Hey guys, those fellows got so much wrong it is a crime........what REALLY pissed me off was the insinuation that "no one that knew anything or had heard "real high end" would consider it or own one".
What a bunch of asses......I'm pretty sure Arthur has heard "high end" stuff. Mr. Olsher allowed me to post the paragraph I wrote and to reveal he actually has one,
that he paid for. I promised him I'd never use that fact to sell any and that I would keep him anonymous. Henry knows "The Truth" about this and he too has kept his word. Dick got one built for Henry! I'm pretty sure he has heard more "high end" than any of those yokels and maybe more than them all put together. He still has it.
Now in response to an email I sent to a friend where I mocked them as 'scientists" he mistook that as a disdain for all scientists. Not hardly, so I wrote this to him to explain.....
I quit reading it shortly after that post (that Dick allowed me to post) because mainly I figured that anyone with an open mind and actually read what was said would "figure it out".
A buddy read through that mess and asked me about it and why it pissed me off so bad. Here is what I wrote to him and I figured you might be amused by it. He questioned me because I mocked the name "Audio SCIENCE Review". I mockingly called them "scientists" in an email. He thought that maybe I was mocking ALL scientists. Not hardly!
Here is what I wrote him to explain why I mocked them in my mail to him....
"I was talking specifically about some of the bozos there and their comments. If you are going to use the word "science" in your description of what you do then you actually should make sure that you get shit right. For instance....
1 I addressed the crosstalk and pointed out it comes from the selector switch (which it does)
2 I was bashed for the "ground lift switch" (I did not realize at the time they had Steve's)
3. I was told by a "scientist" ( 
) that the unit tested had no selector switch as it was a single input and the crosstalk was still there. Apparently he does not understand a simple switch and circuit or have the ability to follow the freaking wires from it.
4 I was told how dangerous it was with no earth ground.
Now...the Truth is............
1 the switch was in fact a selector switch because I had ADDED a second set of inputs for him (Steve) . It was the source of the (non issue) crosstalk.
2 there was no ground lift switch on that one.
3 the "safety" on an earth ground to chassis is again really a non issue.
4 I pointed out all have the IEC grounded to the chassis via a wire that can be snipped by the owner.
5 that unit is probably 8 years old... a "scientist" should have checked the dc offset before measuring and proclaiming accurate results.
Most all of that non sense was just pure bashing, and the bastards could not even tell it had 2 inputs and no ground lift.
So my point was, if you are going to call yourself "Audio SCIENCE Review" you should actually take the time to get things that are so basic correct before you pass judgement on something or someone.]
That is where I stand on "Audio (Non) "science" Review".
As I was told by someone I really respect...something like this......"you have enough out there that anyone who says it is not great has not heard one or is lying and everyone who has will know it".
Thanks guys for all the support over these years and I WILL be here if you need me!
Ed
