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Sam Posten · 04-22-2008, 01:27 AM

So many questions circled my brain as Ron, Scooter and I travelled to Connecticut to meet Jeremy and take in his amazing project.

"What is the genesis of this, is it ego, is it a business, is he crazy, obsessed or just fantastically wealthy?" And most importantly "Does he want to adopt me?", tho truth be told I never got to ask that one.

All of our answers did come in due time but the thing I must impress on you is that despite the headlines his HT has generated, Jeremy couldnt be a nicer guy on the surface. He isnt self absorbed or just out to do this just to one up every other ordinary guy's theater. He genuinely seems to care about making an environment without compromise and he has the means to make that happen and has plans to make it pay off in the end, as the KSS is not just some crazy ego trip. He certainly has the pedigree for it, with his family history being a who's who of content creators and audiophiles. And the coolest part of it is that he seems to really get a kick out of the engineering of it all, and is comfortable talking the deepest minutia of the system and how and why he personally engineered it that way. Also, he is perfectly aware of how he is viewed around the net, and how little of his objectives transcend the big block letters that the headlines scream. Will his plans pan out? Its hard to say, I've always been more tuned to the 'bang for the buck' crowd than the 'uncompromising quality' one, but I didnt get a vibe of a snakeoil salesman, I really felt like he has a plan and the execution of it is going to take a LOT of work but he has the vast majority of it already in the 'mission accomplished' column so I wouldn't bet against him.

Thanks again for the visit Mr. Kipnis, and good luck in your endeavor!

Sam

04-22-2008, 01:27 AM	#2 of 20
Sam Posten HTF Universal BD Reviewer & Giveaway Coordinator Location: Navesink, NJ Join Date: Oct 1997 Local Time: 06:03 AM Local Date: 10-13-2008 Posts: 4,120 Kadath	Re: Kipnis Studio Standard Discussion Thread with Jeremy Kipnis So many questions circled my brain as Ron, Scooter and I travelled to Connecticut to meet Jeremy and take in his amazing project. "What is the genesis of this, is it ego, is it a business, is he crazy, obsessed or just fantastically wealthy?" And most importantly "Does he want to adopt me?", tho truth be told I never got to ask that one. All of our answers did come in due time but the thing I must impress on you is that despite the headlines his HT has generated, Jeremy couldnt be a nicer guy on the surface. He isnt self absorbed or just out to do this just to one up every other ordinary guy's theater. He genuinely seems to care about making an environment without compromise and he has the means to make that happen and has plans to make it pay off in the end, as the KSS is not just some crazy ego trip. He certainly has the pedigree for it, with his family history being a who's who of content creators and audiophiles. And the coolest part of it is that he seems to really get a kick out of the engineering of it all, and is comfortable talking the deepest minutia of the system and how and why he personally engineered it that way. Also, he is perfectly aware of how he is viewed around the net, and how little of his objectives transcend the big block letters that the headlines scream. Will his plans pan out? Its hard to say, I've always been more tuned to the 'bang for the buck' crowd than the 'uncompromising quality' one, but I didnt get a vibe of a snakeoil salesman, I really felt like he has a plan and the execution of it is going to take a LOT of work but he has the vast majority of it already in the 'mission accomplished' column so I wouldn't bet against him. Thanks again for the visit Mr. Kipnis, and good luck in your endeavor! Sam My Personal blog is at Navesink.net and my Flickr Stream is here and you can click here to Email Me! My Information Technology for University Students blog: Infotechbuzz Join the HTF Flickr POOL or discuss the pool Here Buncha savages in this town..... I ran outta gas! I had a flat tire! I didn't have enough money for cab fare! My tux didn't come back from the cleaners! An old friend came in from outta town! Someone stole my car! There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts!! It wasn't my fault I swear to God!!!