Bono, Steve Jobs, etc.

[Robin Landseadel]

On Jan 10, 2010, at 8:50 AM, Joe Allonby wrote:

>> Bottom line: the Firm successfully markets graphite skis and tennis  
>> rackets
>> to a hundred consumers for every one who is skilled enough to use  
>> the extra
>> few percent of performance they enable. In the same way, they  
>> market the
>> narcissism of small differences in user interfaces and in music
>> reproduction. And we eat it up, don't we?

But we do.

Making the transition from cheapskate audiophile to getting paid for  
setting up microphones, setting levels and listening to some really  
good musicians took out some of the "Kink" out of my well developed  
gear lust. This created a feedback loop wherein one could more easily  
rationalize the carbon-fibre ski racket.

Suggest this:

http://www.tonepublications.com/

. . . for those still consumed with gear lust, audiophile category.


The Parsons-Short Auxetophone continues to haunt me.

http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/COMMS/auxetophone/gaumont1b.jpg