Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NEEEED!

[Rick Moseley (ramosel]

OH, I get it... My dad and few family friends were audiophiles.  My first paychecks as a kid went into a pair of Klipsch Cornwalls (only because I couldn't afford MCMs).   I used McIntosh as it is a recognizable component for the conversation.  I have two friends who share your particular flavor of insanity and both own Goldmunds (sp?) and CATs.  I give 'em crap cuz they bought a 6 figure "stereo" that can't do bluetooth <grin>.

That is the world we live in today, find something, anything - and somewhere...somehow...  someone... is taking it to extremes.  And, of course,  someone else is publishing a magazine about it.   Come on now Mr. G, tell me there isn't a magazine for ultra high end High Fidelity Sound Geeks!??!???

I see this stuff and imagine the CNC machine or the tractor I could buy for that kind of coin... buy me a Hainbuch and  at that point I'm happy with Bose headphones playing Pandora through my iPhone!  And yeah, there are two or three magazines for that endeavor  (for the record, I don't subscribe)

It's a matter of perspective.

Years ago at Monterey weekend, many of us racer boys were sitting around having drinks after a day at the track and one of guy's trophy wife came up to the outdoor area where we were bench racing and drinking.... she laughed at us with a cute little disdain and proclaimed: "I just don't understand you boys and your cars, cars, CARS!!!  A car is merely something to get you to the Jewelry Store!"

Rick

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From: Fellippe Galletta <fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com>
To: Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net>
Cc: "ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NEEEED!

Come hang with me sometime.

If McIntosh is your idea of high end, please pull up your Camry and let me show you some real cars....no offense to the Mac owners here, but gotta keep it real. :)

The thing that kills me with people judging high end is that most have never heard anything really, really good. Even guys who like this stuff and read all the stereo magazines, go to all the shows, have money for whatever car you can imagine don't get to hear great stuff, so the average layman would have to luck out big time. 

I help my good friend out at the DC Audio shows, and we're always getting the best reviews with both with our entry level $15k rig and our $50-70k vintage beast. That is gear not even in optimized environments or ideal component matching......it's showing up to the street racing circuit with a stock whatever and winning every race. It's frightening consistency in a world of complete uncertainty. 

I still stand behind the line that many (not all) live shows are overrated and not well "engineered". I'm not looking for stereos to "defeat" live. (this is not a mutually exclusive deal)......just been my experience having gone to many concerts that only about 25% are anything worth writing home about. 

And it's not really about what's better, but accessible enjoyment. It's like saying you'd only own a real race car because a street car cannot match up on a track, but you're only driving it a few times a year versus something fun every day or several times a month. 

I know a handful of people who do this, but most do not do this. 

It's a drug for some of us. I don't do the real drugs, but this I can do all day. 

Coulda had a Ferrari for quite some time now instead of this. That should speak volumes.

Would anyone in their right mind trade 500 or 1000 concerts for a 355? LOLOLOL.

I don't know if I'll ever be fortunate enough to have an F40 in this lifetime, but an F40 system is all but guaranteed and for less than money than the typical E Class Benz...

FG

On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 7:01 PM, Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net> wrote:

Guess I'm not the typical retiree hair farmer...  I like LIVE and HEAVY...  loud just goes with it...

the Heavy Classics such as Bach on "the" organ at the Thomaskirche

Or Heavy (metal/rock) such as Tool at the Thomas and Mack arena

and very little in between.

Live performances have a visceral component that you just cant get with a "stereo" no matter how big it is.

For my tastes a McIntosh Tube amp can not compete with a Randall (or Krank) Stack behind Dimebag!   Repeatably??  Fuck NO, every show was a unique gem and a memory

C'mon Rob, back me up here!!!

Rick