SoundMods wrote:
Guy wrote:
This is not a good or bad comment, just an observation:
The problem with text is that it's hard to tell when we're being silly or sarcastic. I figured that Walt was being sarcastic, so his comment made sense to me. He is just joking. Stuart was also joking with his response to Walt to not ask the question: we're just joking but it's hard to tell unless we've met each other in person a few times and get to know each other (which Walt, Stuart, and I have done.) Those who have met me probably saw that I can be very sarcastic, so maybe that's why I got Walt's sarcasm?
But this is the problem of modern text communication: much of the intended information is lost, with only 7% of the data coming through. In these cases, we have to make interpretations that have a good chance of being wrong.
You guys didn't see me wink and smile. But that said -- there is an audio population out there that doesn't know the difference between planar-magnetic and electrostatic. A flat screen is a flat screen. And there is -- "What? You have to plug the flat screen into a 120-volt socket? Why?" And my favorite (owning horns) when a visitor asks -- [color=#BF0000]"What size are your mid-range drivers and tweeters?" I answer 1-inch and get a blank stare in return. LOL! I could write a book.Interestingly, the Sony Wega series of CRT TVs were touted as (and were) "flat screen" TVs. [I actually had a 1080P resolution XBR one; sucker weighed over 300#!)
When the flat screen TVs we have today were introduced, the differentiating term used was "Flat panel" TV.
So, all flat screens are flat screens, huh? Like you mentioned, the general populace is pathetically uninformed. (probably me too!)
I love Maggies. The higher end models have had direct drive ribbon tweeters for decades. So even though they are planar-dynamic speakers, they are at best hybrids, since the the ribbons, while dynamic, aren't planar.
I'm betting Rich is going to have great luck making them sing.
Stuart