mattblick
Newly Enlightened
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[Threadjack] Kimber Select, Revel, Music Fidelity, Sota: 
:twothumbs.. Nice gear you have there! I went with MIT Terminator 2 interconnects and cable on my music system to keep the Vandies brightness down a tad. I have Audioquest Type 4 cable and Optilink G interconnect on the Home Theatre. I am playing with the "HD-14" cable that was all the rage on audio asylum between the Adcom and Kefs on my PC, but it will be replaced. Audioholicism is a very serious disease; I count myself fortunate that I can be content with my Vandies for now. I went through 8 different pairs of mini-monitors in the late 90s before buying the 1Cs. Vinyl rocks and once my toddlers are older I am eyeballing a Rega P3 as my analog source. Right now I am digital with a NAD C542. [/Threadjack]
I understand what you mean "until you handle a McGizmo you wouldn't understand." Anyone who sits down and listens to that Krell/Wilson system or the Air Forsell/Avalon system at Progressive understands that it is the pinnacle of audio reproduction. I imagine the McGizmo experience is similar.
Your "strong as weakest link" is very applicable to flashlights as it is audio. Stong as weakest link should be a stressed Law, just as diminishing returns is. The high quality Chinese lights such as Fenix have a very strong link in their best emitters sooner approach; having the newest LED gives you a performance edge. They have high efficiency circuitry only bested by custom ones. The substaintially more expensive lights only seem to have better grips and clickies from what I have read as newbie here. There are members that seem to have big issues with reverse clickies for instance. Ergonomics and feel would be very important in situations that require a flashlight to provide tactical performance. I pay extra for ergonomics and feel on my Sage fly rods to (attempt to) improve my casts. At this point I pesonally don't feel I require tactical performance from my flashlight; however I do want to have a bright LED and efficient circuitry. I recently decided to EDC a light and that is what brought me here. With a Fenix/JetBeam/LiteFlux or other HQ Chinese light I will get the performance of the latest LED link. I will also have the performance of Li Ion batteries, glass lens, aluminum reflector, etc etc.
I really like what Bror Jace said, "For people who understand the spirit of what it is to be an enthusiast (regardless of the hobby/specialty in question) it's all good."
:twothumbs.. Nice gear you have there! I went with MIT Terminator 2 interconnects and cable on my music system to keep the Vandies brightness down a tad. I have Audioquest Type 4 cable and Optilink G interconnect on the Home Theatre. I am playing with the "HD-14" cable that was all the rage on audio asylum between the Adcom and Kefs on my PC, but it will be replaced. Audioholicism is a very serious disease; I count myself fortunate that I can be content with my Vandies for now. I went through 8 different pairs of mini-monitors in the late 90s before buying the 1Cs. Vinyl rocks and once my toddlers are older I am eyeballing a Rega P3 as my analog source. Right now I am digital with a NAD C542. [/Threadjack]I understand what you mean "until you handle a McGizmo you wouldn't understand." Anyone who sits down and listens to that Krell/Wilson system or the Air Forsell/Avalon system at Progressive understands that it is the pinnacle of audio reproduction. I imagine the McGizmo experience is similar.
Your "strong as weakest link" is very applicable to flashlights as it is audio. Stong as weakest link should be a stressed Law, just as diminishing returns is. The high quality Chinese lights such as Fenix have a very strong link in their best emitters sooner approach; having the newest LED gives you a performance edge. They have high efficiency circuitry only bested by custom ones. The substaintially more expensive lights only seem to have better grips and clickies from what I have read as newbie here. There are members that seem to have big issues with reverse clickies for instance. Ergonomics and feel would be very important in situations that require a flashlight to provide tactical performance. I pay extra for ergonomics and feel on my Sage fly rods to (attempt to) improve my casts. At this point I pesonally don't feel I require tactical performance from my flashlight; however I do want to have a bright LED and efficient circuitry. I recently decided to EDC a light and that is what brought me here. With a Fenix/JetBeam/LiteFlux or other HQ Chinese light I will get the performance of the latest LED link. I will also have the performance of Li Ion batteries, glass lens, aluminum reflector, etc etc.
I really like what Bror Jace said, "For people who understand the spirit of what it is to be an enthusiast (regardless of the hobby/specialty in question) it's all good."
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