Re: [Leica] for sale as a result of our studio going digital

[john <bosjohn@mediaone.net>]

John Collier wrote:
> 
> Anyone on this list making fun of serious audiophiles as they obsess over
> the little details is a little like the "kettle calling the pot black".* I
> have dabbled in the high end audio waters and have friends who are swimming
> in the deep end; yes, you can tell the difference. It is subtle at first and
> you have to listen carefully, train your ear and have very good audio
> equipment in a proper environment. If you take $200 interconnects and hook
> them to your Sears stereo which you keep in the bathroom.... need I say
> more. It is quite common for the amplifiers, separate $10k+ amps of course,
> to be placed as close to the speakers as possible to keep the high amperage
> carrying speaker cables as short as possible. This necessitates long
> interconnect cables which can easily run into the multiples of  thousands
> per cable. Are they crazy? No more crazy than the those of us who shelled
> out $2300 for a 35mm lens and keep two or three $2000 bodies around to shoot
> 400ISO film through!
> 
> John Collier
> 
Well, after this thread I would venture to say we are them, or at least a
significant number of us are Leicaphiles, and audiophiles.  Seems there are
many parallels between the two different passions.  I would also venture to
guess we are also quite heavy into computer things. Being cult types I Would
further posit that there is a much higher percentage of Apple users in our LUG
than in the general computer using public. After all, the FBI probably has
Leica User Group on their secret list of obsessive cut religions right along
with a
Apple deciples and golden eared Krell users. 

To test my theory how many of you use Apple computers? This is an informal and
frivolous survey, but well--.  I am betting 30-40% or more of us use Apple computers.
John Shick