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What about the other Disciplines of Engineering?

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Some EE's take their love for technical understanding and invention and apply it to their audio hobby with great success.

Other EE's suck as badly at audio as they do at engineering. They can't get past textbook formulas - and God help if they attempt to apply real-life measurements and construction techniques.

You just can't make generalizations about people I guess.

Ever wonder why the EE is held in such high regard - as if audio were only an electrical system? Check this out...

Audio is:

1)Physics
2)Chemical Engineering
3)Materials Engineering
4)Mechanical Engineering
5)Acoustical Engineering
6)Electronics Engineering
7)Electrical Engineering - Your work by definition of an EE is done at the DC supply rails thanks :P

And MOST IMPORTANTLY

8)Psychology (Psycho-acoustics, perception)
9)Physiology
10)Audiology

So there you go. You need to master 10 disciplines be an "authority" in audio. I think EE's should reserve comment until someone from the other disciplines speak up - unless of course we're only talking about power supply harmonics. :o)

I work with EE's all day. You'd be surprised how much they DON'T know.
The fact so many of them are so bloody pompous makes you wonder what it is they are compensating for...

Some EE's enter the audio realm thinking their EE degree ALONE makes them (inherently) an "expert" of audio systems. They assume that four years of memorizing formulae and calculus proofs gave them an ear for what sound quality actually is, a clue how to set up a system (let alone a room), and funniest yet - the 'inherent' ability to design elctronics and loudspeakers with no other training. They will even lower themselves to mock designs of great audio designers and companies who have 100's of man-years of AUDIO (not electrical) engineering experience at their employ.

Don't get me wrong - I've met plenty of pompous (fellow) technologists too. I rather dislike pomp in general.


Elmo

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