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RE: Some further thoughts on enid

Posted by May Belt (M) on May 11, 2014 at 03:46:26

In Reply to: RE: Some further thoughts on ends posted by Norman M on May 10, 2014 at 16:10:13:

>>> "Well, don't you think how the direction of her kitchen's water faucet in an adjacent room affected the sound she heard was funny?" <<<

Norman, it may have appeared funny at initial reading back in 1987 but what would you want her to do ? Keep absolutely silent ?

Enid was employed to write, for a Hi Fi magazine, her experiences on what could and did affect her 'sound'. So, she systematically identified what she referred to as Gremlins in her listening environment which had an adverse effect on her 'sound' and then described ways she had tried to 'deal with' those Gremlins. You are only looking at it from a reader's point of view - why don't you do the exercise of putting yourself in her shoes and think about how YOU would have dealt with the whole subject back in 1987 ? AND, just how you would like the subject to be dealt with NOW - in 2014.

Imagine you are 'Norman the Scribe', writing articles describing your experiences of listening to music. YOU find that repositioning the kitchen's water faucet or (if my memory serves me correctly) placing a towel over the said water faucet in the kitchen improved your sound, what would you do - keep silent because people might laugh or mock you ?

If you found that a crogenically 'treated' CD sounded better than a non treated one, would you write about it or would you keep silent ?

If you found that applying a particular chemical to the label side of a CD or to the labels of vinyl discs gave an improvement in the sound, would you write about it or would you keep silent for fear of being laughed at ?

If you found that applying a colour to the edge of CDs gave an improvement in the sound, would you write about it or would you keep silent for fear of being laughed at ?

If you found that applying a demagnetiser to LPs and CDs gave an improvement in the sound, would you write about it or would you keep silent for fear of being laughed at ?

Regarding that last one, after READING of various audio journalists' experiences, one member of the audio profession actually wrote a letter to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) Insinuating fraud surrounding the Furutech CD demagnetiser.

To Quote from that person's posting of what he wrote :-

>>> "I'm working on an article for a major audio magazine about fraud in marketing for audio products. I noticed you gave an award to the Furutech CD "demagnetizer" and I'm wondering on what basis you determined this is an award-winning product. As best I can tell this device is pure snake oil with no basis in science. So please forgive such a direct and possibly rude sounding question, but did they pay you for this award? " <<<

If you found that positioning some of the tiny ART devices in the listening room gave an improvement in the sound, would YOU write about them or would you keep silent ?

If you found that positioning such as the Schumann resonator device, the Less Loss device, the Stein Music Harmonizers in a listening room gave improvements in the sound, would you write about them or would you keep silent - - knowing that you would get such responses as :-

>>> "Interesting?

Nah. It's just another dalliance brought forth by the mentally ill for the mentally ill and which does nothing more than saddle this industry with yet further embarrassment.

That Stereophile of all publications should brand it as "intriguing" in their show report is truly sad." <<<

Enid was nothing if not courageous. But they still got to her in the end !! Over 25 years on and the audio industry in general is still not prepared to come to terms with "Gremlins in the listening environment" !!

Regards,
May Belt,
Manufacturer.

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