Round Earth Points 1.0
Posted by: Mike Sae on 17 January 2002
Sources:
Is SACD your main source? Add 100 points
Do you use an off board DAC? Add 20 points
Is a tuner your *main* source? Deduct 30 points.
Is a turntable your *only* source? Subtract 30 points for missing out on all that exciting new technology.
Does it weigh more than 15 kilos? Add 5 points
50 kilos? Add 20
Are you unable to convert pounds to kilos? Add 15 points.
Is your turntable made in the UK? If yes subtract 20 points
Electronics:
Does your amp cost more than your source? Add 25 points
Does your amp generate >150 watts @ 8 ohm? Add 10 points
Add 30 for each tubed component, 40 of it’s a CDP.
Does your tube amp generate <10 watts? If yes, add 20
Does your preamp have a phase switch? If yes, add 30
Are any of your RCA jacks gold plated? Add 10 points
Add 10 for each fascia in brushed aluminium, champagne or chrome. Add an additional 10 for each casing in said finishes
Deduct 25 for each component in black.
Speakers:
Do your speakers cost more than your source? If yes, add 50. If no, subtract 50.
Are your speakers ported? If yes, add 15 points.
Are your speakers floorstanding? If yes, add 10 points for wanting bass. If no, deduct 10 points.
Are your speakers >93 db? If yes, add 25 points
What are the speaker cones made of? Add 35 for Kevlar, 15 for polypropylene, carbon fibre, or aluminum. Deduct 20 for paper or Bextrene.
Do you use a subwoofer? If yes, add 20 points. Add 50 points for each additional subwoofer.
Add 5 points for each 5 degrees of speaker toe-in
If speakers are poiting straight out, deduct 20 points.
Accessories:
Is your remote hewn from a solid billet of aluminum? If yes, add 10 points
Do your speaker cables cost more than your source? If yes, add 100 points
Do they employ network boxes? If yes, add an additional 50 points
Do your interconnects cost more than your source? If yes, add 100
Do they employ networks? Add an additional 50
Are they RCAs? Add an additional 100
Deduct 100 for using the stock interconnects.
Do you use a PLC? If yes, add 100 points
Add 15 points for each squidgy footer
Add 5 points for each cone.
Add 35 for each air bladder/ colostomy bag.
Add 25 if your rack contains marble
Subtract 20 points if your rack employs glass shelves.
If you recognized satirical quality of the previous question, deduct 30 points instead.
Add 10 points for each album you own by the following artists: Patricia Barber, Holly Cole, Keb Mo, Mike Oldfield, post-Police Sting, Diana Krall, The Eagles.
Subtract 15 points for each album you own by the following artists: XTC, King Crimson, Ken Boothe, Leftfield, Photek, Aphex Twin, Phish, Gang of Four.
[This message was edited by Mike Sae on FRIDAY 18 January 2002 at 18:01.]
[This message was edited by Mike Sae on FRIDAY 18 January 2002 at 22:09.]
).Erik
I tripped up on the music questions! 
It's always a nice day for it 
Have a good one!
Steve.
It's good to get back to normal.
How the hell did you end up with only -15 REPs? Surely you don't own the entire discographies of the aforementioned crap artists?
Ken,
I'm disappointed that you didn't opt for the black finish Roxys!
Aye, if you banned the top 2 reference CDs of CES from your room, that must be worth something.
Add 10 REPs if your Elites are in Beech or Cherry
Subtract 10 if they're in Rosewood or Black.
quote:
Originally posted by Mike Sae:
Aye, if you banned the top 2 reference CDs of CES from your room, that must be worth something.
Not a single Barber or Krall recording was played during the entire show-Probably the only suite at CES that didn't."Gomez" was our featured artist this year.
quote:Add 10 REPs if your Elites are in Beech or Cherry
Subtract 10 if they're in Rosewood or Black.
Caught me again. My Neat Elite SE's are finished in the blonde ash but they nicely match the spiked IKEA Lack sofa and endtables.I also tripped up by not having any glass shelving.
Ken
-100 was all I could muster.
Lost out (or gained) on ported speakers (ProAc Super Tablettes), Champagne coloured CDP (Quad 66), and music (I own a few Dave Brubeck disks, Mike Oldfield, the Eagles and Diana Krall).
Hmm, should I rush out and buy an SACD player, Krell amps and Martin Logan panel speakers?
Thinks: No chance
Chris L
quote:
Originally posted by Ross Blackman:
Neat Elite _SEs_?! What is the difference between the "normal" Elites and the SEs?
Geez,Ross.My FE quotient is plummetting faster than I can punch in REP's on my calculator.
The SE's are Neat Elites with the crossovers mounted outboards.
Ken
I do feel the music related points are a teeny bit 'ageist' though. It's almost inevitable that older forum members will have early Brubeck, Oldfield and Eagles in their collection, that for purely sentimental reasons, they've not had the heart to take to the 'charity shop' - I did make 15 points back though on King Crimson. 
David S
Final tally is -315..thanks King Crimson.
How 'bout some minus points for Tom Wait?
Cheers,
Jim
[This message was edited by jcc on FRIDAY 18 January 2002 at 14:54.]
I even took the 20 points for marble; actually I'm using slate but I thought I better take the penalty anyway. What you think ?
My Roksan CD player cost me though; off board DACs and three silver facias.
Andrew