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Bad Experience – When Cuba Libre first opened two years ago it was a very Classy Restaurant; I am sorry to say that it is not anymore. The name of the restaurant is Cuba Libre, which means, when you go there you expect to enjoy good Cuba Food and hear Cuba Music (Salsa). The food was terrible, and the music was mostly Merenge music from the Dominican Replublic. I enjoy Merenge but NOT ALL NIGHT LONG, When I expect to hear Cuba Music and enjoy Cuba Food. The restauant is overcrowed, the dancing is a nightmare, with people pushing and falling all over you, the staff are RUDE, and I was very disappointment! I will never bring guest again to this restaurant and club; or go myself, what a horrible experience!!!
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John Kass
November 14, 2012
U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. U.S. Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith. Former Navy SEAL commandos Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty.
Remember them? They were the four Americans killed in the terrorist attack at the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012.
They did not soil their family names. They did not shame their country. They did their jobs. And they paid for it with their lives.
But this week as congressional hearings are held to determine what happened to them, the four have been marginalized, exiled to the dark side of the news. They've been pushed aside by a scandal — what's now called the Petraeus affair.
If this story were a flower, it would be something sickly sweet and vulgar, like night jasmine opening in a closed room. From the outside, the first whiff seems nice. Enter the room and shut the door and you'll begin to gag.
But there are no blossoms. Instead, we see political cadavers. Reputations and lives are being destroyed. Politicians hop from one political carcass to another. Innocent families, wives and children, are left to watch.
How tawdry can it get? The New York Daily News ran a front page with the curvy social butterfly Jill Kelley on the cover in a canary yellow dress — with an insert photo of the disgraced David Petraeus — and this headline:
"In the line of booty."
Think on that. In the line of booty. That's where we are now.
A reasonable person would hope it would be the most tasteless line of the week, but there are more days to come, with more salacious news to follow. Every media organization is pursuing this story. And every player with an agenda will leak and spin. It won't stop.
There's the disgraced and ousted ex-CIA Director Petraeus and his mistress and biographer, Paula Broadwell, who allegedly began sending threatening emails to Kelley, thinking Kelley was after her boyfriend.
And Kelley became worried, and contacted an FBI agent in Florida — an agent who reportedly once sent her a photo of himself without his shirt on — and he investigated. She wanted an investigation, and she got one, shirt or no shirt.
Some accounts say the agent didn't like the slow pace of the investigation. So he decided to go around his bosses and contact Republicans in Congress to apply the pressure. They in turn contacted senior FBI officials in Washington. It was over for Petraeus then. And that agent's career must surely be over as well.
Then it turned out that Kelley and four-star Gen. John Allen — the top commander in Afghanistan — exchanged thousands of what are being called "improper" emails. The jasmine opens again and sends out more heavy perfume: Another report has both Petraeus and Allen intervening in a custody battle involving Kelley's twin sister, Natalie Khawam.
She's been described as "emotionally unstable," which is a polite way of saying wack job. But Petraeus and Allen put their names on the line for her, perhaps because Kelley asked them. Either way, that's all part of the record, too.
Allen was slated to be named the supreme commander of allied forces in Europe. That has been put on hold. He'll never get it now. He's done.
What should worry us isn't the sex and the gossip. It's the real possibility that some of this drama was picked up by foreign intelligence agents. It's their job to find the fountain, sop the spill with a sponge and send it to their bosses back home.
Except for that, and if it weren't for the gold braid and the political influence, this could be some cheap reality TV show. Like the one involving that unfortunate fat girl called Honey Boo Boo, although this one stars Honey Broadwell, and she runs half-marathons and chases generals.
The one to feel sorry for is Holly Petraeus, the daughter of a general, the wife of another general, who like all military wives must have gone through hell year after year, helping her husband climb the ranks. And now this.
It's all so distasteful and cheap, relentlessly so. And it comes too fast, and many of you will want to shut it down and turn it off.
You could shrug and say that there's nothing new about old men making fools of themselves with young women who are excited by the aphrodisiac of power. It's the oldest story in the world.
And I'd support you in seeking ignorance about this, except for one thing. It's your country. And your armed forces. And it's your government. It doesn't belong to the politicians and the groupies. It belongs to you.
So it's our responsibility to pay attention. And it's President Barack Obama's responsibility to air it out, and clean it up.
Petraeus must testify publicly at the congressional hearings. So should Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The election is over. It's time for Obama to lead, and to be open about this Petraeus business, and about Benghazi, and what the White House did and didn't do.
Citizens wait for answers. Soldiers in the field wait for resolution. There are young people, high school kids, who dream of becoming cadets at West Point, Annapolis or the Air Force Academy. They're watching, too.
Most of all, let's not forget the four Americans who waited for help that didn't come for them in Benghazi:
Stevens. Smith. Woods. Doherty.
They didn't dishonor their country. Instead, they died for her.
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No. 72: Connecticut
By Paul Myerberg // Jun 26, 2012
Welcome to Storrs, Conn., home of diminishing quarterback results since the last time Dan Orlovsky buttoned his chin strap for the hometown Huskies. That would be in 2004, eight seasons ago – an eternity in college football, as you know, and a period that encompasses the program's entire history as a member of the Big East. Last fall, trick-shot-artist-turned-starter Johnny McEntee completed a hair more than 50 percent of his attempts while throwing 12 touchdowns; that doesn't sound like much, but McEntee's touchdown total was a program-high since 2007, when Tyler Lorenzen tossed 13 scores. As a team, the Huskies have thrown for 11,346 yards over the last five years. If that doesn't sound that bad, think of that number a different way: UConn's averaging 177.3 passing yards per game since 2007. Good, average? Nope. That's just not good enough, period, and it's a situation that Paul Pasqualoni and his staff must rectify immediately – or if not today, at some point before September.
Big East
Storrs, Conn.
Returning starters
14 (6 offense, 8 defense)
Last year's ranking
No. 67
2011 record
(5-7, 3-4)
Last year's
No. 79
2012 schedule
- Aug. 30
- Sept. 8
N.C. St.
- Sept. 15
at Maryland
- Sept. 22
at Western Mich.
- Sept. 29
- Oct. 6
at Rutgers
- Oct. 13
- Oct. 19
at Syracuse
- Nov. 3
at U.S.F.
- Nov. 9
- Nov. 24
at Louisville
- Dec. 1
Last year's prediction
One thing I do feel safe in predicting: UConn is not going back to the B.C.S. in 2011. There are some major issues, particularly on the offensive side of the ball. The quarterback situation is a mess, though it's important to note that UConn has gotten by without solid quarterback play for years. The good news: the defense is definitely good enough to lead UConn back to bowl play. But it won't be a pretty season, in my mind – a year full of low-scoring, tight wins and losses. I think UConn gets back to bowl play but not by much: at least six wins, perhaps seven, but not in the Big East title picture.
2011 recap
In a nutshell The Huskies had several opportunities to reach bowl eligibility, both in September, during non-conference play, and again later in the season against Big East competition. That UConn fell short has much to do with an offense that was even less explosive than in the recent past – at quarterback, which wasn't surprising, but also in the running game, where the Huskies took a significant step back. The offense did feature a 1,000-yard back for the fourth consecutive season, but UConn slipped from 34th nationally in rushing yards per game down to 97th, second-to-last in the Big East. The defense was there, but on an every-other-week basis: the Huskies would go from shutting down South Florida to getting mauled by Pittsburgh; from slowing down Syracuse to shooting themselves in the foot against Louisville; and from manhandling Rutgers to failing to stop Cincinnati. An uneven team, though perhaps that was to be expected following the winter's coaching change.
High point UConn devastated Rutgers, 40-22, on the second-to-last Saturday of the regular season; the win left the Huskies within a victory of bowl eligibility, while the loss crushed the Scarlet Knight's hopes at claiming the Big East crown. The win came about in typical UConn fashion: opportunistic on defense, inept throwing the football, successful running the football in the red zone and steady in the return game.
Low point Sloppy losses to Vanderbilt and Iowa State – by a combined seven points, thanks in large part to a combined seven turnovers – left UConn in a position where it needed four wins during Big East play to reach bowl eligibility. The Huskies almost got there, needing only to beat Cincinnati, but lost to the Bearcats, 35-27, in the season finale.
Tidbit UConn was one of the seven original members of the Big East when the league was founded in 1979, joining Boston College, Seton Hall, Syracuse, Providence, Georgetown and St. John's. With B.C. already gone – it's even hard to remember the Eagles as part of the conference – and Syracuse pegged to leave for the A.C.C. after this coming season, UConn will be the final football-playing original member to remain part of the Big East.
Tidbit (fourth quarter edition) This wasn't a terrible fourth quarter team – actually outscoring the opposition, 89-80, on the year – but the Huskies' late-game collapses during non-conference play cost them a fifth straight bowl berth. UConn allowed the final 10 points in a 24-21 loss to Vanderbilt, gave up the game-winning score against Iowa State, a 24-20 loss, with little more than nine minutes left, and after taking a 24-17 earlier in the fourth quarter against Western Michigan, was outscored by 21-7 over the game's final 10 minutes in a 38-31 loss.
Former players in the N.F.L.
19 OT Will Beatty (New York Giants), S Tyvon Branch (Oakland), RB Donald Brown (Indianapolis), CB Darius Butler (Carolina), LS Derek Chard (New York Jets), WR Marcus Easley (Buffalo), OG Zach Hurd (Oakland), LB Greg Lloyd (Philadelphia), LB Scott Lutrus (Indianapolis), CB Robert McClain (Atlanta), WR Kashif Moore (Cincinnati), QB Dan Orlovsky (Tampa Bay), C Moe Petrus (Tampa Bay), DT Kendall Reyes (San Diego), FB Anthony Sherman (Arizona), K Dave Teggart (Chicago), OG Donald Thomas (New England), RB Jordan Todman (Minnesota), LB Lawrence Wilson (New Orleans).
Arbitrary top five list
Shooting guards in the 2012 N.B.A. Draft
1. Bradley Beal, Florida.
2. Dion Waiters, Syracuse.
3. Jeremy Lamb, Connecticut.
4. Terrance Ross, Washington.
5. John Jenkins, Vanderbilt.
Paul Pasqualoni (Penn State '72), 5-7 after his first season. Pasqualoni returned to the Big East after six years in the N.F.L., sandwiching a two-year stay as Miami's defensive coordinator with two separate stints with the Dallas Cowboys. But it's for his long, successful stay at Syracuse that Pasqualoni is most well-known: he was the Syracuse head coach from 1991-2004 after spending four years as one of Dick MacPherson's lead assistants. He lead the Orange to nine bowl games, winning or sharing four Big East titles, including one in 2004, his final season with the program. While Doug Marrone has reversed Syracuse's losing ways, it's still clear that the university made a woefully poor decision when it relieved Pasqualoni of his duties after 14 seasons. He concluded his stay with the Orange with 104 wins, second-most in program history, and won 64.4 percent of his games, the most of any Syracuse coach of the modern era. Pasqualoni won nine games for three straight seasons from 1995-97 and won 10 games three times: in 1991 and 1992, his first two years, and again in 2001. This sort of experience is unmatched in the Big East – and matched by only a few other coaches in the F.B.S. – and is clearly Pasqualoni's most positive attribute. But he has more, including deep, meaningful, long-lasting ties with many of the region's recruiting hotbeds, which will be of enormous benefit. He shouldn't have been dismissed from Syracuse in the first place; Connecticut gave Pasqualoni a second chance at rebuilding his reputation. Considering how Randy Edsall's departure caught the program flat-footed, UConn was wise to hire a veteran, experienced coach with the knowledge of what it takes to win in the Big East.
Players to watch
I don't agree with Pasqualoni's decision to hold off naming JUCO transfer Chandler Whitmer his starting quarterback. First, a little background: Whitmer, who signed with Illinois coming out of high school, spent last season at Butler Community College, one of the top JUCO programs in the country. It was patently clear both during spring drills and the spring game that Whitmer was the Huskies' best option under center. While he's mobile, where Whitmer distanced himself from the competition was in his ability to deliver the football; for a program starving for a polished pocket passer, Whitmer's capacity for making the throws the rest of Pasqualoni's quarterbacks cannot makes him the Huskies' best option – and based on what you saw in April, it's not really much of a competition.
Pasqualoni is holding off naming Whitmer the starter, and yes, that's his prerogative. He's waiting for Whitmer to prove himself again in August, which is the safest way to proceed; there is still a chance that Whitmer falls flat, or that a quarterback like McEntee, Casey Cochrane – a true freshman – or Scott McCummings bursts to the top of the depth chart with a splendid two or three weeks heading up to September. But the positives for throwing his hat in with Whitmer outweigh the negatives. Naming Whitmer the starter today answers one major question with this offense – it allows the rest of the offense, the line, backs and receivers, to gel around Whitmer's presence as a team leader. UConn doesn't merely need more production at quarterback; the Huskies also need more leadership from the position.
It's a guessing-game with any first-year starter, and perhaps more so when the quarterback has only proven himself on the JUCO level. But Whitmer is still the Huskies' most polished pocket passer, which distances him from the other options, and in McCummings (285 yards and 5 touchdowns), a sophomore, UConn has a nice secondary option to use in the Wildcat formation. Naming Whitmer the starter prior to fall camp allows the first-team offense to move forward from day one rather than treading water waiting for Pasqualoni to name a starter.
With the loss of two senior starters, the Huskies' receiver corps look towards another pair of transfers. Unlike Whitmer, this pair comes straight from the A.C.C. – Shakim Phillips from Boston College, Bryce McNeal from Clemson. While the latter won't be around until August, Phillips, a sophomore, has already staked a claim to one starting role after a very strong spring. In terms of returning contributors, UConn has senior Nick Williams (11 receptions for 236 yards), one of the Big East's best return men, and sophomores Tebucky Jones and Geremy Davis. Jones and Davis will see hugely increased playing time as second-year players.
But the Huskies are counting on Phillips and McNeal to lead the way. Both can play, obviously, though neither made much of an impact at their previous stops – McNeal had 19 receptions in 2010 but played a miniscule role last fall. What both bring to the table is supreme athleticism, something that UConn has lacked at the position for several years. The hope is that with Whitmer under center and two gifted receivers out wide – not to mention Williams, who can run, and those two promising sophomores – UConn will finally be able move the ball through the air with some degree of explosiveness. It's not a stretch to say that this team's overall health hinges on whether the passing game takes a step forward.
Lyle McCombs, a sophomore, became the third UConn running back in four years – with Jordan Todman doing it twice – to crack the 1,000-yard mark. But it wasn't a pretty 1,151 yards for McCombs, nor was the Huskies' running game anywhere close to the pounding, punishing, physical attack we've grown accustomed to seeing from this program. In a way, however, that McCombs did reach that mark, and did so as a freshman, bodes well for his future as the Huskies' lead back. There's room for improvement: McCombs is far from a finished product, and must get a little bigger in order to withstand the weekly pounding as top back in this offense.
I think he'll get some help from Whitmer and the passing game in 2012, which should allow McCombs to see fewer stacked decks on first and second down. What UConn really needs is a second option to help take some weight off of McCombs' shoulders; McCummings will help, but the Huskies need a backup running back as a change-of-pace option. With former U.S.C. transfer D.J. Shoemate's career over due to injuries, UConn could hand leftover carries to junior Martin Hyppolite, redshirt freshman Max DeLorenzo or incoming freshman Joseph Williams.
This defense could be the best in the Big East – and one of the top 25 nationally, to quote a fairly random number – if it can find some answers at defensive tackle, where two multiple-year starters, Kendall Reyes and Twyon Martin, have exhausted their eligibility. The pair takes 85 career starts into the sunset; as a result, UConn is rebuilding at defensive tackle for the first time in several years, and this typically stout run defense might take a step back as a result. It's not an overstatement: With experience returning along the back seven, whether this defense can recover some of its lost momentum depends almost entirely upon what level of play the Huskies land along the interior.
Senior Ryan Wirth and junior Shamar Stephens (17 tackles), last year's understudies, are the likely starters come September. Wirth is looked at as a veteran leader for this defensive line, but he'll need to produce as the starter to hold off younger tackles like sophomore Angelo Pruitt and redshirt freshmen Kenton Adeyemi and Julian Campenni. Stephens is the key: he's big, strong and potentially tough to handle one-on-one, which would free his running mate at tackle – and UConn's solid ends – to disrupt plays in the backfield. The Huskies are short on experience and production at tackle, even if the new main players don't lack for talent; until they prove themselves, however, this is a weakness.
Hopefully, the tackles can do just enough to allow senior end Trevardo Williams (43 tackles, 15.o for loss, 12.5 sacks) to carry his torrid finish to 2011 over to this coming season. To say that he finished strong would be an understatement: Williams had 9.0 sacks over his last five games, including a four-sack performance in the win over Rutgers. When given room to operate, Williams is the best edge-rushing down lineman in the Big East. UConn looks to get an improved season out of senior Jesse Joseph (29 tackles), who led the team in sacks as a sophomore but struggled finding a rhythm a season ago. Further depth comes from senior Teddy Jennings (33 tackles, 8.0 for loss), who could even start ahead of Joseph, and sophomores Jonathan Louis and B.J. McBryde.
All three starting linebackers return: seniors Sio Moore (86 tackles, 16.5 for loss, 6.5 sacks) and Jory Johnson (team-best 97 tackles) on the outside, sophomore Yawin Smallwood (94 tackles) in the middle. Moore is an all-conference pick, as those numbers suggest; when lined up over an end on passing downs, he helps create a very dynamic and troublesome combination for opposing offensive tackles.
Smallwood has clearly benefited from playing between two seasoned starters like Moore and Johnson, though he'll likely continue serving in the shadows until taking center stage as a junior. It'll be hard for any backup to earn any major snaps at linebacker, but former Maryland transfer Ryan Donohue could push for playing time behind Smallwood in the middle – he's a proven player on special teams, so that's one way that he could make an impact.
That this secondary was able to force some mistakes – making 18 interceptions, second-most in the Big East – helped it overcome a very unsteady season against the pass. While enough pieces return to expect improvement, the Huskies must do more to slow down the stronger passing teams on this schedule; Western Michigan ripped this secondary to shreds last fall, as did Pittsburgh and, to a lesser degree, Rutgers. It's about avoiding the big play, even at the cost of missing on a turnover here and there, and about making it more difficult on quarterbacks to convert on third down. Teams will find it easier to run on UConn in 2012; therefore, the secondary must work that much harder to pick up the slack.
The reasons to expect improvement are simple: one, UConn is in its second season in Don Brown's system – and Brown also works with the cornerbacks; and two, there's a solid amount of returning experience. This includes both starting cornerbacks, seniors Blidi Wreh-Wilson (37 tackles, 2 interceptions) and Dwayne Gratz (53 tackles, 3 interceptions), as well as a leading reserve in junior Taylor Mack. This group was picked on a year go, but Wreh-Wilson and Gratz showed that they can hang with Big East receivers back in 2010 — they'll improve as seniors.
The secondary would return nearly intact if not for Jerome Junior, the would-be senior who was suspended for the season in February following a violation of team rules. That robbed UConn of a valuable cog in the defensive backfield, but it's not a crushing blow. All Junior's suspension does is place added importance on the play of two capable sophomores, Ty-Meer Brown (52 tackles, 3 interceptions) and Byron Jones (51 tackles). Brown and Jones can play; all this does is speed up their learning curve. It's not a perfect situation, but the Huskies can trust in this duo's ability to grow into starting roles on the fly.
Williams showed what kind of weapon he can be in UConn's win over Rutgers, when he consistently gave the Huskies wonderful field position in the 18-point win. When it comes to special teams, the biggest hole lies at kicker, where the Huskies lost all-time leading scorer Dave Teggert. He'll be replaced by junior Chad Christen, last year's kickoff specialist. UConn has one of the Big East's best punters in junior Cole Wagner; he was a second-team all-conference pick a season ago.
Position battle(s) to watch
Offensive line The gang that couldn't shoot straight – last year's line – takes on a new feel both with its personnel and on the coaching staff, as offensive coordinator George DeLeone takes on added duty as the Huskies' line coach; former line coach Mike Foley will now work with the tight ends, though he'll be a valuable second voice. The 2011 front did nothing right: the running game struggled, taking that nosedive in the national rankings, and the line was absolutely terrible in pass protection. It's natural to assume that the line should improve, if only because this group can't possibly fare any worse than it did a season ago. However, the Huskies will look to take a step forward without a pair of all-conference starters.
That UConn went without one returning starter, Adam Masters, and a second lineman pegged for a starting role, Jimmy Bennett, prevented the group from rounding into form during the spring. That hurt development in the short term – it would have been nice to solidify a starting five in March and April – but it may pay dividends down the road, thanks to the snaps it gave to younger linemen like Dalton Gifford and Gus Cruz. The key with Bennett is not just getting him healthy but having him remain in the lineup; he was perhaps UConn's best tackle before suffering a season-ending knee injury last October.
In a perfect world, DeLeone would have a healthy Bennett at left tackle, Masters at right guard and junior Kevin Friend at right tackle. Another junior, Steve Greene, returns at left guard. The hope is that former Penn State transfer Alex Mateas, a sophomore, can step in for Petrus at center; Mateas has been a very nice addition so far, outplaying competition like Tyler Bullock, who will be a very valuable reserve all along the interior. One factor to watch in August is the arrival of several incoming freshmen who could impact the two-deep. Beyond the personnel, UConn simply needs to improve across the board – opening up holes on the ground and protecting the passer on third down. The only place to go is up.
Game(s) to watch
The Huskies open the year against a would-be regional rival, Massachusetts, before taking on a pretty tough three game stretch: N.C. State, at Maryland, at Western Michigan. As was the case a year ago, UConn would be putting itself in an enormous hole with a 2-3 mark during non-conference play – this assumes wins over the Minutemen and Buffalo. The Huskies are also the unlucky beneficiaries of four Big East road games, though they do close the regular season with two home games over a three-week span. The final month is difficult, but the Huskies should look at this as an opportunity; after falling short last fall, UConn will control its own destiny – even its B.C.S. hopes – by closing against South Florida, Pittsburgh, Louisville and Cincinnati.
Season breakdown & prediction
In a nutshell There are several questions that remain unanswered, and in a way, this sense of uncertainty surrounding this team's coming season makes the Huskies both an intriguing contender in the Big East and a genuine threat to finish outside of bowl play for a second consecutive season. Consider the case at quarterback, for example. UConn will take an enormous step forward if Whitmer can deliver the ball down field with consistency; UConn will be an also-ran if he's not the answer, or if the passing game continues to scuffle along its current level of mediocrity. Consider wide receiver: UConn is hoping that the two transfers lend some explosiveness to the position; if not, it'll be more of the same. And offensive line, where health could determine whether the front makes any improvement, or the defensive line, where there's talent but little proven production at tackle, or in the secondary, where the Huskies have a pair of talented cornerbacks whose play left much to be desired a season ago. If UConn lands its dream scenario at each spot this team can wear the Big East crown for the second time in three years. It's one thing to like about UConn: the idea that if all goes right, this team can be a very serious Big East contender.
But nothing ever goes according to plan — not just in Storrs but elsewhere. That the league is so open will help UConn get back to six wins, squeezing into bowl play, but the rest of the Big East's top portion has far fewer question marks; teams like Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Louisville have issues, of course, but no team is banking on a dream scenario quite like the Huskies. So what if UConn gets nothing from its new faces at quarterback, wide receiver and elsewhere — what then? If that happens, this is a real plan, vanilla, grey team that will quietly open play in September and disappear just as quietly in November. It won't be that bad. I think that UConn gets back into bowl play, making steady improvement at quarterback and along the offensive line, and shows some new life in its second season under Pasqualoni. But if this team gets what it hopes for, don't sleep on UConn making a push in the BIg East.
Dream season After an unsteady start while the new pieces fall into place, UConn turns it on during Big East play. The Huskies go 8-4 overall, 6-1 in the Big East, and earn a second B.C.S. bid in three years.
Nightmare season The offensive line is again abysmal, but it's merely one in a long line of disappointments. Quarterback play gets worse, believe it or not. The receiver corps is shaky. The Huskies don't produce a 1,000-yard rusher for the first time since 2007. The line can't stop the run and the secondary can't muster up any defense against the pass. The end result is a 3-9 season, with two of those wins coming Massachusetts and Buffalo.
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Where do Connecticut fans congregate? You can find solid recruiting coverage at The Boneyard and UConn Report. Check out The Uconn Blog for additional coverage, though it's often very basketball-heavy. Desmond Conner, who covers UConn football for The Hartford Courant, might take umbrage at emails sent from a Boston College address but has his finger on the pulse of the program.
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I don't think the tidbit is exactly correct. In 1979 UConn was not a division 1 football program like Syracuse and BC. Also, I think that St. John's and/or Georgetown were playing division 3 or club football.
Paul: You're right. Needs to be tweaked to reflect F.B.S. status. Georgetown was a very good Division III program that has struggled since moving up to the F.C.S. six or seven years ago.
Paul, Uconn has had 4 2,000 yard rushers in the past four seasons, in 2009 Jordan Todman and Andre Dixon both rushed for over 1,000 yards. If anything we have had 5 since Todman did it twice haha.
Paul: Wow, forgot about that. Good one. Amazing run by this program. Imagine if the Huskies also had a quarterback.
The link you have for UConn's biggest message board, The Boneyard is out of date. Correct link is http://the-boneyard.com/forums/uconn-football.2/
Paul: Sorry, guys. Fixed it above. Thanks.
It could aslo be NCSt, couldn't it? Mr and Mrs Wolf were married (by the Demon Deacon, I believe)… Not sure on the year though…
oops, nevermind, they were married in 1981, apparently. My bad.
This team is the biggest sleeper I have seen in years. No one is aware of what is going on there.
-RE to PP change in style of play was huge, took the team a lot to change. Year 2 will be better.
-They have a top 20 D in the nation, no joke.
-QB was a walk on that couldn't play. If Whitmer can be just a average BCS qb, this team may do big things.
-Joe Williams will backup Lyle, huge sleeper in the recruit class.
-You nailed it on the improved WR position
-Rutgers and Pitt with new coaches, Cuse hasn't touched us in years, USF and LVille are the competition. We get Cincy at home.
-MD and NCST hold the keys for us, 5-0 ooc and UConn may be BCS bowling.
Paul: So close to being fully on board with this. Wish I had portrayed that better above. Think that UConn is the Big East's bigger sleeper. But team is banking on too many variables to take such a leap of faith.
Paul, very balanced and informative look at Uconn,
you did your homework. I linked it on the Uconn Report.
Your Whitmer remarks were spot on, Coach P is probably
just keeping the QB's hungry over the summer. Everything hinges on the passing game being able to
move the sticks. Which helps keep the D off the field which hasn't been the case for years. Plus the former Maryland DC Brown's new aggressive system usually takes time for players to adjust to, as it did with the D on the Terps .
Also I can add that Uconn's number one WR in 2010 Micheal Smith (with 46 recs) is back this year after missing 2011 for grades, one more thing that should help the passing game.
Overall this was one the best informed, non-local media, looks that I have found on the web.
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Phiaton Moderna Series (MS) headphones are engineered with resonance-free proprietary carbon fiber enclosures for precise audio response and pure musical definition. The positive reviews from experts like Stereophile Magazine have exploded the reach of this colorful can -- and it's no wonder why! Phiaton MS 400 headphones allow you to hear the finest, most subtle recording details for the ultimate private listening experience at home, in the office, or on your free-roaming travels. Flexible folding construction slides compactly into provided carrying case for transit. Choose Red or Black.
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- Pair with a headphone amp for stunning audio performance
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No question, the Phiaton MS 400 are a flashy-looking product made even more so by the bold cosmetics. Fortunately, it's completely backed up with serious audio performance. The MS 400 musical signature is smooth and coherent up & down the audible frequency ranges with no one spot lacking well-rendered detail or pushed too far forward in the mix. The natural soundstage is neither artificially bloated or overly narrow, making the MS 400 a superb choice for well-produced classical, jazz, and rock recordings alike. This nicely balanced, even-toned sound allows for hours of listening pleasure at home or on the road without any sense of harshness or fatigue setting in. Pair it with a great portable headphone amp and let the MS 400 radiate its full glory of high-definition timbral colors and nuanced musical detail reproduction. Phiaton are continuing to push the envelope of headphone design; the great-sounding, great-looking MS 400 is the company flagship in looks, style and sound!
The Phiaton MS 400 is made of a lightweight carbon fiber composite that is both sleek and extra-durable for the long haul, so your Phiaton headphones will stand the test of time and frequent use. Choose from either red accents or an all-black color scheme. The MS 400 mid-sized on-ear supra-aural earcups are very well padded with comfortable leather cushions. Encased underneath the unique 'see-through' outer earcups, you'll note a cross-hatched look from the carbon fiber structure, which serves as an ingenious resonance-free enclosure for the MS 400 earcups. Full foldability for ease of travel or storage. The free 1-year Phiaton manufacturer's warranty remains in effect ONLY when purchased from true authorized dealers -- like HeadRoom!
- Weight: 185 grams w/o cord
- Isolation: -10dB ~ 14dB
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- Cord Length: 8.5ft
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- Coupler Size: Medium
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- Manufacturer Warranty: 1 year
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Posted by InfectiousDZz from Texas on 2012-07-22
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: No amp needed, Astounding bass if worn correctly
Cons: Uncomfortable for long term wear
Seeing how thin the wires were upon arriving, i was worried about breakage but almost 7 solid months of daily moderate to heavy use have proved otherwise. Bus rides, office work, cooking, college and on chance parties (the included 1/4" adapter came in handy!), occasional yard work, being handled by children, all survived without any trace of damage. The included carrying case is wonderfully helpful as well. Convenient to have it kept cased next to the door and later grabbed on the way out running errands or for travel.
The folding, awesomely portable, incredible sounding Phiaton MS-400's are well worth the money and will continue to deliver even when continually mishandled and hardcranked as mine are.
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Cons: Uncomfortable to me but not to everyone.
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Posted by dale from Akron Ohio on 2011-06-30
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: Good overall sound
Before I get to the details, I want to summarize my view of the MS400's sound. Some years ago, Radio Shack issued catalogs in which they juxtaposed items at 3 price/performance levels as "Good, better, and best". Today after some break-in time for the MS400, I laid the MS300, MS400, and Sennheiser Momentum headphones on the table to compare the 3 different sounds. What I heard was exactly "Good, better, and best". All 3 have soft highs, relatively uncolored midranges, and decent bass. But where the MS300's midrange was emphasized higher up giving it the most nasal sound of the 3, the MS400 was much better, with more realistic-sounding vocals and instruments. Then came the Momentum, which not only beat the MS400 in realism and midrange balance, but had a clarity that made the MS400 sound artificial and very slightly harsh or grainy by comparison. The bass and warmth level also got better from MS300 to MS400 to Momentum, not merely as more quantity of bass and warmth, but by an obvious increase in quality.
The Phiaton MS400 was released 3-1/2 years ago and is not as competitive among today's ~$250 USD headphones as it was when first released. That said, it sounds pretty good, it's an extremely comfortable around-ear headphone, and the bling factor is very good. The version with red earpads and headband is the high-fashion item, while the black version commands much less attention. Even so, the black version (which I bought) has the unique carbon fiber earcups that give it a special look. I had the red-trimmed version more than a year ago, and whereas it impressed me as having a high quality build, the preponderance of plastic on this MS400 makes it feel less so, even though close inspection shows it to be very well finished, with no suggestion of potential durability problems. I could wish for a slightly thicker cable than the ~2.1 mm thick dual-entry cable it has, but it's probably good enough, being significantly thicker than the MS300's cable and the B&W P3 and P5 cables.
I remember my previous MS400 having earcups that didn't fully surround my ears, and having a heavy bass. This MS400 does not have the heavy bass, the earcups and earpads completely surround my not-small ears, and the clamping force is light for a full-size headphone. This light clamping force is possibly responsible for the lighter bass, and certainly for the high comfort level. In spite of the light clamp, isolation is good with this MS400 - about as good as the Sennheiser Momentum. Leakage is low - in a quiet office you could play music at medium to slightly loud levels without disturbing someone in the next cubicle, as long as the earpads are tight against your head. The earcups can be pulled all the way down and the headphone worn around your neck all day comfortably when not in use, which is an important feature of a good portable headphone. The earcups can also be folded flat, which is a nice bonus. The MS400 comes with a very small and stiff zippered carrycase that every portable headphone should have.
The MS400's highs are softer than the v-moda M80, Sennheiser Momentum, and ATH ESW9A, all of which have soft highs compared to the better high fidelity headphones. I use iPod/iPhone treble booster or the desktop equivalent in Foobar2000 for the MS400, which makes the treble sound quite good with no sibilant problems or other irritations. The MS400's bass is down about 6-8 db at 30 hz compared to the midrange, and while some types of music may sound light in the bass with this headphone, there is noticeable bass weight and impact when the genuine tones are in the recording. I would categorize the bass as close to neutral in quantity. I would also like to suggest that if you do mainly distracted listening with headphones on such as gaming, watching movies, or cruising the Internet, the bass may seem especially light or unsatisfactory. If you listen to music exclusive of other activities, the bass qualities will be more noticeable and more likely to satisfy.
In other reviews I've done I've included the following music examples with comments about how the headphones sound with each track. My suggestion is instead of reading each one as an absolute unto itself, you could compare my notes here to other reviews and see how the MS400 compares with each individual track.
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (~1980): Strong midrange sound effects - this is a good worst-case test for resonant-type sounds in the most sensitive midrange area. Handled very well by the MS400.
Beethoven Symphony 9, Solti/CSO (1972): Very good overall sound. Note the bass impacts beginning around 10:30 of the fourth movement. Those impacts won't overwhelm you since they're soft and well in the background, but you can feel some of the weight they carry.
Blues Project - Caress Me Baby (1966): Rarely mentioned, but one of the greatest white blues recordings ever. The loud piercing guitar sound at 0:41 into the track is a good test for distortion or other problems. Handled well by the MS400.
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown (1976): Good sound quality - this is a great test for any nasality in the midrange. Handled very well by the MS400.
Buffalo Springfield - Kind Woman (~1968): A Richie Furay song entirely, rarely mentioned, but one of the best sounding rock ballads ever. This will sound good on most headphones, and it's very good with the MS400.
Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken (early 70's): A near-perfect test for overall sound - this track will separate the best sounding headphones from the lesser quality types. Nothing specific, except that almost any deviation from perfect reproduction will stand out with this track. Sounds very good with the MS400.
Catherine Wheel - Black Metallic (~1991): Goth with industrial overtones - I like this since it's a great music composition and the sound effects are smoothly integrated into the mix. This may sound distorted or mushy with some headphones, but the MS400 renders the deliberate instrumental distortions clearly.
Def Leppard - Bringin' On The Heartbreak (1981): MTV goth/pop/metal at its best - good ambience and high energy - the better headphones will separate the details and make for a good experience. Lesser quality and the details tend to mush together. The MS400 plays this very well.
J.S. Bach - E. Power Biggs Plays Bach in the Thomaskirche (~1970): Recorded on a tracker organ in East Germany, the tracks on this recording have the authentic baroque sound that Bach composed for, albeit the bellows are operated by motor today. The MS400 plays the tones seamlessly through the upper limits of the organ, which cover nearly the full range of human hearing. Of special note are the pedal notes - tracker organs have low-pressure pipes and don't typically produce the kind of impact around 30-35 hz that modern organs do. A headphone that's lacking in the low bass will sound especially bass-shy with this type of organ, but the MS400 provides a satisfactory experience.
Jamming With Edward - It Hurts Me Too (1969): Intended originally as a test to fill studio down time and set recording levels etc., this was released a few years later for hardcore Rolling Stones fans. Although not as good technically in every aspect as the Chess studio recordings of 1964, and in spite of the non-serious vocals by Mick Jagger, this rates very high on my list of white blues recordings, and sounds delicious with the MS400.
Jennifer Warnes - Rock You Gently (1992?): The strong deep bass percussion at the beginning of this track has been cited as a test for weakness or distortion in certain headphones. Having played this track many times now, I'm favorably impressed with the MS400's bass reproduction and detail throughout the track, and even the beginning notes which have a moderate impact and a distinctive drum-type sound.
Jimmy Smith - Basin Street Blues (early 60's): This track has some loud crescendos of brass and other instruments that don't sound clean and musical on some headphones. The MS400's reproduction sounds somewhat hollow compared to my other headphones. Listen particularly to the second crescendo at 15 seconds in, for maximum detail effect. I'd like to emphasize that these crescendos are probably the worst-case test I have for instrumental separation and detail, and the MS400's reproduction (using treble boost as noted above) suggests to me that the drivers just can't keep up with the intensity of these blasts, even though the treble reproduction is fine elsewhere.
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch (~2009): Featured in The September Issue, this song has heavy overdub and will sound a bit muddy on some headphones. Sounds good with the MS400.
Milt Jackson/Wes Montgomery - Delilah (Take 3) (1962): The vibraphone is heavily dependent on harmonics to sound right, and the MS400 plays it well.
Pink Floyd/Dark Side of the Moon - Speak To Me (1973): Strong deep bass impacts will be heard and felt here.
Rolling Stones - Stray Cat Blues (1968): Dirty, gritty blues that very few white artists could match. On some headphones the vocals and guitar lack the edge and fall more-or-less flat. If you're a really good person, playing this song will probably make you feel nervous and uneasy. Sounds OK with the MS400.
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart In San Francisco (1962): Frank Sinatra's favorite singer. Highest recommendation. With some of the best headphones, the sibilants on this recording are very strong, but not with the MS400.
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In other ways, it's sometimes harder, like in the UN system, which I think is very old world, male-run. And the UN is full of a lot of societies where it's patriarchal. So in that sense, yes, it is much harder for me, particularly as a scientist. But I've been pretty credible and I also work with a very well-known, established, credible group, so just being associated with them has raised me to a level that I would never have been raised to previously.
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* Family Field Trip: Hillwood Museum and Gardens
12 comments:
- kristen said...
You and your girls are so beautiful! You look a lot like your Mom!
Fun day!
- April 22, 2010 at 3:18 PM
- Jen said...
Oh that looks like so much fun! The toadpoles are incredible. Love seeing the springtime, it's still wintery in my neck of the woods.
- April 22, 2010 at 4:00 PM
- Darby said...
here is to rainy days and flowers with wonderful ladies and adorable cousins. We had a blast! xoxo
- April 22, 2010 at 5:35 PM
- CHILDHOOD MAGIC said...
Yay for skipping school! What a beautiful day and yes, I want my backyard to look like that too!!
- April 22, 2010 at 9:34 PM
- Jam said...
Beautiful pictures!
- April 23, 2010 at 6:21 PM
- Ms. Sarah said...
hi happy sits saturday. Fantstic pictures. loved the ones of you guys on the walk way.
- April 24, 2010 at 10:03 AM
- Shawna said...
beautiful photos....you are such a good mama!
BTW, I just saw your peep show photos too cute!! I love peeps!
- April 24, 2010 at 1:34 PM
- Aging Mommy said...
Lovely pictures - you live in a beautiful part of the country, so I can understand wanting to make the most of it. Where we live in the virtual desert it is harder to do.
Happy SITS Saturday Sharefest and thank you so much again for stopping by my blog today. I hope you have an equally wonderful rest of the weekend
- April 24, 2010 at 7:39 PM
- Val in the Rose Garden said...
hey Marylea... that's called a Snow Rice Cake Plant... how weird is that!?! I had to look it up because we had one in our yard at our last house. Just showed up. No neighbors or anything knew what it was.
Looks like an amazing trip! I love the pics with the umbrellas... so cute!
Love Val
- April 24, 2010 at 8:40 PM
- Nf1andprek-whisper said...
love the playing hookie day for education, Very nice, I have followed you a few times but have never been able to read many of your posts my son is at his grandmas for an hour or 2 first time in a long long long while, so i caught up on your site and I enjoyed it all, I will be back more frequently and if you would like to visit me at 1 Wasabi mommy come on down...
- April 25, 2010 at 8:29 AM
- kristen said...
Hi MaryLea,
I'm wanting to order some really good watercolor paint for use with my kids...what would you recommend?
thanks so much,
- April 26, 2010 at 3:34 PM
- pink and green mama said...
Hi Kristen,
Great Question!!
I really like to use "Prang" Watercolors with my girls. They have a beautiful set of 16 Semi-moist paints and I like them because they are bright/vivid colors and they are Certified CP NonToxic. Much more vivid than Crayola (which we also use but I like these better!)
You can go with something fancy like Yarka (my favorite) or Windsor and Newton but they're not going to be non-toxic and I don't like heavy metals (like zinc and cadmium) for little ones.
Hope this helps!
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MOAR! I say......MOAR high priced components......we are addicted to over priced things now.........my precious.
Audio Feast's Kenji Furukawa
Art Dudley's already mentioned the many delights in the Audio Feast room, so I'll just add that I was particularly delighted to chat with Audio Feast's Kenji Furukawa, pictured here with his Feastrex NF9ex F90 field-coil loudspeaker ($19,118/pair).
Originally from Japan, but now living in Nashville, TN, Furukawa used the prototype Finemet TVC volume control, mentioned in Art's piece, along with a Maekawa TA-300B SET power amplifier ($30,000) to drive the interesting Feastrex loudspeakers.
It would have been fun to hang out with Furukawa for an entire listening session. His enthusiasm for hi-fi was obvious and infectious.
And visit TheAudioFeast.com for a very cool look at how Feastrex diaphragm paper is made!
Johnny, I share your desire for more affordable products. And judging from your comments to our stories, your idea of "affordable" happens to be a lot more expensive than my own. Earlier, you called a $20,000+ system "affordable." For my column, The Entry Level, I focus on products that are well under $1000, entire systems that cost below $2000.
However, here we are discussing a hi-fi show and, like any hi-fi show, and, in fact, any trade/consumer show, there are good reasons why the exhibitors present such high-priced product. The first thing that comes to mind is the high price of exhibiting: These rooms cost a lot of money. Another ovbious point is that exhibitors want to impress their audience. And that audience doesn't only include casual hobbyists and potential customers, but also includes potential dealers. There's money to be made here and relationships to be nurtured.
While I also deeply wish that there were more affordable gear at these shows—my favorite exhibitors are the ones like Music Hall, the Sound Organisation, and Peachtree, who make an effort to show both sides of the coin—I can't blame exhibitors for wanting to display their finest gear.
Thanks for your honesty and candor. It does cast a sad light on the real situation though. There is more concern in the "high end" for making huge money on fewer products and purchases than bringing good sound to the masses in an honest and forthright way. The Behringer Truth Monitors are a good case in point. They provide excellent sound with speaker drivers that rival some of the best at RMAF in terms of real, measured sound quality at a very, very affordable price (around $200). RMAF has become a boutique show living in a bubble of hyped speaker cables, power conditioners, turbtables, cartridges, and battery powered DACs. It is not representative of what's real in the real world anymore Why should a cheesy hotel room with poor acoustics cost an exhibitor several thousand dollars for a weekend? Are these kinds of shows really helping or hurting the industry's reputation?
Don't get me wrong, mrplankton. I absolutely disagree with you. Were you at RMAF? The show is wonderful for this industry, bringing together people from all over the world to enjoy great music and high-quality gear, in an environment that breeds fun and goodwill.
I understand you have your own priorities and ideas about what defines "good" sound, and that's fine, but I also think you happen to have a decidedly negative and close-minded view of what this industry is all about.
I didn't attend this year. I was disappointed in the turnout I saw and the kind of people that attended the last time I went. To give you an example, I recall sitting in to a listening session in Vandersteen's room - hearing the new model 7's. A person in the small group of listeners was bringing his lp's around from room to room. And the Vandersteen folks were exclusively playing lps. To me, the pops and clicks in the recording were very disconcerting. And my suggestion that it wasn't desireable was looked upon with utter contempt and scorn by most of the attendees. I call them attendees now but at the time they seemed more like Analog Jihadis! I can appreciate a good analog recording just as much as anyone. But I also appreciate the advantages of digital. I felt like I was in an audio freak twilight zone wondering - is this what the high end audio hobby is coming to - believers clashing with non believers? Whatever happened to science, objectivity and progress?
Ultimately, it is the agenda of the reviewers and advertising/marketing industry that will set the tone and direction of the marketplace. Sadly, it appears that a major shift from science and truth to belief and marketing hype has occurred and continues to occur - all in the name of profits Nothing else seems to matter. This also explains the conspicuous absence of high quality affordable products. Even PSB, a company known for quality and value, only had its top of the line $5,000 a pair speaker on hand - as if the cheaper models offering almost the same performance were intentionally hidden away to help sustain the venue's purpose and agenda.
Even PSB, a company known for quality and value, only had its top of the line $5,000 a pair speaker on hand - as if the cheaper models offering almost the same performance were intentionally hidden away to help sustain the venue's purpose and agenda.
What? That's not true. Again, I think your persepctive is skewed. One of the most exciting products in the PSB room and the one that, to my mind, Paul Barton was most thrilled about, was the new $300 Alpha PS1 desktop speaker. We haven't mentioned it yet, but we will. This show report will continue on through Saturday.
The last time I attended (couple years ago), the top of the line Synchrony was the only product I could find in the PSB room being demoed. I'm glad to hear the Bartons are bringing their more affordable products to exhibits. If anyone is likely to do that. They will.
Stop being so defensive and start listening more to what people have to say. Sometimes constructive criticism is a good thing. Think about it.
When you started a new paragraph and criticized PSB for only demming expensive gear, I thought you were talking about this year's RMAF, which, I admit, made no sense. I apologize for my confusion.
Stop being so defensive and start listening more to what people have to say. Sometimes constructive criticism is a good thing. Think about it.
Still, I think you should take your own advice.
Why are you always so defensive Stephen? Mrplankton2u said what me and other think about the high end and why it's failing but you just shrug and pretend all is good.This just makes me wonder why anyone bothers at all trying to get some real information from these reports or Stereophile.
I would agree that some prices seem very subjective. And like with food, it is hard to say that a $25 plate gives you exactly twice as much quality as a $12 plate of food. But you have completely invalidated any argument you have by introducing Behringer into the equation. Uli's company exemplifies everything that is wrong with not just this industry, but any industry. From IP theft, reverse engineering, moving production of what were once good products to places where more than double digit percentages of units are bad out of the box. Zero customer service, disposable products. The list goes on and on. A complete race to the bottom.While there is some of what you describe, with products that seem out to make a fast dollar, it seems these companies will not be back next year, as they are failing to offer some sort of equitable return for the outlay. But if you go booth to booth, and find the passion that is there, then you start having a respect for the design, craftsmanship, ideals, and knowledge that goes into building most of the product that is displayed.
It is also heartening to see people who want to continue with the practice of good recordings, musicianship, and songwriting, in a world where we are being overloaded with mp3s, finalizing, and "radio ready" music.
Sounds like I struck a chord with you mentioning the dreaded Behringer company...ghasp!!
I didn't bring up the cheap Behringer monitors as a shining example of corporate virtuosity. I brought them up because they are one of the highest value products in the affordable market segment Practically every major speaker company today is making products in China, including PSB. Chinese companies are notorious for unauthorized borrowing of intellectual property. Does that mean we should boycott all speaker companies? Is Behringer any different because they pass the savings along to the end consumer instead of pocketing the difference that "made in China" makes to their bottom line? I'm very much against corporate collusion and monopolistic practices. But I just don't see Behringer behaving like a big box store trying to manipulate and intimidate OEM suppliers Your criticism of Behringer is hollow. In the sub $500 speaker market, they have established that they are a force to be reckoned with - IN THE REAL WORLD - NOT SOME FICTITIOUS BUBBLE.
Again, if you have a point to make, you have picked the worst example to make it with. There are hundreds if not thousands of speakers in the sub $1K market. You have picked the single worst example, and it invalidates your point. You could place a CIARE CH250 on a piece of OSB, and have a speakers with better distortion specs, phase, etc. There is no science or truth (your words) in the Behringer. When you plug it in, noise comes out. If if sounds pleaseing to you, you are in the wrong forum. Then, when sound does not come out any more, it goes in the trash. There is no customer service. None. It is a disposable product. I am not against Chinese manufacturing. I am against blatently stealing everyone elses IP as a business model. And then putting prouducts inferiour to those stolen on the mass market.
Your support of Behringer is a sign that you support a race to the bottom. And have no interest in individual craftsmanship, research, and innovation. Enjoy yourself down there.
I've heard the Behringer and found that it produced a very pleasing accurate sound. Also if you are wanting someone to consider your arguement , then may I suggest you leave off the insuting tones and air of superiority. It makes you look like a typical snob.
For your information, I build some of the highest performing home theater speakers available using the highest quality products from Scan Speak, SEAS, Beyma, 18Sound, Vifa, and Peerless - to name a few. These are the same products used in most of the "high end" speakers you speak about. I've listened to AND measured the Behringer Truth monitors. They exhibit very flat frequency response, low distortion, and excellent directivity control - especially for their low cost. This didnt happen by accident They use quality drivers and crossover components in a contemporary layout There's no magic or mystery here. No grand theft of intellectual property. The design aspects of these speakers are common knowledge in the speaker engineering field. If you had any experience in that field, you'd know that. As another poster suggested, you might be wise to tone it down a bit You don't know me and you clearly don't know anything about these Behringer products other than loose talk on the street which applies more to their pro electronics line than anything else. Your unfounded diatribe is more evidence of how important it is for "reviewers" to be able to back up their talk with measurements. Without measurements correlated with what is heard, it's just talk And that's all your posts are here - useless, heated, talk.
Mr Cool Cool Cool! is keeping tabs on my posts afterall. Just a shame you don't really reply to the serious parts though.
About that $20,000 system.......it has quality components in it unlike most of the other ones shown on here. Salk is a very good honest speak company and can back up their products with performance and MEASURED proof
As far as making an imprssion at the show, how about they only show the product they are selling NOT the other components? THAT would make a VERY big impression on me, not trying to be all flashy and BS.
Stephen, your column being called The Entry Level implies that what you reccomend is "okay" BUT the reader needs to keep "improving" his system be spending even more and more. I find that condenscending. You imply that they should get to the "top" someday using that title.
I'm not surprised you see it that way.
The truth of the matter is that I'm interested in how and why people get into this hobby. I enjoy exploring those beginnings, and I am most happy to present a place that beginners can see as their own and where experienced audiophiles can be reminded of the very elements of their enthusiasm.
That's what The Entry Level is about. It's not about aspiring to be someone or someplace else. It's about enjoying where we are and sharing the joy of listening with friends and family.
It's people like you on the forums and here that keep me and others from joining. Very childish and rude behavior.
......the Tennessee hillbilly showing his usual good natured side for the world to see. I've REALLY missed you SO much! Say hello to your mom for me *kiss kiss*
I've seen a number of blurbs over the years with tremendous accolades heaped upon some Feastrex based speakers. I haven't had a chance to hear any of them for myself but am very curious how these products actually measure up. Is there some reason why they haven't been featured yet? Is it the 5 retailer rule? I'm sincere here. Don't think that because I've shown a significant level of skepticism elsewhere that I don't truly want to understand what some of the fuss is about with these full range drivers. They do appear to be well made. I would like to know how that translates into measured performance - not just reviewer "impressions". Lord knows there's never a shortage of reviewer impressions. I'd like to see listening impressions that are linked to real world data - in the typical John Atkinson tradition. So what gives?
Very expensive drive-units, sold either raw or in cabinets from very small manufacturers who don't have enough retailers to qualify for a full review. We might spill some ink on a Feastrex-drivered speaker in Art's column, however.
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Was the guy selling toothpaste?
He brought up some very valid points even if he was a bit brash.What I don't understand is why he never got any good answers.Anyhting relevant was brushed off and the subject changed or personal attackes. Not very professional.
Both Stephen Mejias and I took time to answer JohnnyR, without attacking him personally. He didn't like our responses and his posts became more insulting, suggesting, for example, that I was an alcoholic. I note that while you share his opinons, you refrained from condemning his abusive comments.
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Now now.I can read for myself and so can others here. I don't need you telling me what you and Johnny R said. He brought up some very valid points and questions which were not answered by you or anyone. As far as claiming you were an alcoholic, perhaps he got that impression from your avater showing you drinking what? My theory is that he was banned because a few sensitive types or just plain grouchy types didn't like his point of view. I am getting flack for discussing in a normal manner my point of view without insulting anyone , yet I get insults right off the bat. Strange way of making someone welcome. Is it "my way or the highway" around here?
........makes himself to be the victim after yadda yadda yadda of endless BS as to "why" he can't do cable and magic bowl tests, then still has an avatar showing him at a bar drinking. *shakes head* You would think his avatar would express his favorite thing to do............maybe it does?
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