don't insult the gays like that!

i'm not trying to i just want to help monte so he can come out of the closet, leave the mormon church, and buy that mesh tank top he always dreamed of

I want to see monte with a mustache.

LOL

I wrote ONE post for his blog. One.

I kept my mouth shut and tried to ignore the stupidity of what has gone on with that blog, but after this auction fiasco I can't.

I think what really pissed me off was an email he sent out last winter ragging on HU and Netphoria and telling his blog contributors not to talk about Kerry Brown or billy's girlfriend, etc etc. Monte really really hates HU (which is silly because HU is a fairly "positive" site). The real reason is because billy demonizes them and that puts them on Monte's shit list.

there are several other websites that are part of the official SP "circle" that are well managed and don't seem to require of their webmasters that they kiss bill's ass and police the fan community for him. hint hint, you don't have to be a tool to stay connected to the band.

nah you're still a tool

from you that's an improvement. yesterday you called me a retard and a fucking moron.

i do need to stop namecalling but you make it so hard

Loud at any volume!!! HAHAHAHA.

Scroll to 1:15. Listen as he describes an astonishing difference in perceived audio fidelity caused by 2/10 db of gain.

Katz's inability to distinguish fidelity from perceived volume no doubt occurred in a world class studio. More alarmingly, Katz is a legend. He has some of the best ears in the world.

Meanwhile most, if not all, of us listen to the Smashing Pumpkins predominantly on our laptops, in our cars, or using consumer-grade headphones, etc. And we're not even professional musicians or audio engineers.

My point? You all have an audio fetish. Get over it.

If you want to Machina II to sound better, turn it up. It's free.

do you have any idea what this thread is about

I'm saying, "who gives a fuck?" about getting closer to original masters of Machina II. The difference in audio fidelity is interesting but unimportant. The Monte and Billy stuff is interesting, too. But REALLY "who gives a fuck?" about that.

seriously who are you having this conversation with about audio fidelity

himself. he's just masturbating in this thread.

Everyone in this thread who is drooling over a piece of plastic so they can have higher quality audio of Machina II.

Unless the appeal is that it is "rare" or a "collector's item." Then we're really off the deep end.

yeah no one expects to get better quality audio from that MII vinyl. we're getting the re-issue in a few years anyway and hopefully that's when we get the better quality....

Those still apply. Just add tool.

uh.

i have no response to that

seriously...

LOL collector's item? I've never heard something so crazy!

who in the fuck would want an ultra rare item like that on a fan site? insane.

How does Monte get his massive erection through security on his way to the backstage area?

For the record, this post has amused me so much over the last week, the way it turned and all, just funny as hell.

Monte you’re an idiot, I would just run in hide for a while, maybe forever.

I’m normally a troll, just watching and reading, but I had to comment on that last thing. Is it a collectors item? Even I have to say that’s a joke, of course it’s a collectors item, you’d be a fucking moron not to thing so. And truthfully, I think 10-15k sounds about right, even thought about cashing in some stock, this is the Holy Grail for SP fans.

it's only like 2 1/2 inches i think so it's nbd

He hides that massive inch in the pleats of his Dockers

i'm normally really nasty about people buying dumb shit that has an SP logo on it but a Machina II promo is actually kind of cool, i mean i don't know if it's worth 10-15k, i think that would be a price for an instrument but it's definitely a valuable item.

i dunno why this dingbat thinks that's a bridge too far

i mean 15k for lunch with bills is a bridge too far

Billy is such a fucking baby and you guys are a bunch of dorks.

YOUR A DORKS

:netphoria

I don't think signed quitars go for more than $10k, do they? Didn't bill have a bass and 6 string on ebay last year that didn't make minimum bids?