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Mockery of Audiophiles

I enjoy the diaglog on this site as much as anyone however does anyone out there remember a Steve Martin routine on the issue of Audio 'quest for perfect sound'?

It started with him aquiring a 'stereo' then he upgrades to a 'quadrophonic' system. Finally his quest for speaker upgrades ends in a 'Gogolphonic' system. He then questions if it might be the needle! and opts for a moonrock needle over the typical 'diamond' needle. His conclusion? Great for the car but wouldn't want it int he house!

If any of you know where this could be obtained even in a MP3 or other electronic format I would love to get a copy.

Thanks in advance.
keithcady
creeper
251 posts
 
I kind of remember that routine. Wasn't his moonrock needle mounted on a tonearm made of "unobtainium"?
bliptrip
10 posts
 
It's on his "Comedy is Not Pretty" album. You can get the cd at almost any major music chain store or the internet for about $10. Great stuff!
bmpnyc
710 posts
 
I bet it takes one to know one...audiophiles that is!
lazarus28
339 posts
 
actually, steve martin uses ATC speakers, according to their website:

http://www.atc.gb.net/users.htm

hmm, i've got ATC's - how do i get MY name on that list?
pbb
1,135 posts
 
Steve Martin is a comic? Hell, there I was thinking he was a reviewer for one of the subjective mags. I beg to differ, the stuff on Gon seems way more funny. Some of the stuff on other audio sites too for that matter. Cable stuff usually has me in stitches, especially the skin effect and the way stuff bounces up and down in cables and that the electrons carrying different frequencies are fighting together all the way out the other end trying to go from one elongated copper crystal to the next.
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