To all,
I would never want to appear arrogant. But I speak with lots of knowledge, a lot from my electrical engineering father, who worked in aerospace and knew many top engineers in all fields, mathematicians, physicists, etc. In high school I thought I was an excellent young mathematician, but his vast experience showed him that I was mediocre in comparison to the utterly brilliant people he worked with, so he advised me to become a practicing physician, which I did. Even worse, I thought I was a great young violinist, but my father was a critical listener and told me I would never make it as a professional musician. Years later after entering competitions, I realized for myself that my father was right. I find my career as a doctor very fulfilling, and enjoy playing music as an excellent amateur. The smartest thing I ever did was to listen to my father. So all you guys, respect what I say. I take lots of time to impart my experience. One of the most important benevolent things I can do is to expose much fraud in the audio industry and overpriced mediocre products which I have personally heard at home. You all work hard for your livelihood, and deserve to be protected financially from mistakes based on audio hype. I have made my own share of mistakes, and probably all of you have done the same. WC has done his big part in telling the truth about how equipment really sounds, in his unbiased way. I am doing the same, in my own way. And WC yesterday said it was sad how subpar most Mac amps are, except for the 2301. Most Macs are thus overpriced for what they are, according to the listening WC has done and some of my own listening. Mac lives by its glitzy appearance and marketing hype. Of course, I am not referring to Apple. As I said, in computers, phones, etc., you generally get value and quality for your money, vastly unlike consumer audio. Pro audio is different, and there is more value for the money there, because the demands of the production business means there is little tolerance for audiophile desires such as expensive casework, etc. Pro units have utilitarian appearance.
One particular audio writer I respected, Peter Aczel of the Audio Critic in the 1970-80's, said the same things I am saying. Aczel, wasn't a trained engineer, but he knew several important pioneers, and he always stuck up for value to the audio consumer. I often didn't agree with his sonic perceptions or preferences, but that's OK. His heart was in the right place.
I would never want to appear arrogant. But I speak with lots of knowledge, a lot from my electrical engineering father, who worked in aerospace and knew many top engineers in all fields, mathematicians, physicists, etc. In high school I thought I was an excellent young mathematician, but his vast experience showed him that I was mediocre in comparison to the utterly brilliant people he worked with, so he advised me to become a practicing physician, which I did. Even worse, I thought I was a great young violinist, but my father was a critical listener and told me I would never make it as a professional musician. Years later after entering competitions, I realized for myself that my father was right. I find my career as a doctor very fulfilling, and enjoy playing music as an excellent amateur. The smartest thing I ever did was to listen to my father. So all you guys, respect what I say. I take lots of time to impart my experience. One of the most important benevolent things I can do is to expose much fraud in the audio industry and overpriced mediocre products which I have personally heard at home. You all work hard for your livelihood, and deserve to be protected financially from mistakes based on audio hype. I have made my own share of mistakes, and probably all of you have done the same. WC has done his big part in telling the truth about how equipment really sounds, in his unbiased way. I am doing the same, in my own way. And WC yesterday said it was sad how subpar most Mac amps are, except for the 2301. Most Macs are thus overpriced for what they are, according to the listening WC has done and some of my own listening. Mac lives by its glitzy appearance and marketing hype. Of course, I am not referring to Apple. As I said, in computers, phones, etc., you generally get value and quality for your money, vastly unlike consumer audio. Pro audio is different, and there is more value for the money there, because the demands of the production business means there is little tolerance for audiophile desires such as expensive casework, etc. Pro units have utilitarian appearance.
One particular audio writer I respected, Peter Aczel of the Audio Critic in the 1970-80's, said the same things I am saying. Aczel, wasn't a trained engineer, but he knew several important pioneers, and he always stuck up for value to the audio consumer. I often didn't agree with his sonic perceptions or preferences, but that's OK. His heart was in the right place.