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Gobsmacked!

1/27/2018

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What happens when you run out of superlatives?

Here are a few that are used repeatedly in high-end audio:

"Epoch Making", "Ground Breaking", "Earth Shaking", "Unprecedented", "Jaw Dropping", "A Revelation",  etc.

Many times when these phrases are used, they are in fact accurate. For example, Jeff Day after installing the Acoustic Revive RPC-1 Power Supply Conditioner says, "it was quite a revelation to hear my system after the high-frequency noise was removed by the Acoustic Revive RPC-1 Power Conditioner." Jeff Day, Positive Feedback.com I would certainly concur. See my blog below, "Further Adventures in Realms of Bliss".

​How do you quantify a "revelation" or an "earth shaking" event? Is one man's dropped jaw another's yawn? Or would it be, that if we could all hear the actual system described in the review that 95% of us would have the same reaction?

​So how can I go about describing what one Sukhavati Power cable is doing in our reference system? Use all of the superlatives listed? Say that after installing the two Sukhavati interconnects I am now at a loss for words? 

"Gobsmacked" "
Gobsmacked combines the northern English and Scottish slang term gob, mouth, with the verb smack. It suggests the speaker is utterly astonished or astounded. It’s much stronger than just being surprised; it’s used for something that leaves you speechless, or otherwise stops you dead in your tracks. It suggests that something is as surprising as being suddenly hit in the face." www.worldwidewords.org

That'll have to do for now.
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  • Products
    • PranaWire >
      • Nirvana XLS Series Cables
      • Sukhavati
      • Photon USB
      • Power Conditioners
      • Ground Treatment
    • Granada Loudspeaker
    • SW1X Audio Design >
      • SW1X D to A Converters
      • SW1X Phono Stages
      • SW1X Preamplifiers
    • Acoustic Revive >
      • PC Triple C Copper
      • RTP Series Power Conditioners
      • USB Cables
      • LAN Cable
      • Power Supply Related Products >
        • USB Isolator
        • CB-1DB Receptacle Wall Plate
      • LAN Isolator
      • PC & Newtwork Audio Related Products
      • RR-888 Ultra Low Frequency Generator
      • RGC-24 Ground Conditioner
      • REM-8
    • Oyaide
    • Acrolink
    • Origin Live >
      • Silver Tonearm
      • Zephyr Tonearm
      • Encounter Tonearm
      • Illustrious Tonearm
      • Conquerer Tonearm
      • Enterprise Tonearm
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