[Andrikos]

I knew that Chuck and Nathan are brother (sister) souls!
They quarrel too much not to be like each other...

[chuck josephson]

Hey Chuck,
Chaikovsky is the original head-banger. He started it all!
What drugs was HE on?
Beethoven also wrote a bunch of head banging masterpieces. He was the master of them all.
Wagner was the Lord of the Darkness, with him Hitler marched to insanity and mass murder.
Do you listen to all these guys Chuck? You might be possessed too and not know it...

Oh yeah, if you ever watched "The Commitments" you'd have heard them refer to Jazz as "musical wanking".
I couldn't agree mo ...

Because of this nonsense
I have just heard from you ,You are barred from viewing
my new pictures .If I catch you looking at them there will
be serious consequences ,repercussions,and recriminations!!!

[nathanm]

Where were you when Nathan called mass loading speakers and wire damping rediculous?

I'd like to know where I was when I called those things ridiculous too!  Oh wait, I forgot...I said those things in Chuck's imagination.   Er, I meant "rediculous".  Sorry professor...

I think wire damping is a bit bizarre and I fail to see how it can affect the electricity passing through the wires to a meaningful degree, but if you want to do it and hear a difference - THAT'S GREAT FOR YOU!  I think it could be done in a way that did not look half-assed though.  If you fabricated lead-lined channels to route your cables neatly through I'd be impressed.  In the pictures it just looks like a rat's nest of cables bolted to the floor.  As I've said since the beginning, I am poking fun at Chuck's IMPLEMENTATION, not his THEORY.  It just looks like a mess, it looks like a science project.  It obviously works, because as we know it is the best sounding system ever.

I have NOT ridiculed mass-loading of cabinets - that is your personal fantasy.  Besides, Chuck is hardly the first person to suggest this.  From memory I know both Dan Banquer and John Casler have suggested weighting down speakers and\or subwoofers and others have as well I am sure.  Chuck Josephon did not invent this idea, he simply did it by using barbells and chains, that's all.

I believe in diffusion and absorption, quieting vibration and all that stuff.  I never argued against any of these ideas.  I and 99% of other folks simply find the way he did it subjectively, asthetically and practically silly.  Nothing wrong with that at all.  Chuck can do whatever he wants with his room and gear.  But if he wants to tell everyone they're morons in the process he can kiss my ass.  Telling everyone to try his tweaks or else while at the same time refusing to listen to my music which he loves ridiculing so much.  He's a two-faced hypocrite plain and simple.  A teacher that does not want to learn - interesting concept isn't it?

[Andrikos]

recriminations??????

Uh oh... but I've never been a criminal!

Come on now Chuck, can't I just look a little?

After all, I alerted a whole other forum (AVS) about your pics...
I added significantly to the traffic of your pictures. I know you LIKE that...

[Psychicanimal]

I knew that Chuck and Nathan are brother (sister) souls!
They quarrel too much not to be like each other...

     

[chuck josephson]

I'd like to know where I was when I called those things ridiculous too!  Oh wait, I forgot...I said those things in Chuck's imagination.   Er, I meant "rediculous".  Sorry professor...

I think wire damping is a bit bizarre and I fail to see how it can affect the electricity passing through the wires to a meaningful degree, but if you want to do it and hear a difference - THAT'S GREAT FOR YOU!  I think it could be done in a way that did not look half-assed though.  If you fabricated lead-lined ...

quote Brother Theodore--The best thing is not to be born.But who is as
lucky as that?To whom does it happen?Not to one among millions and millions of people.Madness js a very
healthy sickness.If it were not for my madness,I would have gone insane long ago.

[Andrikos]

Chuck,
have you used polyfill inside the speaker cabinets?
They increase the perceived volume by approximately 7%.
Therefore, you can add dampening in the cabinet that would otherwise rob volume from it.
If you stick to about 7% of cabinet volume in dampening material, you'll be fine.
What do you think?

[chuck josephson]

I'd like to know where I was when I called those things ridiculous too!  Oh wait, I forgot...I said those things in Chuck's imagination.   Er, I meant "rediculous".  Sorry professor...

[chuck josephson]

I'd like to know where I was when I called those things ridiculous too!  Oh wait, I forgot...I said those things in Chuck's imagination.   Er, I meant "rediculous".  Sorry professor...

I think wire damping is a bit bizarre and I fail to see how it can affect the electricity passing through the wires to a meaningful degree, but if you want to do it and hear a difference - THAT'S GREAT FOR YOU!  I think it could be done in a way that did not look half-assed though.  If you fabricated lead-lined ...

Internal and external
vibration distort the molecules in the wire preventing the signal or current from flowing cleanly through.Next ,what other way do you suggest to add 150lbs to a speaker.Have you heard the difference?I have!How do you account for the fact that on average
your pics have been viewed  about 25 times.Is that any
indication of the high esteem your fellow members hold
for you,after you go to all that trouble to post them?
Lastly,if we were alone in a dark alley somewhere ,would
you have the guts to tell me to kiss your ass?

[warnerwh]

"Lastly,if we were alone in a dark alley somewhere ,would
you have the guts to tell me to kiss your ass?"

That's a good question Chuck and that's probably a good place for your guys first encounter. Maybe he wants you to kiss his ass cause he thinks you'll like it, or maybe because he will.  You guys are entertaining!

[Psychicanimal]

That's a good question Chuck and that's probably a good place for your guys first encounter. Maybe he wants you to kiss his ass cause he thinks you'll like it, or maybe because he will.  You guys are entertaining!

     

[nathanm]

Distort the molecules in the wire eh?  Okay, if you say so.  I won't even try to debate you on this stuff.  Like I said, if squeezing wires works for you that's fine with me.  How many times do I have to say that I don't argue with mass loading?  No, I haven't yet weighted down my speakers, okay?  Doesn't mean I think it's bullshit, it just means I haven't gotten around to it.  It probably would improve things.

Chuck do you think for a moment I care that you have big muscles or whether or not you could beat me up?  You are in MY dark alley now - the written word.  Here I have the muscles.  Your replies are so self-deprecating and hypocritical it almost makes no sense to respond to them.  You are probably a very smart guy in real life, but here you act like a jackass.  All I have to say to you is that you do not know much about me at all, so keep your worthless insults and lies to yourself.  Post your fucking pictures already you windbag, you keep talking and talking about it, now do it!

As umpteen other people have already spelled out in numerous ways, we all know why YOUR gallery gets all the hits.  And sorry Chuck, is sure as hell isn't for the reasons you think.  But that goes without saying...  Personally I don't care if anyone looks at my pictures or not; I'm not the bleeding heart whiner looking for attention and admiration for my stereo at every opportunity.  That seems to be YOUR goal here.  Don't you have any friends in Florida that you can show off your system to?  Why don't you have a big gathering and show everybody in town what the best reproduced sound in the world sounds like.  Nobody at AC can hear your system via message board can they?

P.S.  I'm waiting for the "big guns" to come out.  Was that them or are they still to come?  I'm also eager to find out what the "serious repercussions" are that you have in store for your adversaries.

[nathanm]

So does anyone besides Psychicanimal want the sampler disc?

[Andrikos]

Nathanm,
I'm sorry, you must have neglected your hallucinogenic drugs today (you like "rock'n'roll" right?). You are making too much sense.
You're actually using coherent sentences with correct grammar and spelling. I've been noticing that for a while now...
How ON EARTH do you expect Professor Chuck to respond to that?
Can't you just put a couple of barbells and chains on your written word?
It'd be more fun for all of us...

Chuck, am I still banned from your yet to be re-re-posted gallery of lifetime achievements? Me and hundreds of neophytes are dying to rid... errrr respect and gasp at your pictures.
Let us know when they're up...

[Rob Babcock]

Hmmm...I'm a metalhead from way back, although I don't really care much for "Nu-metal."  Still, I'd be down with a sampler.  Maybe we could set up an exchange program:  I could make an "old school" sampler in trade for a new one.  Whaddaya think?

[satfrat]

So does anyone besides Psychicanimal want the sampler disc?

              I`m an MTV fan Nate, it`s ALL good. I`ll give it a listen. Besides, this could just be the ticket for breaking in my Lorelei's!!! Regards, Robin

[nathanm]

Rob I feel the same way about "NuMetal" as Chuck feels about his accidental XM Radio music, whatever it may have been!  I guarantee this is all old school underground metal stuff, nothing radio-friendly in the least.

[JohnR]

So does anyone besides Psychicanimal want the sampler disc?

I'd love to listen to it, but I live rather a long way away...

[Andrikos]

They don't have steak andkidney in Wisconsin?

[nathanm]

Don't worry about postage JohnR - I mean, you're the guy paying for all us yokels to post this drivel here in the first place, am I right?  Least I can do is send you a lousy CD. (...to indoctrinate you into a life of crime and drug abuse that is (the goal of all the music in my collection!)  You will all be buying your drugs from me after you hear it, so it all works out in the end.