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In Reply to: RE: The Audio League Report Dec. 1954, Vol. 1 , No. 3 - WM4 & Flewelling Air Coupler posted by Paul Eizik on October 16, 2009 at 22:13:01
Julian seemed fond of AR as reference from the inception of The Audio League and IIRC, later in Stereo Review testing Kiipsch La Scala , AR was mentioned as being lower in distortion of the two (probably at 30Hz sine wave)
Listen to John Karlson in 1964 lash against CONSUMER REPORTS
Fred
I forgot about Karlson's beef with Consumer Reports, which seemed to boil down to the experts vs. the dilettantes driving the market. T'was ever thus!
Paul
interviewer he thinks the CR reviewers that were sampling the liquor in the same magazine, must have reviewed the speakers after the liquor!!! Classic...
He sounding he was pretty miffed....
-chris
O.
Karlson was out of his depth on the cut-throat business end of things, but he did have the ability to peer into the future. Former hi-end reviewer Jonathan Scull used to mention the brand of cognac he was drinking while enjoying the equipment under review, and I wonder if the more perceptive manufacturers noted this. Who knows what could "fall offa truck". Even Art Dudley, who I like, described an ideal review session with the manufacturer's guy showing up at his house for a couple of days stay with the speakers and "...a nice bottle of wine...". I'd bring a bottle of Veuve Clicquot, with several in reserve on ice in the car if needed (don't want to be pushy). Just the stuff if someone' else is buying (or it's tax deductable). Capt. Renault and Maj. Strasser drank it in Casablanca.
Paul
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