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Danny at GR getting bad Talk Back from many of his viewers
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Maybe he could power his brain from it, see if it enhances performance there too?Guess what according to the reviewer this magic box can even change the picture of your TV:
"I also plugged my 65” Vizio 4K TV into the UberBUSS. The blacks got blacker and the brights got brighter, which improved picture resolution in every way. I had to recalibrate the TV to optimize it for the UberBUSS. A very nice, and unexpected benefit, indeed."
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Worth trying. Could not possibly do any harm.
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Years ago when I worked in audio sales, we all knew which items paid the huge commissions.
I could make more selling a set of cables or some fancy "accessory", than the actual electronics, or speakers.
The more silly or useless an item, the higher the percentages we got on them.
So there has to be an incentive to push stuff like this, just as there was years ago. I tended to not lie to people, but if they truly wanted that stuff, I would not talk them out of it either.
So I feel like guys like Danny and Ron, see potential sales and customers and dollar signs before anything else. Greed, and lack of being honest.
Yup, it’s really gross. Just another symptom of our hyper-consumerism culture, and guys like that are examples of the para$ite$ that exist because of it.
I watched the YouTube Video contained below.
Then I posted the following comment.
"@SteveMowry-g2u 2 days ago: Correcting (Equalizing) the magnitude of the frequency response could be conveniently implemented with a virtual equalizer rather than with cumbersome multiple passive elements (RLC). There are good freeware equalizer applications available. Passive elements are expensive. Resistors create losses and inductors and capacitors store energy. While the equalizer can also perform room correction!"
Subsequently, the following reply was posted by General Richie*.
"@dannyrichie9743 19 hours ago: Just turning down an area where there is ringing or break up doesn't solve the problem. Also, room correction doesn't really work for the same reason."
Then I thought what would be the response if someone was to post such a controversial reply on the the ASR Forum due to the typical high standards. So having said that, I am posting my comment and the reply in hopes of facilitating a discussion of the controversial topics. Note that General Richie is quite critical of Amir and the ASR Forum.
My hope is that folks from this forum could help me to understand what are the justifications for General Richie's assumptions. Is there any technical merit to his claims?
* Unlike in the military, within the Loudspeaker Industry, a "General" is one that generalizes.
Then I posted the following comment.
"@SteveMowry-g2u 2 days ago: Correcting (Equalizing) the magnitude of the frequency response could be conveniently implemented with a virtual equalizer rather than with cumbersome multiple passive elements (RLC). There are good freeware equalizer applications available. Passive elements are expensive. Resistors create losses and inductors and capacitors store energy. While the equalizer can also perform room correction!"
Subsequently, the following reply was posted by General Richie*.
"@dannyrichie9743 19 hours ago: Just turning down an area where there is ringing or break up doesn't solve the problem. Also, room correction doesn't really work for the same reason."
Then I thought what would be the response if someone was to post such a controversial reply on the the ASR Forum due to the typical high standards. So having said that, I am posting my comment and the reply in hopes of facilitating a discussion of the controversial topics. Note that General Richie is quite critical of Amir and the ASR Forum.
My hope is that folks from this forum could help me to understand what are the justifications for General Richie's assumptions. Is there any technical merit to his claims?
* Unlike in the military, within the Loudspeaker Industry, a "General" is one that generalizes.
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This is a bad faith distraction attempt on Mr. Richie's part, because your comment was about about the advantages of an active crossover approach over even the best passive counterpart when it comes precise control of frequency response -- and not about "ringing or break up", let alone "room correction."
His reply seems to imply that one must equalize the room effect using passive elements, RLC. He also seems to claim that active EQ does not work! However, EQ in general is not a cure for ringing or diaphragm bending modes. Whereas, ringing and breakup are mechanical phenomenon typically related to the transducer(s).
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Exactly -- and audible resonances are as often as not related to enclosure design/construction flaws and/or skimping on materials.
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Danny, the snake-oil salesman with the snakes on his desk and the miracle cables from Krypton, where supposedly completely different physical laws apply than here. And let's not forget the cable risers. They take your entire audio system further away from Earth and thus closer to Krypton.He took a shot at Amir in a comment response under that video -- yours truly was on the case...
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@Nightcrawlers_7
1 day ago
Amir will definitely want to check out this great device
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@dannyrichie9743
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If he only knew how.....
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@dannyrichie9743 -- Let's see, Amir is an EE with decades of executive-level engineering experience who's literally won awards for technical innovation. You're a guy with a business degree who tinkers with passive speaker crossover circuits -- and yet you can somehow manage to work up the nerve to clearly imply that you're more knowledgeable about how to properly "check out" an electronic device than someone with actual credentials and expertise.
Alrighty, then....
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I guess it could have been made with fuse cord. A whole new dimension for sonic fireworks.I took personal offense from that super duper cable he once presented, which was a literal rope, a thick one too, with standard wire weaved around it. Crazy work. Of course I couldn't resist and asked on the YouTube video whether at least it was fire retardant.
What if I told you the defense industry has the ultimate version of "fuse rope": rocket launched explosive mine clearing rope!
Form 0:35. Holy shit. Imagine the sound of that. You can see the shockwaves in the air!
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Can you imagine how fun it must be to design and test things like that?What if I told you the defense industry has the ultimate version of "fuse rope": rocket launched explosive mine clearing rope!
Form 0:35. Holy shit. Imagine the sound of that. You can see the shockwaves in the air!
Edit: PS, don't tell Danny...
DSJR
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Looks like something out of Thunderbirds...What if I told you the defense industry has the ultimate version of "fuse rope": rocket launched explosive mine clearing rope!
Form 0:35. Holy shit. Imagine the sound of that. You can see the shockwaves in the air!
I'm showing my age, I'll get me coat...
Don't worry, such things tend to be the strictest regulated ever, people with Danny's competence level aren't even allowed as visitors on testing grounds. Haha
MAB
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I prefer General Radio:
They did useful research.
Source:
The April 1965 edition where Gordon Moore wrote about what is now called Moore's Law.
They did useful research.
Source:
The April 1965 edition where Gordon Moore wrote about what is now called Moore's Law.
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When we lived in Harvard, MA, a long term, believed retired CEO of GenRad, Bill Thurston, was on the town Select Board (it is a New England small-town governance thing). A nice man, as was (is) his family.I prefer General Radio:
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They did useful research.
Source:
The April 1965 edition where Gordon Moore wrote about what is now called Moore's Law.
Danny thinks he is the best and only competent speaker designer in the world. Everything is junk, except for his precious speaker kits.
His no-rez and sonic caps are deserving of a Nobel prize for awesomeness. His tube connectors are next, next, next, next level!
It smells like sweet spring roses when Danny farts. Danny is too good to walk on water; he floats gently above it.
His no-rez and sonic caps are deserving of a Nobel prize for awesomeness. His tube connectors are next, next, next, next level!
It smells like sweet spring roses when Danny farts. Danny is too good to walk on water; he floats gently above it.
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