What I wouldn't give for mod points today. Your post revived some ancient memories... ;-)

Wish I had some mod points today. You hit that nail right square on the head...

What I wouldn't give for Mod points today. Kudos and a tip of the hat...

And just as Murphy decreed back in the ancient mists of time, "When you NEED mod points, there are none to be found."... The head of the nail is square, and you sg_oneill hit it... ;-)

Mod points today would've been nice. Truer words have never been spoken. Particularly nice to see this from someone with an ID number as high as your's. Gives me a slight amount of hope for the future... ;-)

Have to love your sig... ;-)

TV's of the last TWO decades suffer from a lack of audio speaker enclosure physical volume. One can only EQ up to a point. A console tv set in the 1960's had enough physical size for a reasonable resonant speaker system. Modern day sets rely on electronics to eq a set of effing 2, MAYBE 3" drivers in an array to simulate the effect of a full size speaker get closer. But, guess what? They fucking DON'T! And never will. Plugging in a decent amplified sub-woofer helps. That allows those smaller drivers to focus on the freq range they should (and that's NOT the same thing as "would") be expected to support. However it still doesn't solve the problem. Mother Nature can only be fooled up to a point... There are unavoidable holes all through the audible spectrum from this approach usually. Only way to avoid that is to have a microphone out in the listening area. THEN someone with a clue can work to complete the room's eq. A classic example of fixing a likely non-existent problem, for anyone other than a bean counter. Those big boxes that make speakers GOOD are expensive to produce, and also take up room in the listening area. Where is the knee of the nexus? And who do we consumers (that might have a fucking clue) trust to define that point as an automatic generalization? That won't be me. Ever....

Definitely wishing I had a whole effing Shi*load of points today. You would've gotten them all... ;-) Too funny...

Again (from a previous post), what I wouldn't give for Mod points today...

What I wouldn't give for Mod points today... ;-)

I apologize for the lack of Mod Points today. I don't think I've read a more brilliant rebuttal, and one that went a bit further than it had to. Huzzah!

Just as I remember the whole mess unfolding. Sorry I don't have mod points today. Great read...

Wish I had Mod points today. ...

Too much... Great comedy for the evening... ;-)

This practice goes FAR beyond car repair (of ANY class of cars). How about the case of John Deere? I personally have known three different farmers that have been forced to use the factory service techs, for no other reason than they couldn't get access to diagnostics for simple fixes they could have easily done themselves. One guy spent almost 15,000 dollars to fix an issue that ultimately was a clogged fuel filter. A $29 dollar (and that's ANOTHER sticking point) fix for a 3 inch plastic bubble with a little cotton inside. Totally ridiculous, and a perfect example of pure Capitalism running amok....