Still, Vacuphile makes a good point: Perhaps Bill was referring to someone else, but many here, including SY, have run me down in much the same way on this thread.
Now why? It is a departure from the past where common courtesy was extended among professionals in printed correspondence. Someone might look at the heated exchanges between Doug Self and me over capacitor problems back in 1984-6 in 'Wireless World' to see the difference. We, at least, were polite to each other.
Today's approach seems much like the 'RANDI' approach has been over the decades: To bad-mouth people with different opinions with name branding that goes way over the top and repeating it regularly. I will supply some RANDI quotes here if it will help, but I know that this approach is unprofessional, even if it is done by a PhD (as it often is) to promote double blind testing primarily. We can do better than this.
Now why? It is a departure from the past where common courtesy was extended among professionals in printed correspondence. Someone might look at the heated exchanges between Doug Self and me over capacitor problems back in 1984-6 in 'Wireless World' to see the difference. We, at least, were polite to each other.
Today's approach seems much like the 'RANDI' approach has been over the decades: To bad-mouth people with different opinions with name branding that goes way over the top and repeating it regularly. I will supply some RANDI quotes here if it will help, but I know that this approach is unprofessional, even if it is done by a PhD (as it often is) to promote double blind testing primarily. We can do better than this.
But never about your designs. That should be reason to stop and think....
It's a two-way street.
Jan
You mean requiring data for supporting extraordinary claims and exposing charlatans when they can't or won't come up with evidence? Oh, the horror, the horror!
At 2000 miles, nobody'd be around to feel. I suspect the radiation fan would wipe us all out when a planet got sucked in.
John
edit: Scott, Imre will be here today, I'm gonna go listen.
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Aside measurements, there is a interesting scientific aproach to some behaviors, like as in "esoteric" designs and claims
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...ptance-of-pseudo-profound-bulls-a6757731.html
Not mentioning "name dropping", "word salad" technology....😀
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Of course Brian Josephson, once he had his Nobel prize went completely bonkers. But you can't fire a Nobel laureate so the university just tolerated him...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mysticism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mysticism
I must remember to type up a quote from a JLH article I have at home. This was from when Douglas Self was the angry young man of the enthusiast press. John thought him a little extreme compared to the pipe and tweed jacket world he came from.
You're half correct. The problem is many of us don't know say that 'Marantz' is a family name. You know all these first names... but how many are designers? There's non-designer names on companies I'm sure.
It is best to NOT put your name on a company, because you often lose it when the company is sold off. This is what happened to Saul Marantz and Mark Levinson for example.
Maybe it will be a fail in subtle marketing, but there is large difference between that kind of marketing and hardcore "attack to brain" like:
Happened to Al Shugart too. When he was fired after Xerox bought Shugart Associates, Al co-founded a new company, Seagate, to compete with Shugart (!). Imagine competing against a company named after yourself.
Great, that... Fine for 3 paragraphs, then having lulled you it heads off into la la land...
Bill,
When I had three children and a full time job and was a single parent, I got an audio related patent, which grossed a 6 -figure amount, but I don't go about insulting people. Vinnie, nor JC. I apologize for making a possibly deserved exception in your case. You have been insulting to John in the past, on numerous occasions. The other half of your excuse is along the lines: "I wasn't beating my wife...it was my daughter."
This is not to say we should shy away from attacking stupid ideas others may hold. I have been very critical of Johns endorsement of the Bybees, for example. But, I find it nauseating that some on this site have accused John of having done so for monetary gain, and for doubting his veracity, as well as for implying ulterior motives. Stuart, I find your #82519 telling in this regard, because you are of the same ilk as Bill when it comes to this.
SO that overrides the dozens of company starters that haven't lost their name?
Sorry for your loss. I still have all of mine.
I have several patents. whoop de do, so do a lot of people on this forum. And let's be very very clear I did not insult Vinnie. The truth (Vinnie Rossi is a company only a year old and a handful of audiophiles have heard of it) is just that. In 20 years time lets see. But for now he is neither a legend nor a household name, even in audiophile circles.
Insults that are not even spelled correctly are generally not very insulting. You did edit, but Ed has quoted the original so it's there forever🙂. But thank you for the apology. Anyway John has insulted me on numerous occasions. It's part of what the Irish refer to as the 'craic' I believe. I have stepped out of line on occasion and had the mods feel my collar, but generally I think I toe the forum line. Cal is watching me if I don't 🙂
I repeated today if I were rich I would happily use JC designed amplifiers. I'm not so probably won't. John has had some rotten luck according to some of his bios so if someone wants to pay him to design something as an engineer that then gets filled with flooby I then I am not going to argue. I may invoke Diddens rule about power conditioners but that is my personal view.
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