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Very much enjoyed the Dyneaudio tour Chris, as I had just purchased a pair for my European flat on which I am in the process of closing. I've visited Denmark, and while I don't quite agree that the Danes are the happiest people on the planet (trust me, that is merely a political narrative to push socialism and acceptance of high taxes on that nation), nor with the ideal of the Danish HYGEE (more on it at the link), I do agree the Danes can make very good products, excellent cinnamon rolls too, and their audio gear is often grossly underrated in favor of the small, and just as grossly-overpriced brands typically reviewed in the high end rags. As for the Danes love of hygee, see this: THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD  http://canadafreepress.com/article/the-happiest-people-in-the-world

 

No, the Danes do not fit that bill. Not even close.

However, we Americans do.

 

In fact the latest PEW poll suggests that Americans now strongly believe they can, or have already, achieved the American Dream. http://pewrsr.ch/2A1EjqF

 

The Danes are content. Happiness is another matter.

 

A flock of sheep are content too. To be happy one needs to be challenged and feel he has achieved something worthwhile. And more: the key to happiness can be found from another well-known audiophile and orchestra conductor at: https://www.prageru.com/node/1155

 

We Americans - exceptions of the ingrates on football fields aside - have more of this human trait, universally expressed on Thanksgiving Day, as I write this - than any other people on earth. We are programmed to be happy provided we do not reject who we are.

 

In any event, you may be interested in my take on earbuds, and these from another European company. The take is that balanced armatures specifically and in general are garbage that belong in hearing aids and in the ears of half-deaf juveniles at HeadFi who fancy themselves reviewers and experts, not in high end audio products.

 

I'm sure I'll be crucified for my views by the various assemblers of these and the aforementioned juveniles. Nevertheless, as the fellow who coined DIGITAL SUCKS back in the eighties (I no longer think so by the way), I tend to be ahead of the current thinking usually by years, not days or weeks.  I'm a trader by profession, I had better be.

 

As were you ahead with Computer Audiophile.

 

If any of your readers want my White Paper on earbuds, by all means, see the attachment or write to [email protected]

 

Andrew Benjamin

 

 

Beyer Dynamic Xelento Remote.docx

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My apologies to all whose feelings I apparently disturbed with my strong opinions, live observations on the scene, and genuine life experience, especially about the Danes whom I like almost as much as I like the Swedes, the Dutch, and the Norse. Especially I need to apologize for having had to write a longer apology (than my original inane comments) and for my war crimes .

 

I must apologize for potentially sullying the sensitivities of some Americans whom I also like. In fact I like everybody, especially Americans. As someone whom on occasion writes parody, comedy, punnery, satire, and sometimes when I've consumed an entire bottle of brandy, serious stuff meant to be consumed fully clothed, I bow my head in shame. As opposed to the other stuff meant to be read while soaking oneself in a warm bathtub with an electric heater perched on the tub's edge. Some of these can be found here, as my real name never disclosed before for fear of a congressional investigation about collusion, is Komrade General Kommissar Vassily Ilych Chernobylski. Tell you the truth. My last ruble was spent on lawyers.

 

So, if some of you sensitive souls broke down into heart-rending sobs because I didn't find the Danes overwhelmingly happier than other folk, I herewith extend my deepest apologies. Even to the folk in Denmark.

Even to those Danes, Americans and Germans who can't sleep over Donald Trump's orange hair or taste in women.

 

And, to prove the authenticity of my contrition; and at the same to lighten my guilt over my overstepping the bounds of civility, and mostly to make my life bearable, I let you know right here that not only have I eaten Danishes in several European nations, as well as at least five stale cinnamon buns, but I outfitted my small flat in Budapest with the aforementioned Danish brand's wireless speakers driven by optical wire directly from the 4K TV.

 

That is not all. When I apologize, I mean it!

 

I had purchased several very expensive custom knives by Danish makers Jens Ansø and Mikkel Willumsen - go ahead, ask them I did!

 

As you can clearly see, with my purchases I had made complete amends, having improved Denmark's economy to the extent that no one in that nation will ever have to work again. They can spend the rest of their lives eating cinnamon buns.

 

Lastly, I promise henceforth not to do what a Japanese tourist did in utter boredom visiting Copenhagen. Denmark is most famed for a tiny statue of a mermaid set a few feet off shore in the Copenhagen bay. There is nothing else in Denmark to see, trust me.

 

The gent, in desperation about his boring fate having had to visit Denmark at his wife's insistence, and having probably drunk the entire contents of the bar from which he recently exited, decided to climb up on the wet, slimy, slippery rocks on which the said mermaid was perched. You can guess what happened next.

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