RE: Remember Enid Lumley.

Posted by May Belt (M) on May 10, 2014 at 05:45:47

In Reply to: Some further thoughts on ends posted by unclestu on May 9, 2014 at 23:44:25:

Unclestu, in reply to your comment :-

>>> "Remember Enid Lumley, the tweaker who once wrote for TAS?............. Of course that was quite a while back and she unfortunately was sort of laughed out of the Audio business. Many of her pronouncements turned out to be correct when I have gotten the nerve to try them, however....

To Enid, wherever she may be, my apologies for laughing...." <<<

I have said before and I will say again. In my opinion anyone who mocked Enid Lumley back in the 1987s should hang their heads in shame. Peter and I did not have contact with Enid until she was writing her final articles on her general theme of what she referred to as "Gremlins in the listening environment". She wrote to us in 1987 after she had heard what improvements we had achieved with a budget Grado XTE + 1 cartridge.

To quote from her letter :-

>>> "Depending on it's price, I would heartily recommend it, especially for orchestral, choral or Rock music lovers. Could you tell me what your price is and how people could go about purchasing one ?" <<<

And :-

>>> "Certainly you and Peter are to be commended for your realizations that gremlin problems exist.........audio needs your kind of people.......I have been fiddling around a lot with all the things you have sent. Certainly all of them effect an audible difference any deaf person should hear" <<<

How I wish she had been able to continue with her experimenting and writing. That was over 25 years ago and the world of audio has still not come to terms with what Enid referred to as "Gremlins" affecting the 'sound' and what we are able to resolve regarding that 'sound' correctly !!

Regards,
May Belt,
Manufacturer.

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RE: Remember Enid Lumley. - May Belt 05:45:47 05/10/14 (1)

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