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Analog Scott

In Reply to: RE: Would you like this to be a description of your lawyer, posted by The Real Dick Hertz on June 01, 2007 at 08:18:17

One need not have any technical knowledge to listen to music played back on audio equipment and draw an opinion about it's quality. I don't know anyone who bases their opinions on "subjective jargon." All the subjectivists I know base their opinions on their perceptual experiences. The jargon may follow in their descriptions but it isn't the basis of the opinion. Keep in mind, The engineers that design airplanes are not inherently good pilots. Bait and switch. Technical knowledge does not make a good listener. Lack of technical knowledge does not make one a bad listener. Whose opinion would you value on the performance of a new airplane, the engineer or the pilot?

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RE: inadequate analogy - mls-stl 19:46:07 06/04/07 (3)
> Whose opinion would you value on the performance of a new airplane, the engineer or the pilot?

There have been plenty of aircraft that handled beautifully until the crash. Check out the de Havilland Comet, one of the first passenger jets, for example. Pilots loved it, for a while at least.

The pilot can tell you how the plane handles but is going to be relatively clueless about the imminent failure of a critical structural part. Frankly, I'd want both of them to be satisfied with the design and performance of the craft.

Fortunately for audio, the stakes are not quite as high.
- Not at all - Analog Scott 23:12:04 06/04/07 (2)
  "There have been plenty of aircraft that handled beautifully until the crash."
  
  Many a fine sounding amp has been found unreliable and prone to a crash and burn. For reliability I would defer to an electrical engineer's opinion. Doesn't make him a good listener.
  - RE: like I said... - mls-stl 06:49:14 06/05/07 (1)
    the stakes are different between audio and aircraft.
    
    You may well prefer the sound of a preamp on the verge of failure and willing to accept the downtime and repair costs. That option gets a bit uglier when we're talking airplanes.
    - False assumption - Analog Scott 08:19:20 06/07/07 (0)
      Just because sime one prefers the sound of one amp to another does not mean they want it to be unstable as well. One cannot determine a component's relaibility based on sonic performance. You seem to be having trouble seperating the two
Great [analogy] Scott... - Wellfed 20:19:48 06/03/07 (0)
Whose opinion would you value on the performance of a new airplane, the engineer or the pilot?

I once quipped that one doesn't need to know anything about muscle in order to enjoy steak. Your analogy better addresses the issue IMO.

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