A random mixture of Applied Hyperdimensional Geometry, Cutting-Edge Research from the Labs, Technology, Science, Politics, Economics, and Wishful Thinking.
Brave article, Tom, much better written than I would have done. I wish I had your courage to mention things that so many people will disregard or think are delusions. Unlike them, however, I know that you are not delusional. There were, however, certain other effects you have not mentioned, the less alarming ones, like the fizzy sensation of extra energy in the factory, and the anthills that moved away from the building but moved a little back toward it while the speakers were turned off -- while we drove up to Stereo Review magazine in NYC to deliver a large pair for them to review. Ah, we were so sure they would give us the testing and external validation we needed to market effectively. But let that be. Who knew the speakers would be delivered back to us, wrecked, ruined, the baffle plates cracked, the woofers inside resting on the bottom. Oh, yes, we were told they must have become damaged when the plane landed. Good thing the passengers survived so rough a landing! Oh no, it could NOT have been that those rascals were intrigued and tried to pry the woofers up to see what was inside -- which was empty air -- and irreparably destroyed the integrity of the geometry we had worked so hard to create for them to listen to. No; of course not. What was I thinking? No. It must be, instead, that one of the leading magazines publishing reviews of STANDARD loudspeaker technology were merely incompetent packers. Yes. That must be it. Yes. The speakers that had survived the bumps and grinds of a 1,000 mile trip from Florida to new York City must have been so badly packed by them to ship back to us that a bumpy landing that may have spilled someone's drink in First Class probably caused woofers to crunch down through holes in the baffle plate that were TOO SMALL for them (remember, the woofer's were front-mounted). Of course! Or maybe not. No, what am I thinking? My mistake. There team of attorneys will certainly forgive me for speculating so outrageously. We must all bow to the purveyors of inferior trash. What WAS I thinking?? Yes, my friend, I remember it all so well, with painful clarity. Others got either a grudging or a plainly cheering-section review for their loudspeakers. We got nothing but curt comments over the phone and amazingly destroyed prototypes. Surely we deserved it for challenging accepted standards and practices. Hurray, people! You can go back to sleep now. Your obsolete paradigm can excrete its inferior sound into your ears. Enjoy!
Great write-up Tom. I went ahead and linked to mathworld on my own website. Wrapped the link around my tagline:
"Dragging you into the Future kicking and screaming since 1980. Yes, Nov. 4, 1980."
Your blog is a wonderful contribution to the field of applied hypermechanics. Follow your heat, and never let others tell you not to give all that you can give. We do not deserve it, but we do appreciate it.
Brave article, Tom, much better written than I would have done. I wish I had your courage to mention things that so many people will disregard or think are delusions. Unlike them, however, I know that you are not delusional. There were, however, certain other effects you have not mentioned, the less alarming ones, like the fizzy sensation of extra energy in the factory, and the anthills that moved away from the building but moved a little back toward it while the speakers were turned off -- while we drove up to Stereo Review magazine in NYC to deliver a large pair for them to review. Ah, we were so sure they would give us the testing and external validation we needed to market effectively. But let that be. Who knew the speakers would be delivered back to us, wrecked, ruined, the baffle plates cracked, the woofers inside resting on the bottom. Oh, yes, we were told they must have become damaged when the plane landed. Good thing the passengers survived so rough a landing! Oh no, it could NOT have been that those rascals were intrigued and tried to pry the woofers up to see what was inside -- which was empty air -- and irreparably destroyed the integrity of the geometry we had worked so hard to create for them to listen to. No; of course not. What was I thinking? No. It must be, instead, that one of the leading magazines publishing reviews of STANDARD loudspeaker technology were merely incompetent packers. Yes. That must be it. Yes. The speakers that had survived the bumps and grinds of a 1,000 mile trip from Florida to new York City must have been so badly packed by them to ship back to us that a bumpy landing that may have spilled someone's drink in First Class probably caused woofers to crunch down through holes in the baffle plate that were TOO SMALL for them (remember, the woofer's were front-mounted). Of course! Or maybe not. No, what am I thinking? My mistake. There team of attorneys will certainly forgive me for speculating so outrageously. We must all bow to the purveyors of inferior trash. What WAS I thinking?? Yes, my friend, I remember it all so well, with painful clarity. Others got either a grudging or a plainly cheering-section review for their loudspeakers. We got nothing but curt comments over the phone and amazingly destroyed prototypes. Surely we deserved it for challenging accepted standards and practices. Hurray, people! You can go back to sleep now. Your obsolete paradigm can excrete its inferior sound into your ears. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteGreat write-up Tom. I went ahead and linked to mathworld on my own website. Wrapped the link around my tagline:
ReplyDelete"Dragging you into the Future kicking and
screaming since 1980. Yes, Nov. 4, 1980."
Your blog is a wonderful contribution to the field of applied hypermechanics. Follow your heat, and never let others tell you not to give all that you can give. We do not deserve it, but we do appreciate it.