Art Dudley....is he a little too out there at times?

[Puma Cat]

Don't get me wrong, I love Art's writing...he's basically the only reason I read Stereophile.

But sometimes I wonder about Art...for example, take this quote when reviewing the Voxativ Ampeggio speaker last month:

"Is there any pleasure more quintessentially male (Art's emphasis) than powering-up the hi-fi when the family's off to bed, pouring a glass of port, killing the lights, and brooding over the music of Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Mindru Katz, Vlado Perlemuter, or Josef Hofmann?"

WTF???

Quintessentially more male the brooding over the music of Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Mindru Katz, etc?

Uh, yeah...goin' out and smokin' through a corner draggin' your knee at Miller Motorsports Park on your sport bike IS more quintessially male...



brooding over the music of Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Mindru Katz, Vlado Perlemuter, or even Palestrina is, uh.....not.

Art,dude, get a grip!

[Cucumber_Jones]

Listening is the first section I turn to each month...

[PHC1]

I don't know, I enjoy both. Bikes are fun, so is music. They stimulate different parts of the brain for me.

[Puma Cat]

Serge,

I agree that crankin' up some AC/DC, Eric Clapton, Coldplay or Led Zep is quintessentially male, just like ridin' yer bike through the twisties....

...but Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Mindru Katz, Vlado Perlemuter? Quintessentially male?

Not.

[PHC1]

Originally Posted by Puma Cat

Serge,

I agree that crankin' up some AC/DC, Eric Clapton, Coldplay or Led Zep is quintessentially male, just like ridin' yer bike through the twisties....

...but Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Mindru Katz, Vlado Perlemuter?

Not.

Ah, common, so Art likes some truly great pianists, so what?

[Puma Cat]

Now, pulling a "horn mono" on yer Yamaha M1 MotoGP bike...that's quintessentially male...

[Puma Cat]

Or, stuffin' an Audi TDI LMP1 into Andretti at Laguna with your Porsche RS Spyder LMP2 car is quintessentially male....hee hee!

[PHC1]

Stephen, there are thousands of things one can consider "quintessentially" male, all depends on level of risk you're willing to take, how much adrenaline you need to feel "alive" and your testosterone levels.

Just because many males don't feel the need to risk life and limb does that really make them less male? I love motor-sports of all kinds but most of my friends couldn't care less. Whatever turns you on as they say.

[John James]

Yeah.... male!!!

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[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by PHC1

Stephen, there are thousands of things one can consider "quintessentially" male, all depends on level of risk you're willing to take, how much adrenaline you need to feel "alive" and your testosterone levels.

Just because many males don't feel the need to risk life and limb does that really make them less male? I love motor-sports of all kinds but most of my friends couldn't care less. Whatever turns you on as they say.

I'm just being silly, Serge...