HiFi bon mots (or is that bons mot?)

[mhardy6647]

There's a current thread at the Polk forums discussing a video review (by good ol' DR, in full disclosure! ) of the 'vintage' Polk LSi9 loudspeakers.

Danny at GR beats up on the ole Lsi9!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPDXy78auBA&t=634s (About 7 minutes in, he begins....)

forum.polkaudio.com

The following comment appeared in that thread. I enjoyed it so much, I thought that I'd share it here.

I'm not sure I want ruler flat. I rarely use the tone controls on my Yamaha. When inserting an EQ into the mix in general I don't like a smiley face but a little smirk isn't bad.

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source: https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/comment/2735162#Comment_2735162

Words to live by!

Rather than burying it in another thread, I thought I'd start one. Feel free to contribute your own pithy tidbits from hifi sages (ironic or otherwise), be they well-known or just internet rando keyboard warriors!