In Reply to: The rebuttal has already been done. posted by Dan Banquer on June 13, 2006 at 10:41:37:
It's merely a positive review of one of your products.... And a positive review of a product of different design philosophy does not constitute a rebuttal of a thesis....Here's a quote from Lynn Olsen
"The LNPA-150s sounds nothing like the typical hyper-detailed audiophile transistor amp, and indeed is closest to the VAC 90 and the Wavelength Audio Cardinals in overall presentation. In other words, no transistor sound at all-- relaxed, unstressed, very fast and open, and a remarkable similarity to the top rank of pentode amps and the upper range of the triode amps... the transistor LNPA-150 and the triode SV811 sounded almost identical, despite radically different design philosophies."Lynn Olson
Positive FeedbackA rebuttal of Cheever should be in the form a qualitative and substantive critique of his findings (complete with quotes and references). A "counter thesis," if you will. Not a positive review of a product that happens to be of contrasting design philosophy. (This reminds me of someone who once tried to hype Eminem's musical merit by taking an Elton John quote likening Eminem to Jimi Hendrix.) For it is not too difficult to find such isolated examples to discount (or validate) **anybody's** findings.
And in my opinion, such tactics are done as a **substitute** for solid scientific explanation. For such explanation cannot otherwise be brought forth.
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Follow Ups
- That's Not a Rebuttal...... - Todd Krieger 18:34:10 06/13/06 (5)
- Re: That's Not a Rebuttal...... - Dan Banquer 03:07:49 06/14/06 (4)
- Re: That's Not a Rebuttal...... - morricab 05:41:01 06/15/06 (3)
- Once again............. - Dan Banquer 06:16:13 06/15/06 (2)
- Re: Once again............. - morricab 06:24:59 06/15/06 (1)
- Re: Once again............. - Dan Banquer 07:08:47 06/15/06 (0)