old words with new meanings...
Gadget
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The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. And the winners are:
1. coffee, n. the person upon whom one coughs.
2. flabbergasted, adj. appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.
3. abdicate, v. to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. esplanade, v. to attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. willy-nilly, adj. impotent.
6. negligent, adj. absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.
7. lymph, v. to walk with a lisp.
8. gargoyle, n. olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. flatulence, n. emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.
10. balderdash, n. a rapidly receding hairline.
11. testicle, n. a humorous question on an exam.
12. rectitude, n. the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
13. pokemon, n. a Rastafarian proctologist.
14. oyster, n. a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism, n. the belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. And the winners are:
1. coffee, n. the person upon whom one coughs.
2. flabbergasted, adj. appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.
3. abdicate, v. to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. esplanade, v. to attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. willy-nilly, adj. impotent.
6. negligent, adj. absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.
7. lymph, v. to walk with a lisp.
8. gargoyle, n. olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. flatulence, n. emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.
10. balderdash, n. a rapidly receding hairline.
11. testicle, n. a humorous question on an exam.
12. rectitude, n. the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
13. pokemon, n. a Rastafarian proctologist.
14. oyster, n. a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism, n. the belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
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DRA
I am playing back on a circa 1988 Magnavox CD player or Panasonic ESR-10 DVD recorder, through a 2006 Onkyo 7.1 Surround receiver, with JBL L-96 3-way speakers in stereo, or in surround with small sattellites.
Alabama? Where?
DRA
Lucky for you I happen to own those pieces and had a studio so I can speak cogently when I say... \"most likely not\"... Those technologies were developed (in the case of the 117) most specifically, as a NOISE REDUCTION technique that would expand the dynamic range only to once again squash it in order to leave the noise outside the envelope... the 3bx just took the technology one step further and did so in three bands as opposed to one....Specifically for tape hiss removal....and since hiss went the way of vinyl when digital technology came along.... well do you get the picture?
I cannot speak specifically to the quality of the panasonic ... but a 1988 magnavox? And a surround sound receiver? Even onkyo, with a good reputation isn't considered esoteric by any means...No what you really need is better equipment...JBL L96's? never liked them myself... but thats not the issue here...
Go find someone that has a high bit rate CD player, a pair of Martin Logan's and a strait wire preamp with something like a Conrad Johnson amp...Mine, while not quite so high-end consists of a pair of Infinity RS1's a Carver C-1 preamp and CD player, as well as a pioneer Elite CD player, and a air of custom made mono block Tube amps with a Sunfire Truesub...I also have a micro weighted Thorens turntable with a Grado cartridge and and a thousand or so MFSL (mobile fidelity sound labs) discs, that put most CD's to shame...But thats another story...
Gadget