30 years ago, a CES exhibitor was packing up after the show. By mistake, they printed out a couple of airbills with my name and address, and not their own.
A few days later, I had the surprise of having a truck drop off two very large boxes, which turned out to contain the most attractive-looking loudspeakers I had ever seen. So, I hooked them up, and I was absolutely stunned. I phoned an "Industry Friend," and we listened to Ella Fitzgerald and other favorite Test Tracks. He had to get back to work, but on the stroke of 5PM my doorbell rang. I opened the door. My friend thrust a paper bag with a wine bottle in it into my hands, commanding me to uncork it. He pushed past me, went into the living room, turned up the volume, and sat down. He had never done that before (felt he had to come back to listen some more, that same day, as soon as possible) and in 30 years never did it again.
I wrote my review, but I had to work very hard (and even make threats) to save it from "the usual TAS Nonsense"--it's a tale that would curl your hair.
But my review ran. In his Second Opinion, Harry Pearson stated that he had been listening to an $86,000 pair of Burmesters. He said that he knew that there was something amiss with their midrange, but he could not put his finger on it. However, whatever it was that the Bermesters were doing wrong, the Wilson Benesch A.C.T. Ones were doing right.
So, the other day I received a thank-you email from Wilson Benesch, informing me that in the new TAS issue just out, Robert Harley had quoted from my review of 30 years ago.
amb,
john
A few days later, I had the surprise of having a truck drop off two very large boxes, which turned out to contain the most attractive-looking loudspeakers I had ever seen. So, I hooked them up, and I was absolutely stunned. I phoned an "Industry Friend," and we listened to Ella Fitzgerald and other favorite Test Tracks. He had to get back to work, but on the stroke of 5PM my doorbell rang. I opened the door. My friend thrust a paper bag with a wine bottle in it into my hands, commanding me to uncork it. He pushed past me, went into the living room, turned up the volume, and sat down. He had never done that before (felt he had to come back to listen some more, that same day, as soon as possible) and in 30 years never did it again.
I wrote my review, but I had to work very hard (and even make threats) to save it from "the usual TAS Nonsense"--it's a tale that would curl your hair.
But my review ran. In his Second Opinion, Harry Pearson stated that he had been listening to an $86,000 pair of Burmesters. He said that he knew that there was something amiss with their midrange, but he could not put his finger on it. However, whatever it was that the Bermesters were doing wrong, the Wilson Benesch A.C.T. Ones were doing right.
So, the other day I received a thank-you email from Wilson Benesch, informing me that in the new TAS issue just out, Robert Harley had quoted from my review of 30 years ago.
amb,
john