Fas42’s Stereo ‘Magic’

[Jeff_N]

You guys gotta understand, he desperately needs to convince you, and himself, that by spending his whole life tweaking his "rig" he gets better sound than all those silly rich people do with their $100K systems. He adjusts this and that, and just like 35 years ago, suddenly it all "clicked," it just "sounded right," it was like the "scales fell from his eyes," the speakers "disappeared," and the quote button on his keyboard "got stuck."

[Jeff_N]

Somebody needs to create a new account, then post something like

 

"I spent $100K on my system. I bought all these expensive shiny little add-on boxes that the manufacturers told me would make my rig sound great, but it still sounds like crap! If only someone could help me, and explain to me how to make my rig sound good. But I guess that will never happen."

 

Then let Frank launch into his "35 years ago, suddenly it just 'clicked,' the mind 'fills in the missing bits,' and the speakers 'disappear,'" speech.

 

Then program a bot to keep replying to his posts "Wait, but how does it work Frank?" "Can you explain in more detail?" "Tell me more" etc.

[Jeff_N]

4 minutes ago, kumakuma said:

 

I disagree.

 

6665 posts to date essentially repeating the same two points proves that Frank needs no encouragement.

 

But it would keep him occupied for years.

[Jeff_N]

I'll look around the Web. I bet he posts on a Ferrari owners forum telling them their cars run like poo, but if they'd only learn to tune up their rigs like he's tuned up his Gremlin...

[Jeff_N]

4 hours ago, Teresa said:

Is "N" short for Nobody?

 

I've been wondering how long it would take someone to figure out, there is no N.

[Jeff_N]

I come in here just for a laugh, but in addition to his absurdities, why does he insist on using the quotation marks multiple times in every post?

 

13 hours ago, fas42 said:

My "method" is precisely how I work out how to do things like decompressing dynamically constipated recordings - the same type of thinking is involved ... you start with something which "appears a mess", 

 

You don't need quotation marks there. 

[Jeff_N]

You need about 2% of the quotation marks you use. People understand your meaning without them.

 

You're going to get repetitive stress syndrome in your right pinkie finger.

[Jeff_N]

The guy is desperate to convince someone - anyone - that he gets the best music from his "rig" using only his intelligence and keen insight. He's outwitted all those audiophile recording labels, and high end component manufacturers, and silly more-money-than-sense audiophiles, and it was "trivially easy!" He's the Jack Aubrey of audiophiledom.

 

He has nothing to say, but he needs an audience. You guys are saints for indulging him.

 

 

[Jeff_N]

Last time I looked in here was thirty or forty pages ago. I can't believe this farce is still ongoing. Did he ever post one single photograph?

 

I'm surprised you guys haven't figured out: he has no stereo; there is no friend with a "sorted" "rig" "up the road."

 

He just wants attention. He wants you to believe that he's outwitted all those hifi manufacturers and you nouveau riches who've bought your outrageously expensive shiny toys. His non-existent ten dollar transistor radio beats them all, because he's clever enough to pay attention to all the little things until his Panasonic radio suddenly clicks, the clouds part, the "rig" disappears, and the voices of a thousand angels spring to life in his basement.

 

It's funny to engage with him for five minutes, but I don't know why you would want to waste any more time than that.

 

As I said forty pages ago, we should program a bot that posts stuff like "Woe is me! I have more money than sense, and I spent a hundred thousand dollars on my 'rig,' but it still sounds like poo! If only there were someone to help me." Then when this guy gets all lathered up talking about his "system," the bot keeps replying "Really? But how? Tell me more, PLEASE!" It will keep him occupied for years.

 

 

[Jeff_N]

27 minutes ago, botrytis said:

 

Well, this thread is like the local bar. Come in, set a spell, and chat

 

And listen to the annoying neighborhood wino say the same thing over and over.

 

"I worked in that mill for thirty years, and they lay me off? Thirty years I tell you. Thirty years."