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In Reply to: Re: whao... posted by theaudiohobby on March 24, 2007 at 18:46:53:
and the enjoyment of working out algorithms to achieve some goal.When I was young and stupid, however, I believed in Julian Hirsch and the value of all numbers. Obsessed with them. I could quote chapter and verse of distortion specs for quite a few receivers, amps, preamps, etc. I had my AR integrated amp measured by Dave O'Brien himself. Got the chart. As a result, I decided that I had to have some Crown gear. Why? Because they had "virtually unmeasurable distortion". Yep, that's what I want. Fortunately, the dealer talked me out of the dreadful sounding ICK preamp. The D-150 was a decent amp, but was hard on top and had no image width or depth. Very closed in. Maybe they couldn't measure it, but distortion free they were not. I learned that lesson when I was 17.
Numbers are great when they correlate to real world performance. I value the frequency measurements I've recently performed on three systems. With a forest of bass traps, the main one achieves a very flat response in the first four octaves. Measures good and sounds dead neutral. You'll definitely hear me preach neutrality.
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You missed the point of my post i.e. you are NOT a software engineer in the traditional sense of the word nor to the best of my knowledge were you trained as a software engineer by extension did not train in the mathematics of software engineering. And you really ain't that old, at least not in comparison to me.
Music making the painting, recording it the photograph
You may choose to ignore the definition of a software engineer if you please. Specifically, I am an applications developer. Yes, I took many math related courses.So, how old are you? More importantly, what relevance does that have?
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Audio Hobbyman is trying to say that he was around when ENIAC was the industry standard. While not that old, I did work on some UNIVAC stuff while in school.
ENIAC certainly was the toast of the forties. Gee, I didn't realize that TAH had such seniority. Perhaps he knew Admiral Grace Hopper. :)
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