No doubt repeating a point someone else has made.
If the speed is off, the pitch is off, a cardinal sin for me.
Interesting story which I shared years ago.
I was in Chicago at the CES...circa 1984. I had lobbied Magnepan for their line a lot. A LOT, LOT, LOT. To their credit THIEL beseeched me to carry Maggies.
At the CES in Chicago that year, I went in to the Magnepan booth...they were, as I recall playing the MG III's.
Jim Winey asked me to 'have a seat, listen and tell me what you think.'
I had told him on entering that I'd been trying to get his line to no avail...like a Zen Master, he listened and nodded patiently...'Sit, Listen'.
After I listened to a cut I knew, from 'Jazz at the Pawnshop', I stood.
Mr. Winey said, 'What do you think?'
I said, 'It sounds great, just one small issue.'
'Yes?'
'Your turntable is turning too fast, the pitch is sharp.'
He only nodded.
A week later, I got a phone call from their then Director of Sales Dave Carambula (memory)...
'If you still want the line, we'll ship tomorrow.'
They did.
When Dave showed up, I introduced my Wife...he said, I don't remember her, but we remembered you...especially Mr. Winey remembered.'
'Oh?'
'Yes...he told me, give that man our line, anybody who notices the pitch differential deserves to have us in his store.'
He turned to my wife, 'Yes, your husband's the one who told us that our turntable was set up wrong.'
That is how I ended up with the Magnepan line.
Funny how the best stories are always the true stories.
Larry
