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xanalog said:
That bureaucracy is an after-the-facts entity with a whack-a-mole mentality that has no business nor control over the dynamicism of the English language
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That has always been the case, and I don't think they would claim otherwise. A dictionary is "after-the-fact" by it's very nature. Seems like complaining that a history book only covers events the have already happened rather than predicting the future.
 
xanalog said:
The OLD...

...is no longer relevant in the digital age and cannot keep up with the transformation of the English language and/or its usage, as is currently practiced.
That bureaucracy is an after-the-facts entity with a whack-a-mole mentality that has no business nor control over the dynamicism of the English language, especially as it is practiced in the U.S., in the 21st Century.

I fancy abusing the English language!:eek:

[as always; ymmv and imo]
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OED has a digital version of the dictionary as well as a paper one, so the digital version stays current as the most recent edition of the book becomes obsolete.
 
RexrothPigeon said:
It has never been a no-no, and the widespread belief that it is is nothing more than an artifact of misguided attempts by pedants and snoots to graft latin grammar prescriptions (themselves misguided!) onto English. Or, to (perhaps apocryphally) quote Churchill: "This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put."
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When I was in grade school decades ago, it was a no no and in English class, I got dinged for doing so.
 
kyuu said:
Seems like complaining that a history book only covers events the have already happened rather than predicting the future.
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I have my own crystal-ball for the future, thank you.
O-OED (digital version or otherwise) cannot even keep up with the current events in a timely manner.
Asking them to keep abreast at the pace of 21st Century usage... is... like... asking a pig to lay eggs!:eek:
 

Audio Vaccine Music Serum​

Don't be deceived! What looks like a wooden dowel with a pointless electrical contact and a brass ferrule is in fact...

Music Serum implements different metals and dedicated selection of custom wires. For the accurate combining of all metals we have developed a manual »knitting machine for metals«, which is designed to hybridly combine all metals with accuracy beyond millimetres. The central part, functioning as a sound cleaner, is made of composite materials of accurately defined dimensions in the interior. All procedures are finished with crimping, without any soldering. All interior isolations are made of teflon! Decorative wooden ends are handmade of ten-year-old dried walnut wood
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To avoid any need to explain how they function from an electrical perspective they are "passive devices". They are intended to be fitted into the banana sockets at the speaker terminals on the amp and speakers.

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This reviewer had the following to to say about the effect these sticks had.

The more I listened, the more I liked what I was hearing. I noticed an improvement in the overall PRaT (Pace, Rhythm and Timing). Adding the Music Serums seemed to bring about a more percussive, and at the same time a more delicate presentation. I also got the sense of improvement in the high frequencies, particularly in the glistening shimmer of cymbals and strings. The added translucency of the already super-transparent 1+1s was slowly becoming more obvious. As Macek had commented, the sweetness seemed to derive from an even lower and darker noise floor, the stark contrast of instruments against a inky black background. Everything sounded cleaner and clearer with improved sound-staging and three-dimensionality.
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Just to prove their efficacy, the reviewer took the unprecedented step of removing the sticks to test the effect.

Removing the MS plugs reduced that sense of the musicians actually floating between the loudspeakers. PRaT noticeably diminished. Three dimensionality was less stellar and the sound-stage was no longer as wide. Changes I heard in removing the Music Serums were actually more noticeable than those I heard after installing them.
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Proof positive! and only $900!
https://www.stereotimes.com/post/audio-vaccine-music-serum/
Review here
 
egellings said:
Drilled into me was "Ours is not to wonder why; just invert and multiply."
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That's why there are different size 'drills':
"Ours is not to wonder why; ours is to divide, then multiply."
"Ours is not to wonder why; ours is to divide and conquer."
"Ours is not to wonder why; ours is to due or die."
:)
 
Punter said:

Audio Vaccine Music Serum​

Don't be deceived! What looks like a wooden dowel with a pointless electrical contact and a brass ferrule is in fact...



View attachment 466112

To avoid any need to explain how they function from an electrical perspective they are "passive devices". They are intended to be fitted into the banana sockets at the speaker terminals on the amp and speakers.

View attachment 466113

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This reviewer had the following to to say about the effect these sticks had.



Just to prove their efficacy, the reviewer took the unprecedented step of removing the sticks to test the effect.



Proof positive! and only $900!
https://www.stereotimes.com/post/audio-vaccine-music-serum/
Review here
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So they're telling me, these 900$ thingies are better than their 3000$ biwiring cables that you now can't use anymore? Something isn't right here. :p
 
Punter said:

Audio Vaccine Music Serum​

Don't be deceived! What looks like a wooden dowel with a pointless electrical contact and a brass ferrule is in fact...



View attachment 466112

To avoid any need to explain how they function from an electrical perspective they are "passive devices". They are intended to be fitted into the banana sockets at the speaker terminals on the amp and speakers.

View attachment 466113

View attachment 466114

This reviewer had the following to to say about the effect these sticks had.



Just to prove their efficacy, the reviewer took the unprecedented step of removing the sticks to test the effect.



Proof positive! and only $900!
https://www.stereotimes.com/post/audio-vaccine-music-serum/
Review here
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Probably someone, (before the review) hit him in the head first with one of those wood "thingies":facepalm:
They are a little too short to make proper nunchacko's from them though.
 
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I do indeed have an emotional need which cannot be reached by logic, reasoning and science, and that can only be satisfied by the music itself. The good thing is that proper science makes it reach my brain better and more impactfully, let alone making it possible to produce in the first place.
 
Soria Moria said:
What is actually being sold here?
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My best guess is its the usual schtick of shoehorning AI into something to ride the hype train, just with some (probably AI-generated) audiophile nonsense prose on top.
 
What’s being sold is Ted Denney’s self-branding as a profound observer—so profound we mere dimwits can’t understand the depth of his profundity.

Rick “which he then uses to persuade people to buy silly things, right?” Denney
 
Just some add'l color:

forums.audioholics.com

Ted Denney Synergistic Research Slander of Audioholics

Guys; I'm really on the fence on what to do about this guy Ten Denny whom I've never met or ever talked about his products. He's having fun rubbing it in my face that I started a GoFundMe to keep the Audioholics business going while our advertisers are temporarily shut down and I'm recovering...
forums.audioholics.com forums.audioholics.com

Ted Denney's Excellent Adventure | Stereophile.com

Ted Denney at the 2003 CES. (Photo: John Atkinson) As I had been impressed with Ted Denney's Synergistic Research cable, I thought that asking him for 25,000 words on his thoughts on cable design and performance would be an appropriate accompaniment to my Symphonic Line Kraft 400 amplifier review.
www.stereophile.com www.stereophile.com

 
ahofer said:
Just some add'l color:

forums.audioholics.com

Ted Denney Synergistic Research Slander of Audioholics

Guys; I'm really on the fence on what to do about this guy Ten Denny whom I've never met or ever talked about his products. He's having fun rubbing it in my face that I started a GoFundMe to keep the Audioholics business going while our advertisers are temporarily shut down and I'm recovering...
forums.audioholics.com forums.audioholics.com

Ted Denney's Excellent Adventure | Stereophile.com

Ted Denney at the 2003 CES. (Photo: John Atkinson) As I had been impressed with Ted Denney's Synergistic Research cable, I thought that asking him for 25,000 words on his thoughts on cable design and performance would be an appropriate accompaniment to my Symphonic Line Kraft 400 amplifier review.
www.stereophile.com www.stereophile.com

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Holy crap. Not only a snake oil salesman but an incredibly awful person. Not that one should be surprised to find that one is correlated with the other.
 
ahofer said:
Just some add'l color:

forums.audioholics.com

Ted Denney Synergistic Research Slander of Audioholics

Guys; I'm really on the fence on what to do about this guy Ten Denny whom I've never met or ever talked about his products. He's having fun rubbing it in my face that I started a GoFundMe to keep the Audioholics business going while our advertisers are temporarily shut down and I'm recovering...
forums.audioholics.com forums.audioholics.com

Ted Denney's Excellent Adventure | Stereophile.com

Ted Denney at the 2003 CES. (Photo: John Atkinson) As I had been impressed with Ted Denney's Synergistic Research cable, I thought that asking him for 25,000 words on his thoughts on cable design and performance would be an appropriate accompaniment to my Symphonic Line Kraft 400 amplifier review.
www.stereophile.com www.stereophile.com

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What a massive load of crapahoola. How can guys like this even keep a straight face when spouting such garbage?
 
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