Good morning, after some careful thought, I have decided to do a round robin style T-amp test.
Please see the poll for choices to add to the Gizmo and Sonic Impact Super-T.
For this test, we will use a pair of high quality bookshelf speakers - I have Dana 630's, Ascend 170 SE's, NHT Model 2's, and could probably get a pair of X-LS, too.
The 28th works for me. I'm not a golfer so if someone else is and you want to limit participation to four, then you can put me on the standby list or let me drive the cart. Then again, you have never seen how I drive my automobiles, have you? LOL
How can you not be a golfer? You basically take a stroll on a nicely cut lawn while soaking up the sun, sipping on a drink, and you hit a ball with a stick every now and then. Who doesn't like that? I would say most people are golfers even if they don't play golf. :huge:
Rats, I can't do the 14th of June. Well, I could, but I would not get there until late evening. If things were to occur on the 15th, I would happily particpate.
How can you not be a golfer? You basically take a stroll on a nicely cut lawn while soaking up the sun, sipping on a drink, and you hit a ball with a stick every now and then. Who doesn't like that? I would say most people are golfers even if they don't play golf. :huge:
The strolling, soaking, and sipping are not the issue...it's hitting that little dimpled G** **** white ball that ruins the outing for me. I attempted to play a couple of times and don't have the patience for it.
The last time I tried seriously to "get into it" was while attending Graduate School. My fellow roommates were serious about the game and offered to provide free lessons. I am left-handed and have a wicked shank to the right. After a few rounds of me constantly in the woods, they didn’t volunteer anymore. However, the last time we went out I decided I would break all the rules and have some fun. I used a slingshot to go down the fairway and get onto the green. I’m not a bad putter (love playing miniature golf) and my overall score was pretty good. You should have seen the other golfers faces when I would walk by with a putter (Big something or other) and a slingshot hanging out of my back pocket. Yeah, some of the members wanted to get me kicked off the course but my friends went to bat for me and told them I was safer using the slingshot. :yes:
How can you not be a golfer? You basically take a stroll on a nicely cut lawn while soaking up the sun, sipping on a drink, and you hit a ball with a stick every now and then. Who doesn't like that? I would say most people are golfers even if they don't play golf. :huge:
"Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you?" - Ben Hogan
"I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies." - Will Rogers
"Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air." Jack Benny
Now here's an old joke with a twist for this thread. :biglaugh:
A 6 year old and a 4 year old are upstairs in their bedroom.
"You know what?" says the 6 year old.
"I think it's about time we started cussing."
The 4 year old nods his head in approval.
The 6 year old continues, "When we go downstairs for breakfast,
I'm gonna say something with hell and you say something with ***."
The 4 year old agrees with enthusiasm.
When their mother walks into the kitchen and asks the 6 year old
what he wants to do after eating breakfast, he replies,
"Aw, hell, Mom, I guess I'll play some golf."
WHACK! He flies out of his chair, tumbles across the kitchen floor,
gets up, and runs upstairs crying his eyes out,
with his mother in hot pursuit, slapping his rear with every step.
His mom locks him in his room and shouts,
"You can stay there until I let you out!"
She then comes back downstairs,
looks at the 4 year old and asks with a stern voice,
"And what do YOU want to do after you eat breakfast, young man?"
Looking at her with fright - I don't know, he blubbers,
"but you can bet your fat *** it won't be golf!"
So if you take the models in the Poll and the Nuforce and Gizmo....where do all of you think the rankings will end? I would put them like this:
1) Pop Pulse
2) Trends 10.1 Value mod
3) Trends Mini Mod
4) Trends5
5) Gizmo
6) Nuforce
ANd I have no reason to put them in this order as I have only heard the Gizmo at the Chicago GTG...but the pop pulse has the onboard transformer so it makes me think it will win..but other than that it is all based on reviews I have read and from forum talk.
But when you add in value the Gizmo might be the best deal. It has looks, price and sounds ******** great!!!
How can you not be a golfer? You basically take a stroll on a nicely cut lawn while soaking up the sun, sipping on a drink, and you hit a ball with a stick every now and then. Who doesn't like that? I would say most people are golfers even if they don't play golf. :huge:
I truly love the game and all of its trappings. A game that can never be mastered. Equal parts being with good friends for a few hours, spending those hours in beautiful surroundings and the act of actually playing. And let's NOT forget the 19th hole.
I do understand those that get frustrated with trying to play. Perhaps the title of an excellent book about golf and the pursuit of a few specific pros in chasing a win at the Masters says it best I believe it is a Mark Twain quote as well). - "Golf. A Good Walk Spoiled."
Bill - The first step in running one of these type of tests is identifying what you want to accomplish. Let's make this an open discussion in this regard. :yes:
If you were going to have this shootout at your place, who would be invited, and what would the stated goal be ?
Bill - The first step in running one of these type of tests is identifying what you want to accomplish. Let's make this an open discussion in this regard. :yes:
If you were going to have this shootout at your place, who would be invited, and what would the stated goal be ?
Goal could also be, if there are any significant differences in sound characteristics among the chosen amps. Test setup would be similar, but questions would be different, thus requiring the need to specify goal of the test...
That is one possible goal. Another is to find out if people can consistently hear differences in the amps when they don't know which is playing.
Yet another goal: Is the group involved truly TRYING to eliminate biases ?
During the 2 blind tests which were also GTG's, I had to stop several people from trying to "cheat" by looking at the gear.
I know for certain that one person who was at our place is still angry that I would not "clue him in". He ended up selecting stuff which he said was inferior to his stuff.
I am using "stuff" on purpose, by the way, so that I don't accidentally point out who this person is. :goodvibes:
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