In Reply to: I miss Dick Heyser: knew him from '79 thru his death... posted by Jim Stoneburner on September 9, 2012 at 01:30:43:
>Now that I'm ill, I find myself prompted to reflect on his last year,
>and his courage and cheer.
Sorry to hear of your illness, Jim.
>I remember visiting the hospital while he wore a halo, his spine tumor
>disabling one arm. I believe he was AES Pres or emeritus. At an LA AES
>he gave his talk by phone. He was my first and perhaps best face-to-face
>audio influence, along with the Caltech course with James Boyk and a
>couple of CES shows with JA and Stereophile writers plus manufacturers I
>was meeting there.
I mentioned Dick's last AES presentation in my Richard Heyser Memorial
Lecture, which I gave at the 22011 AES Convention in New York. You can
download the preprint at the link below (it's a 34MB pdf). I tried to
develop some of the concepts Dick left us with my own experience as a
recording engineer and equipment measurer.
John Atkinson
Technical Editor, Stereophile
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- RE: I miss Dick Heyser: knew him from '79 thru his death... - John Atkinson 10:35:38 09/25/12 (1)
- Lovely to hear from you, John... - Jim Stoneburner 12:05:02 09/25/12 (0)