@mildretard: The name is amusing because you do in fact appear to be mildly retarded. Mormons don't believe in Creationism the way you think they do so saying "intellects" and "science" are deterrents showcases the gross ignorance you and the majority of the people on here (including Jesus) have about Mormons. Mormons have not practiced polygamy since the 1800s so to say that Mormons are polygamists are about as true as saying all Germans are genocidal maniacs! There are many Mormon democrats as well just as an FYI.
Sorry to be so defensive but I'm sick of people trying to make jokes in complete ignorance. Even the polygamy thing is funny if you know the person saying it is just saying it and doesn't really believe it.
+1 for Rabid Pengin for saying something that was actually true thus funny.
My other comment is not a comment out of ignorance though. I was just trying to be funny :c). Blacks were not allowed in the Mormon church for a long time, and it was believed that people were black because they were cursed.
Sure, a lot of that has changed. Blacks were allowed to be priests starting around like the '70s or something.
Bad enough are the locusts that hatch out here every so many years. There are so many of them that they break the branches off of trees from the weight....and the SOUND is unbelieveable. Its so loud, that you cant even hear yourself screaming from seeing the vile little critters (they are horrible looking). I cant imagine dealing with them every year.
so does nobody else think it odd the folks that talk to a magic hat are affected by a biblical plague year after year? and then they use satan's music to drive it away? i'm just saying watch your first born.
@Rabid Penguin: You probably know this already, but that is completely wrong. I think most religions have stories made up about them to make them sound crazier than they really are, this is one of them.
@dwight-schrute: The hat part may not be true. I think that was from South Park lol. But Joseph Smith did have magical stones that helped him to translate the tablets.
I grew up in Central Utah.. And when these frakking things come around it is seriously the closest thing to a plague you'll probably ever experience. Pretty gross.
But I remember how fun it was running around as a kid with a baseball bat or golf club smacking the nasty things into pudding. Gross.. but as a kid it was pure awesome!
Sadly, KHIX decided to switch formats to "Top 40" and play songs like "Kiss Me Through the Phone" "Blame It On The Alcohol" and "Why Is It So Funny I Like Fish Sticks In My Mouth". While there is no scientific reason why, auto-tuned songs seem to get the Mormon Crickets so hot, they shed their magic underwear and go at it like, well, horny Mormon Crickets.
My microwave oven has a built-in turntable, but every record I've tried to play there sounds terrible. How do I calibrate it? Or am I just supposed to use a steak knife instead of a phono cartridge?
Guys, sample size, sample size, sample size. This doesn't mean anything if, as I'm assuming is the case, many fewer people have heard the $1100 stereo in the first place. Without that info, which doesn't appeared to be in the article you linked to, there's no way to evaluate the data.
@Freddie DeBoer: Good that atleast someone noticed this. Most of the comments here seem to drown in the small-guy-beats-big-guy rhetoric. More people can *afford* the cheaper brand, and hence are able to give the equipment *more* ratings in general. And the rating might not be based on audio quality alone but the price/quality ratio as well. Not an absolute comparison, I must say.
Hell, I'm sure that many $100,000+ systems would get 8/10 because the only people buying them are audiophiles, who are highly critical and understand the equipment.
The survey is meaningless- you need not only the same sample size, but the exact same individuals. For this survey to actually be one worth considering, each individual should have been given a chance to listen to each stereo, and then rate them.
Diaz, this is ridiculous. I cannot believe you didn't even consider these factors.
Also, this is from the goddamn Daily Mail. They're a shitty, unreliable gossip newspaper. Fuck that. I expect more from you, Gizmodo.
@Kevin337: Exactly what I was thinking. Value plays a much bigger part than sound quality in a lot of these "comparisons". People just don't expect as much from something that costs $25 as they do from expensive equipment. Of course, it could actually be better than them, in which case I'm going to ask my family in the UK to try and track a few down.
@MutinyP: Exactly. This is like rating $15,000 Hyundais against $300,000 Ferraris. Even if the more expensive one is better in every way, it could still be rated worse since price and quality do not scale proportionately.
@misterrios: The better the speakers are, the more they risk their own survival. Maybe they have some kind of AI software safety net to attenuate high frequencies in the presence of Wagner.
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Sorry to be so defensive but I'm sick of people trying to make jokes in complete ignorance. Even the polygamy thing is funny if you know the person saying it is just saying it and doesn't really believe it.
+1 for Rabid Pengin for saying something that was actually true thus funny.
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My other comment is not a comment out of ignorance though. I was just trying to be funny :c). Blacks were not allowed in the Mormon church for a long time, and it was believed that people were black because they were cursed.
Sure, a lot of that has changed. Blacks were allowed to be priests starting around like the '70s or something.
But it was just a joke.
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stop coming to my door
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What is this magic hat you speak of?
Why do you think rock and roll is satan's music?
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But I remember how fun it was running around as a kid with a baseball bat or golf club smacking the nasty things into pudding. Gross.. but as a kid it was pure awesome!
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God gave rock and roll to you!
Who knew that Wyld Stallyns really would bring good things forth onto the planet? Well, other than George Carlin of course, because he obviously knew.
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Hell, I'm sure that many $100,000+ systems would get 8/10 because the only people buying them are audiophiles, who are highly critical and understand the equipment.
The survey is meaningless- you need not only the same sample size, but the exact same individuals. For this survey to actually be one worth considering, each individual should have been given a chance to listen to each stereo, and then rate them.
Diaz, this is ridiculous. I cannot believe you didn't even consider these factors.
Also, this is from the goddamn Daily Mail. They're a shitty, unreliable gossip newspaper. Fuck that. I expect more from you, Gizmodo.
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"Clearly, a customer choice awards is not exactly a scientific listening test."
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