss and turn all night LOL